Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
The Way of the World
Text: John 5:43-44
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
The Jews reflected the reality of people who had adopted the ways of the world! This hindered them further from coming to the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation and eternal life!
“I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. How can you believe, who receive honour from one another, and do not seek the honour that comes from the only God?”
John 5:43-44
1. “I have come in My Father’s name”
a. This was an old prophetic tradition.
b. All the prophets were sent out by the Lord God.
i. They represented God.
ii. They had a message from the Lord.
iii. They were anointed by God to preach and to minister to the people.
2. “And you do not receive Me”
a. Jesus was despised.
b. His teachings were rejected.
c. They did not receive Him (John 1:11).
3. “If another comes in his own name, him you will receive”
a. The Jews would easily accept the following:
i. Those who sought their approval and honour.
ii. Those who would defer to them instead of to the truth.
b. Those who came in their own name:
i. They were not sent by God.
ii. They would be friends of the Jews, by and large.
4. “How can you believe”
a. If they were to practise the system of receiving honour from each other.
b. If they do not seek the honour that comes from God.
c. Their man-made, worldly system would hinder them from coming to faith in the Lord.
d. They were too proud to own up to the fact that they were wrong!
As long as these sin problems were not addressed, they would not be able to come to faith in Jesus!
经文：约翰福音 5：43-44
随从今世的作法
犹太人反映了人们随从今世的作法的现实！这阻碍了他们亲近主耶稣， 并且得不到救赎和永生！
“我奉我父的名来,你们并不接待我；若有别人奉自己的名来，你们倒要接待他。你们互相受荣耀，却不求从独一之神来的荣耀，怎能信我呢？”
《约翰福音 5：43-44》