June 12, 2020 Psalms 93, John 10

PSALMS 93

PSALM 93

The Majesty of the Lord.

The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty and splendor;

The Lord has clothed and encircled Himself with strength;

the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved.

Your throne is established from of old;

You are from everlasting.

The floods have lifted up, O Lord,

The floods have lifted up their voice;

The floods lift up their pounding waves.

More than the sounds of many waters,

More than the mighty breakers of the sea,

The Lord on high is mighty.

Your precepts are fully confirmed and completely reliable;

Holiness adorns Your house,

O Lord, forever.

Works cited

Amplified® Bible ( 2015) 

John 10 

Jesus Asserts His Deity

At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple [area] in Solomon’s portico. So the Jews surrounded Him and began saying to Him, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are [really] the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), tell us so plainly and openly.” 

Jesus answered them, “I have told you so, yet you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name testify concerning Me [they are My credentials and the evidence declaring who I am]. But you do not believe Me [so you do not trust and follow Me] because you are not My sheep. 

The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they will never, ever [by any means] perish; and no one will ever snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 

I and the Father are One [in essence and nature].”

Again the Jews picked up stones to stone Him. Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works [and many acts of mercy] from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” The Jews answered Him, “We are not going to stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere man, make Yourself out to be God.” 

Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods [human judges representing God, not divine beings]’? If He called them gods, men to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be undone or annulled or broken), [if that is true] then do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and set apart for Himself and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 

If I do not do the works of My Father [that is, the miracles that only God could perform], then do not believe Me. But if I am doing them, even if you do not believe Me or have faith in Me, [at least] believe the works [that I do—admit that they are the works of God], so that you may know and keep on knowing [clearly—without any doubt] that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father [that is, I am One with Him].” 

So they tried again to seize Him, but He eluded their grasp.

He went back again across the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there. Many came to Him, and they were saying, “John did not perform a single sign (attesting miracle), but everything John said about this Man was true and accurate.” And many there believed and confidently trusted in Him [accepting Him as Savior, and following His teaching].

works cited

Amplified® Bible

What a battle the Lord endured!

 Sometimes people expect the strangest things. The Lord had mercy on people. He loved people. Loving people is not common to mankind. His works testified. John testified. The Father testified. He helped those in need. Some of them believed if you sinned you deserve to be broken. It was not God stoning people; it was people. It was not God pointing out the sins of the people. We size each other up. They wanted to stone Jesus because he was a sinner in their eyesight. They did not seek God's thoughts about people they made their own judgments. They believe they were acting on God's behalf. Jesus has wisdom. He does not want to stone them he wants to teach them.  People hurt people out of ignorance. 

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