9 Apr 2019
If We Die with Jesus, We will Rise with Him
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For 9 April 2019, Tuesday of the fifth week of Lent, based on John 8:21-30
Jesus said to the Pharisees, “I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.†Then the Jews said, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?†He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.†They said to him, “Who are you?†Jesus said to them, “Why do I speak to you at all? I have much to say about you and much to condemn; but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.†They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father instructed me. And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.†As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Mike Champlin
09 April 2019 @ 1:34 am
We tend to spend so much time worrying about the little things and life eternal with God and one another is central. Thank you for reminding us once again!
Liz Landon
09 April 2019 @ 9:49 am
Thanks Nick for your reflectio. A helpful suggestion for these last days of Lent. God bless Liz
Ann Keys
09 April 2019 @ 11:13 am
Great to hear you Nick, also Mike on Sunday. It is good to be reminded often about what really matters. Hope you, mike and Joan have a great Holy Week and EAster.