Jesus Son of God

Part XXVII

Martha said  ‘I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God.’

The encounter with Jesus make everything extraordinary. Martha went to meet Jesus as he was approaching to Lazar house. She saying to Jesus if he would came earlier Lazar would not die. So it was her faith in Jesus our Lord, an unwavering faith. Lord is pleasing in our unwavering faith. John 11:23–27 (NJB): Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ 24 Martha said, ‘I know he will rise again at the resurrection on the last day.’ 25 Jesus said: I am the resurrection. Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, will live, 26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?  27 ‘Yes, Lord,’ she said, ‘I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into this world.’Jesus made clear to Martha that he is the resurrection and whoever die in flesh will live again. She believed that Jesus is Son of  God whom every human beings was waiting as he came into this world to bring salvation for whole humanity. 

Jesus Son of God

Part XXVI

Jesus and the Father is One God 

  One thing Jesus is saying here is, he cannot do anything by himself but can do with the Fathere lives in him. Whatever the Father do he also will do. Because he and Father is One God. 'To this Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, by himself the Son can do nothing; he can do only what he sees the Father doing: and whatever the Father does the Son does too. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he himself does, and he will show him even greater things than these, works that will astonish you. 21 Thus, as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to anyone he chooses; 22 for the Father judges no one; he has entrusted all judgement to the Son, 23 so that all may honour the Son as they honour the Father. Whoever refuses honour to the Son refuses honour to the Father who sent him'. Jn 5: 19-23. Here we can seen He never glorify Himslef but always saying he and Father is One, whatever the Father do he also would do. Father give life to the dead the same way Jesus raises the dead, he heal the sick give sight to the blind. He loves us very much and we should love him and honour him. While we are honouring Jesus, we are honouring the Father who sent Jesus to this world for our salvation.We are very much privileged to have as our redeemer and saviour. 

Jesus Son Of God

   In the Gospel, John the Apostle makes clear how extensively Jesus performed miracles and signs among both Jews and Gentiles. To believe that Jesus is the Son of God, these facts are documented. 'There were many other signs that Jesus worked in the sight of the disciples, but they are not recorded in this book. 31 These are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing this you may have life through his name.' Jn 20: 30-31. The main goal of Jesus' miracles and wonders was to win people over to his faith and grant them eternal life.

  Mt 21: 15-17Jesus then went into the Temple and drove out all those who were selling and buying there; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the seats of the dove-sellers. 13 He said to them, ‘According to scripture, my house will be called a house of prayer; but you are turning it into a bandits’ den 14 There were also blind and lame people who came to him in the Temple, and he cured them. 15 At the sight of the wonderful things he did and of the children shouting, ‘Hosanna to the son of David’ in the Temple, the chief priests and the scribes were indignant and said to him, 16 ‘Do you hear what they are saying?’ Jesus answered, ‘Yes. Have you never read this: By the mouths of children, babes in arms, you have made sure of praise?’ 17 With that he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night. Jesus had the power to destroy any form of fortress that stood in the way of God's Kingdom. He was particularly worried about the House of God, which he described as the House of Prayer but which the Jews had turned into a den. He never compromises on this, and he has healed the blind and the lame.

Jesus Son of God

 

Part XXIV

‘In truth, this man was the son of God’

  In the end, Jesus was crucified because he was blaspheming God, because he said (as per allegations from the High priests and from the authorities) he was the Son of God. The centurion was amazed by the things that happened during the crucifixion and death of Jesus, the darkness came on earth, the earth was trembled by earthquake, the dead were risen and he got the real faith that Jesus is the Son of God. 'The centurion, together with the others guarding Jesus, had seen the earthquake and all that was taking place, and they were terrified and said, ‘In truth, this man was the son of God.', Mt 27: 54. Many other onlookers who were persecuting him got faith in Jesus and they declared loudly that Jesus is the Son of God. What Jesus is asking from us is repentance, the conversion and, at last, eternal life. Jesus's ways are not complicated, but they are truth and life.

