Guess what!

John 4:26 “Then Jesus declared, ‘I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” You and I have found the treasure.  Our lives are totally affected because of our relationship with this God-man Jesus.  We don’t have to waste any time or energy looking for Truth.   Having found that Truth is an absolute miracle in each of our lives.  We thank and praise God for performing that most loving miracle.  Now we spread the news–we are excited about Christmas.

Water quenches thirst

John 4:13 “Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.  Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”‘ God has created this world in such a way that without water nothing lives, but with water life flourishes.  Life demands water.  To gain eternal life a simple truth applies:  you and I must drink water, not pop or beer or alcohol or any other wet product—only pure water.  Everything else we drink might contain some water, but everyone who desires eternal life with our Heavenly Father must drink pure water.  Jesus’ point is: I am the pure water– believe in me and receive a multitude of absolutely fantastic benefits.

Believe in Jesus

John 3:36 “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.” God could not be more direct in stating the truth of faith.  The Son (Jesus) and faith in Him as the Redeemer of the world is the most important truth one must believe to gain eternal life.  Rejecting that truth promises eternal death.  This is not a man thought—it is an Almighty God truth.  The crowd never determines absolute truth—God does.  Is this truth harsh?  No, it is the most loving truth known.  Believe in Jesus and receive a treasure beyond belief.  That is pure love.

Thanksgiving for Light

John 3:19 “This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.” Thanksgiving can be a wonderful celebration or Thanksgiving can be a time of eating with no appreciation of where all our blessings come from.  For every Christian, Thanksgiving is another day of celebration for the earthly and spiritual blessings which you and I enjoy only because of the boundless generosity and love coming from our Almighty Heavenly Father.  Happy Thanksgiving to all.  We praise God for Light!

Consequences

John 3:18 “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”  God does not allow man to determine truth in regard to salvation and His Son.  His truth is quite simple—believe in Jesus and be saved–do not believe in Jesus and do not be saved.  Our world makes up the truth–good guys are saved because God is a good guy.  Nothing could be further from the truth.