Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
A Very Sensitive Issue
Text: John 8: 37-38
A VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE
The Jews in the days of Jesus took very great pride in their race and in their ancestry. The matter of ancestry was a very delicate matter. Nevertheless, Jesus had to address this matter.
“I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.”
John 8:37-38
1. “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants”
a. Jesus was making an observation of historical fact.
b. Jews may indeed claim to be Abraham’s descendants.
c. Jesus acknowledged the racial ancestry of the Jews.
2. “But you seek to kill Me”
a. Jesus noted the murderous intent of the Jews.
b. They sought to kill Him.
c. The intended meaning of this remark:
i. A murderous intent was never in Abraham’s blood.
ii. He was a good and honourable man whom God called His “friend”.
iii. It was sad to see the descendants of Abraham display sinful and murderous inclinations!
3. “Because My word has no place in you”
a. The Jews had indeed rejected the word (the teaching) of Jesus.
b. His word, the gospel that He preached had no place in their hearts at all.
c. The true descendants of Abraham would have been more spiritually inclined than these Jews.
4. “I speak what I have seen with My Father”
a. Jesus gave an illustration of His relationship with His Father.
b. One who is a true Son would speak of what He has seen with His Father.
5. “And you do what you have seen with your father”
a. Jesus was hinting that His Father was not the same as the father of the Jews.
b. The Jews were doing what they had seen with their father.
c. Jesus was not making a reference to Father Abraham when He said these words!
(He would be making Himself clear as He explained further.)
经文：約翰福音 8：37-38
一个非常敏感的问题
在耶稣时代的犹太人对他们的种族和祖先感到非常自豪。祖先这事项非常棘手。然而，耶稣必须解决这个问题。
“我知道你们是亚伯拉罕的子孙，你们却想要杀我，因为你们心里容不下我的道。我所说的，是在我父那里看见的；你们所行的，是在你们的父那里听见的。”
《约翰福音 8：37-38》