Jesus Son of God

Part XXIII 

Jesus and the Heavenly Father is One God in Eternity 

The disciples were doubting whether Jesus and the Heavenly Father are one. When we started our life in Christ we doubted the same- is Jesus and the Father one God? Jesus said: I am the Way; I am Truth and Life . No one can come to the Father except through me. John 14:7–8 (NJB): Jesus is the only way to approach the Father in Heaven. When we seek Jesus wholeheartedly we are at the gate of Heaven. ‘If you know me, you will know my Father too. From this moment you know him and have seen him. John 14:8–10 (NJB): Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father and then we shall be satisfied.’ Jesus said to him, 9 ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? ‘Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father, so how can you say, “Show us the Father”? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? Jesus says that if we see him we have seen the Father and that He and the Father are one. We are blessed to be born or brought up in the Catholic faith. Br Victor says in a talk “All these years the apostles were listening the Word of God from Jesus and he never kept any secret mysteries from them , instead he told all these very clearly and distinctly, but despite this they still doubted whether Jesus and the Father is one God or not.

Jesus Son of God

Part XXII

Jesus’s Authority 

'Do not work for food that goes bad, but work for food that endures for eternal life, which Son of God gives us. 

  The chief priests and elders were asking Jesus what authority he had to give all these teachings and his wondrous miracles he made 'What authority are you to act like this? And who gave you this authority?' 24 In reply, Jesus said to them, ‘And I will ask you a question, just one; if you tell me the answer to it, then I will tell you my authority for acting like this. 'Mt 21: 23……. Jesus never gave them a proper answer. He was asked how the baptism of John the Baptist was. This was the same question Jesus asked me to clear my doubts about the pentecostal believers, while I was reflecting on the Word of God…'25 Jesus said, John's baptism: what was its origin, heavenly or human?' They argued this way among themselves, ‘If we say heavenly, he will retort to us, “Then why did you refuse to believe him?”; 26 but if we say human, we have people to fear, for they all hold that John was a prophet.' 27 So their reply to Jesus was, ‘We do not know.' And he retorted to them, ‘Nor will I tell you my authority for acting like this' Jesus inspired me through his Spirit and told me when these people would come to me to do the second baptism, give the answer he gave to Pharisees and Sadducees. Many Pentecostal Pasters came to me and asked whether I was saved or not and the same about baptism second baptism, asked this question which he asked the chief priests and elders. We should not have any doubt about the authority of Jesus. He is the Son of God. 'Do not work for food that goes bad, but work for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of man will give you, for on him the Father, God himself, has set his seal. John 6: 27. Heavenly Father put the seal on His Son, which means His authority He has given to Jesus and which cannot be questioned by anybody.

Jesus Son of God

Part XXI

Lord clean our hearts and minds to make a home in us for eternity! 

    Jesus was very zealous about the House of God and the Kingdom of God. This is showing how our heart should be, all kind of worldly desires the natural inclinations and works of darkness be omitted. He is asking us to prepare ourselves in repentance when we approach him in the Holy Sacraments. 13 When the time of the Jewish Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there. 15 Making a whip out of cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, sheep and cattle as well, scattered the money changers’ coins, knocked their tables over 16 and said to the dove sellers, ‘Take all this out of here and stop using my Father’s house as a market.’ 17 Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: I am eaten up with zeal for your house. Jn 2:13-17. Jesus is throwing away all unclean spirits that come in the way of keeping his spiritual temple holy. Our heart is the temple of the Holy Spirit. There are many evil inclinations in human nature but we have to nurture divine action in us. When we allow Jesus to work in us through His Holy Spirit, the Spirit will direct our lives ! The Advocate has been promised to us. Let us give ourselves to Him. 

  Lord clean our hearts and minds to make a home in us for your eternity!