Today, I am reading and commenting on John 6-7.

I had an idea about what I was going to write about today, but as I started to write it was not coming together.  So, I read through the passage several times trying to figure out how to get it to work.  As I was doing so, I came across Jesus saying this, “Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.”  Notice how Jesus places this.  He does not say that if you listen to His teaching and do what He says you will be doing God’s will.  He says that if you choose to do God’s will, you will realize that Jesus’ teachings come from God.  This reminds me of what Paul writes in Romans chapter 1. There he says that people are without excuse because God’s qualities are evident from creation.  If we truly seek to do God’s will, if we truly seek to know God, we will see that what Jesus teaches is from God.  God gave us minds for a reason.  We can apply what Jesus says here to other people who claim to preach God’s word.  If they seek their own glory and to gain for themselves, they are not from God.  On the other hand, if they seek to bring glory to God, than they are speaking God’s message.  Jesus did not seek power and glory.  Instead He washed His disciples feet and sacrificed Himself for all of mankind.

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