Continuing the story of Jesus according to John
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?
47 He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
I recently read an article quoting a scientist in reference to a greater cosmic consciousness in the universe and said “Even if it were true I wouldn’t believe it”
While we talk often about despising hypocrisy and seeking truth – there can be times where something in us just doesn’t want truth.
There’s something that goes far beyond what we say and what we do (though it greatly affects both). At our very core there is something we cannot simply will into existence. There is a person within us that can only be transformed by it’s maker – and this shapes everything.
To whom do you belong? What is your maker like? For what purposes were you fundamentally created?
Maybe there are some things we can hear from God only in the context of belonging to him.
