“I
have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.” John 1:34
I was on a jury once. Witnesses were
called. The prosecutor asked who had been in the car on the night of the crime.
“That man” was the unanimous answer as people pointed toward the defendant. The
prosecutor then asked what the man was doing. The eye witnesses again all
agreed on what happened. Who the man was and what he was doing were central to
the case. It is the same with Jesus. Eyewitnesses, like the Apostle John who
wrote the Gospel of John, and John the Baptist who had baptized Jesus, are
important to relating who Jesus was and what he did.
What do both John the Apostle and
John the Baptist have to say about Jesus? They both assert without hesitation
that He was the Son of God. After baptizing Jesus John said, “He is the Son of
God.” At the conclusion of his Gospel John the Apostle said, “Jesus is the Son
of God.” God had alerted the prophet John the Baptist that He would see and
recognize the Son of God at His baptism; and he did. Jesus revealed Himself
daily as the Son of God to His disciples who all then went on to declare
exactly who He was. The jury was unanimous. God Himself was on the witness
stand declaring the truth. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Rest peacefully in
this truth.
Dear
Father, Thank You for revealing Your Son to the world. Help me to trust Him
more each day. Amen.
Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop
you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in
the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be
enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend. Amen
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