Tag: rejects me

18.d. “The word that I have spoken will judge Him”

John 12:42  Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God. Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken. I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”

“The word that I have spoken will judge Him” – there are inescapable consequences for rejecting Jesus. Think about the consequences for either relying on Him or rejecting Him.

Eternal life or Eternal damnation and torment

Living in light or living in darkness

Forgiven or condemned

Power in Him or weakness in self

Love or hate and anger

Joy or  misery

Peace or conflict and anxiousness

Kind or mean

Gentle or brutal

Patience or impatience

Refuge or fear

Humility or pride

Giving or greedy

Victory or defeated

Hope or despair

God honoring or self-honoring

Holy Spirit living within or Satan always tempting 

Heavenly desires or worldly lusts

Living for God or living for self

Surrender to the Holy Spirit leading or Satan, world/culture, and self-leading

Belief, trust, and reliance in Jesus Christ or rejection and denial

Jesus came to rescue and save us by paying the price of our sin.  He came because God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.  Jesus gave His life so we might live.  This life we live is to be lived in the LIGHT of this so that all that we do, all that we think, and all that we say is honoring and glorifying Jesus Christ.  He did not come to this world to condemn man but to save man from their sins.  Yet, in rejecting His redemption, sacrifice, and salvation all mankind is condemned.  There is no other means of salvation, but by and through Jesus Christ.  Belief in Him is more than words on our lips.  It is heart, mind, and soul-deep.  It is knowing and owning up to our sin and sinful nature and separation from God because of it, and reliance on, clinging to and trusting in Jesus for our redemption from this condemnation. When we surrender our self-reliance to Jesus only reliance there ought to be some change (new birth).  Old things pass away and all things are new.  We are promised the indwelling Holy Spirit when we believe and surrender and trust and rely (faith) upon/in Jesus Christ alone.  The indwelling Holy Spirit will lead us on paths in our lives that honor and glorify Jesus Christ. Listen for the quiet whispers of the Holy Spirit speaking into your life through God’s Word.  It is there if we but spend the time in His Word and turn our ear towards Him. This new life in Him is not our own to live as we please.  Our lives have been redeemed and ought to reflect the light of the price He paid to save us from hell and the promise of eternal life.

Exposed by the light

John 12:44  And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.  And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.  I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.  If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.  The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Matthew 4:16     the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”  

Luke 1:76     And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,  to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,  because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high  to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”  

Acts 26:18     to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Ephesians 5:14     for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

John 3:17  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.  And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.  For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

I wonder if we understand the difference between light and darkness when it comes to spiritual things.  Read this again: I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.  If anyone hears my words and does not keep them,”  How do we hear these words and remain in the light? How do we fight off the power of satan and his temptations to our sinful nature?  How do we even recognize this sinful nature, satan’s fiery darts, and those words of hope and faith from and through Christ?  Spending time in His word and as Hank Hanegraaff puts it – have MEALS.  Memorize, Examine, Apply, Listen, Study.  In Romans Paul says; So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”  The reason we do not hear is because we do not spend time in His word.  The reason our faith does not grow is because we do not spend time in His word. The reason we are unaware of the darkness we walk in is because we do not spend time in His word.  The reason we do not experience peace, joy, hope, faith, mercy,  grace, power, kindness, generosity, and love is because we do not take enough MEALS and are starving our soul from the bread of life.