The Pastor’s Desk …

“He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true. For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.” (John 3:33–34)

Although the majority of people reject Jesus’ message, not everyone does. There are some who accept His testimony, believing in Him for eternal life. In the ancient world, people set their seal to something, often with a signet ring, as a sign of complete acceptance and approval. Those who have received Christ’s testimony thereby verify their belief that “God is true” when He speaks through His Son.

Unlike human teachers, whose words sometimes agree with divine truth and sometimes do not, Jesus always spoke in complete harmony with the Father. Thus, those who profess to believe in God yet reject Jesus Christ are deceived. Jesus is one with the Father (John 10:30) — “He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him” (John 5:23) — and the Father said of Him, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!” (Matthew 17:5). He is “the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through [Him]” (John 14:6). To reject Jesus, then, is to call God a liar (1 John 5:10).

Jesus is also one with the Holy Spirit. Jesus infallibly spoke “the words of God” because God gave the Spirit to Him “without measure.” Since “in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9), there were no limits to the Spirit’s power working through Him, and now in His authority, through you too.

Prayer

Lord, I thank You for the gift of Your Son to redeem me from my sins. I also thank you for Your Holy Spirit who is with us always and gives us peace. Let Your saving grace and mercy always be with us!