Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
A Declaration Of Understanding
Text: John 16: 29-30
A DECLARATION OF UNDERSTANDING
Nobody likes to be seen as lacking in knowledge and maturity. The Disciples responded to Jesus by claiming that they had understood things very clearly.
“His disciples said to Him, ‘See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech! Now we are sure that You know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this we believe that You came forth from God.’”
John 16:29-30
1. “His disciples said to Him”
a. In response to what He had been teaching.
b. They did not want to continue to appear immature and lacking in understanding.
2. “See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech”
a. This was quite a declaration of faith.
b. If this statement was totally true, they would have come to a high level of faith.
3. “Now we are sure that You know all things”
a. This was a statement of deep knowledge about Jesus’ omniscience.
b. The Disciples expressed confidence that they believed Jesus was truly all-knowing.
4. “And have no need that anyone should question You”
a. The Disciples expressed a strong faith in Jesus.
b. They were aware of many who kept questioning Jesus.
c. They expressed that they were unaffected and unmoved by those who doubted Jesus.
5. “By this we believe that You came forth from God”
a. The Disciples declared that they had come to believe in Jesus fully.
b. They declared that Jesus had indeed come from God the Father.
i. They claimed deep understanding of Jesus.
ii. They also declared that they understood His mission on earth.
c. They were expressing that Jesus was indeed Divine:
i. He knew all things.
ii. He had come from the Father.
d. This declaration was factually true. The question was whether their faith would hold.
经文：约翰福音 16:29-30
门徒声称自己已明白
没有人喜欢被视为不成熟或缺乏知识。门徒们回复耶稣，声称自己已明确地了解耶稣所教的。
“门徒说：‘如今你是明说，并不用比喻了。现在我们晓得你凡事都知道，也不用人问你，因此我们信你是从神出来的。’”
《约翰福音 16：29-30》