Jesus Son of God

Part IX

We have to keep the faith in Son of God 

  The only thing we have to do is to keep faith in the Son of God. In today’s world we are not keeping the true faith in Jesus. We give importance to his personality saying he is very lovable, gentle, merciful and caring but we are afraid to say and neglect to believe that He is Son of God. ‘Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him, and whoever does not believe is making God a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ‘ 1 John 5:10-11. Who can overcome the world ? Only those who believe that Jesus is Son of God. ‘Who can overcome the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God ? 1 John 5:5. Faith in Jesus, Son of God is so important to continue our spiritual life. ‘So there are three witnesses, 8 the Spirit, water and blood; and the three of them coincide. 9 If we accept the testimony of human witnesses, God’s testimony is greater, for this is God’s testimony which he gave about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him, and whoever does not believe is making God a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life, and whoever has not the Son of God has not life. 13 I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5:7-13. There are three testimonies from God that Jesus is Son of God, that is Spirit, Water and Blood. This is not the testimony of human witnesses but the testimony God has given about His own Son. God has promised us eternal life. Eternal life is only in His Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Whoever has faith in His Son has this life in him. It was the Heavenly Father’s plan to give us eternal life. He wants all his children to live and experience the Kingdom of God in the presence of Jesus His Son. What a great privilege we have in Him!

Jesus Son God

 

PartVIII

Deny Ourselves; God will fill us with His will and desires.

Our experience of Jesus in our daily life is in proportion to our giving of ourselves to Him. This is the most important aspect of our spiritual life. Last week Br Aby sent a reflection on what St John of the Cross has said: “If you do not learn to deny yourselves, you can make no progress in perfection.” By denying our own flesh and desires; God fills our heart with His Will and desires. Jesus himself denied himself on the Cross as a divine libation to the glory of God. The more we are allowed to advance in spiritual life the more we empty ourselves and Jesus fills this emptiness. Then Grace will work in us, as St John the Baptist said: ‘He must grow greater and I must grow less.’ John 3:30 Always we must advance in humility, repentance, with strong conviction and commitment to His Divine Will. ‘Yes, I will go further: because of the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, I count everything else as loss. Phil 3:8. This was the life of St Paul -growing in faith and knowing Jesus and the Heavenly Father. Knowing Jesus has a great meaning of keeping a loving personal relationship with Him in the Word of God. That is the  Truth and it is eternal life. “And eternal life is this: to know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent”. John 17:3. Jesus himself says that the way to know the true God is through His only Son, Jesus Christ. The knowledge that the Father and Son are inseparable One, brings us eternal life.