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.

Jesus Son of God

 

Part VII

   God has given us His own Son and He will rule the whole universe. “For a son has been born for us, a son has been given to us, and dominion has been laid on his shoulders; and this is the name he has been given, ‘Wonder-Counsellor, Mighty-God, Eternal-Father, Prince-of-Peace’ to extend his dominion in boundless peace, over the throne of David and over his kingdom to make it secure and sustain it in fair judgement and integrity. From this time onwards and for ever, the jealous love of Yahweh Sabaoth will do this.” Is 9:5-6.( NJB). The glory of God and His might contain its fullness in Jesus. God had a tremendous plan as he became incarnate in Jesus, the new Adam, to renew the first Adam he had created in His own image and likeness. God himself came down from Heaven to destroy the sin of our fallen nature. Our Saviour is Jesus, the Son of God, the Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. He brings salvation to the whole world by giving his life for us. In this Christmas season, a reflection from St Pope Leo the Great , is very appropriate:”   God’s son did not disdain to become a baby. Although with the passing of years he moved from infancy to maturity, and although with the triumph of his passion and resurrection all the actions of humility which he undertook for us were finished, still today’s festival renews for us the holy childhood of Jesus born of the Virgin Mary. In adoring the birth of our Saviour, we find we are celebrating the commencement of our own life, for the birth of Christ is the source of life for Christian folk, and the birthday of the Head is the birthday of the body.“ The Christmas season is going to end by today. It was a beautiful season and we enjoyed it with great pleasure and joy. Let us pray to the Heavenly Father to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus that we may overcome all the dangers of evil.

Jesus Son of God

Part VI

The Young woman will give birth to son whom she will call Immanuel

   Jesus is the One whom Isaiah proclaimed of his coming. God gave the sign of His incarnation in the Virgin Mary: “The God will give you a sign in any case: It is this: the young woman is with child and will give birth to son whom she will call Immanuel.” Is. 7: 14. Who can neglect His Words; and His word became flesh in this young unspotted virgin girl with full of grace. God gave us the most precious gift; His only Son for us to make us His sons and daughters and he lived in our midst to know him closely. But when we become spiritual persons, we start seeing the things spiritually. We experience Jesus in us and of course he will start living in us. The more we submit to him in the way of holiness and in obedience we will experience the presence of him in all the path of our daily life. This will makes us experience the peace and joy in our life and grow in the grace. Then the soul will not do anything without asking her spouse and this is the way spiritual growth she will experience. The Love of God will grow this way by listening Him and obey Him. “Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.” Jon. 14: 23. The Holy trinity will make a home in her when she keeps His Word. The Word is Jesus, In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God Jn. 1:1. The faith in Son of God will gradually grow this way and that’s what she says: “Without my knowledge;and my imagination kept my Lord let me to sit beside Him in the chariot” Song of Songs. 6: 12. She doesn't know how the Lord is guiding her, how the Holy Spirit will accompany her. The soul will travel with Him in all green pastures of the Heavenly Valleys. She will drink the Living Water from His ocean of love. "Jesus replied to her: If you only knew what God is offering and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me something to drink,’ you would have been the one to ask, and he would have given you living water." Jn 4: 10.  Jesus told this mystery of Living Water to the Samaritan woman. The soul will seek only her Master’s will as she wants to share all His goodness in Him. She will never feel lonely and wants stay with him without any end of time. The soul will love His commandments and she will obey it without fail. 

JesusSon of God

 

Part V

   Jesus answered: “In all truth I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above. ‘John 3:3. We have to be born again in the Spirit of God. ‘For your new birth was not from any perishable seed but from imperishable seed, the living and enduring Word of God. ‘1 Pt 1:23. The Spirit gives us birth in the living and enduring Word of God.Jesus is the Word existing from the beginning. “In the beginning God created heaven and earth. Genesis 1:1 (NJB) This is the beginning St John the Apostle explained in his Gospel. The Word was with God in the beginning and in Him was created everything in the earth and in the universe. ‘1. In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. 2. He was with God in the beginning. 3. Through him all things came into being, not one thing came into being except through him. 4. What has come into being in him was life, life that was the light of men; 5 and light shines in darkness, and darkness could not overpower it. ‘ John 1:1-5 ( NJB) From the Book of Genesis or from the beginning Jesus was with the Father and God created man in the image of Jesus. How much love Heavenly Father has shown us by giving His own Son to us. On 27th December we celebrated the Feast of St John the Apostle and Evangelist. At Holy Mass the priest explained St John’s closeness to Jesus. “St John was sitting at the foot of Jesus. Why ? To listen to the voice of the Word of God. He was very close to Jesus’s heart. We become close to our friend when we love him or her. Love is the most important factor which determines our closeness to God and man. Love, love, love.. nothing else can satisfy our Lord.”

Jesus Son of God

Part IV 

Only in Jesus, we will have the salvation 

  Jesus is the stone which is rejected by many because accepting salvation does not come from mere human understanding. The Holy Spirit reveals these mysteries to those chosen by Jesus. “This is the stone which you, the builders, rejected but which has become the cornerstone. Only in him is there salvation; for all the names in the world given to men, this is the only one by which we can be saved. “ Acts 4:11-12. One who seeks the faith; will think by faith and live by faith; and it will lead him to salvation . Faith is a free gift from God and we do not question him for anything. God revealed himself to the whole of humanity only through his beloved son. We do not have the ability to see God through our naked eyes.He sent his only begotten Son to reveal himself to us. Jesus is the one who reveals the Heavenly Father to us. Here the revelation will come when we humble ourselves in front of God. This was the way the Virgin Mary humbled herself and said yes to the Lord. Luke 1:38(NJB):Mary said,’You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said. ‘And the angel left her.

 

Jesus Son of God, Spiritual Documents

 

Part III

No one has ever seen God, its is the only Son, who has seen the Father!
The real nature of God is known only by Jesus. ‘No one has ever seen God; it is the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known. ‘ Jn 1:18. Here St John says Jesus is close to the Father’s heart. St John himself emulates this closeness to the heart of Jesus as the Gospel Of John says, ‘The disciple Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus. Jn 13:23. When we love God wholeheartedly, we will be close to his heart.“I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will perform my entire will. “To keep his promise, God has raised up for Israel one of David’s descendants, Jesus, as Savior.  Acts 13 :22-23. In this way God s Son was born from David’s dynasty. What a great blessing God brought for David’s house, the Son of God was born and brought up in the House of David. Our homes too will be blessed when Christ becomes the centre of our life.