Today’s Repple Minute:
Kingdom Living with your Father Who is your spiritual father, God or the Devil? You can only have one father. Read and meditate on these words. Warning: do not read unless you want to come under conviction! Jesus continued, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world (world's economy and system); I am not of this world (Kingdom of Heaven Economy). I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins." "Who are you?" they asked. "Just what I have been claiming all along," Jesus replied. "I have much to say in judgment of you. But HE who sent me is reliable, and what I have heard from HIM I tell the world (people)." They did not understand that HE was telling them about his Father. So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am the one I claim to be and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me. The one who sent me is with me; HE has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases HIM." Even as he spoke, many put their faith in him. The Children of Abraham To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (Free from the slavery of sin) They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?" Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the SON sets you free, you will be free indeed. I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word. I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your father." "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would do the things Abraham did. As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. You are doing the things your own father does." The Children of the Devil 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. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 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. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God." John 8:23-47 Your father the devil is your spiritual father at birth because of the fall. You are not born a child of God. You must be born again (of the Spirit) to be adopted as a child of God. You must repent of your sin and rebellious fallen nature. You must die to self (confess that you have been trying to be god and that you are not God) and put Jesus Christ on the throne of your life as your heavenly father.
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Kingdom Living with your Father
Kingdom Living with your Father
"We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."
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