Read John 7:33-36
May These Troubling Words Change Me For Eternity.
Jesus speaks to the crowd saying, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I’m going to the one who sent me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
Jesus declares his limited time on Earth alluding to his Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension or return to God his Father.
The fact that he alludes to his return to God his Father affirms his divine origin and mission. Then to follow his statement with, “Where I am, you cannot come,” is troubling. Why won’t they be able to come? Because of SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS. They don’t recognize Jesus as the Son of God, the Messiah. Those who don’t recognize his divine Authority will never enter Heaven because Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life and no one gets to God the Father except through a relationship with Jesus. To miss this important fact is to face an eternal separation from God. Do we see the urgency here for people to believe and accept the words of Jesus for salvation?
Hearing these troubling words should change our lives two ways:
1. We should do everything possible to ensure that we are not walking in spiritual blindness. The best approach is to humbly enter into a love relationship with Jesus. What does that mean? The best relationships on Earth are the communicative relationships. So let us enter into a communicative relationship with God by investing into God’s word so that he could communicate to us through his word and his spirit. Then, let us communicate to him through our brokenness and prayers. The more we invest in this relationship, the more we grow in our relationship with God, the Church, and Lost People.
2. Let us capture the urgency to reach lost souls. Are you following God’s plan he has for you to reach lost souls? What is that plan? Are you allowing the Holy Spirit to implement that plan through you?
Lord, help me see the urgency to invest in you with a love relationship and then see the urgency to invest in others so they can enter into a relationship with you for eternity.
