True children of Abraham
They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing what Abraham did, but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. You are indeed doing what your father does." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children; we have one father, God himself." Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot accept my word. You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is from God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not from God."
Reflection
Truth and Lie...
We all have fallen to the trap of tempation from Lie.
We have been deceived, manipulated, and used in the trap of temptation from Lie.
We have even followed Lie and been rewarded.
But then we became aware of Truth.
Truth sent from God.
Truth who opened our eyes to God.
Lie told us how God wasn't.
Truth showed us how God is.
Lie came to us physically.
Truth came to us as logos.
Lie only revealed words.
Truth revealed action and love.
Accept the words of Truth.
Deny the acts of Lie.
Live the acts of Truth.
Run from the word of Lie.
Hear the word of Truth.
Beleive the love of Truth.
Live as children of God.
Thanks be to God!
Prayer
Lord, show me, teach me, lead me to be a true child of faith...a true child of Abraham...a true child of God. --- Amen
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