John 8:39-47 ESV

39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”

39 Sila'y sumagot sa kanya, “Si Abraham ang aming ama.” Sa kanila'y sinabi ni Jesus, “Kung kayo'y mga anak ni Abraham ay gagawin ninyo ang mga gawa ni Abraham. 40 Subalit ngayo'y pinagsisikapan ninyo akong patayin, isang taong nagsasabi sa inyo ng katotohanan na aking narinig sa Diyos. Ito'y hindi ginawa ni Abraham. 41 Ginagawa ninyo ang mga gawa ng inyong ama.” Sinabi nila sa kanya, “Hindi kami ipinanganak sa pakikiapid. Mayroon kaming isang Ama, ang Diyos.” 42 Sinabi sa kanila ni Jesus, “Kung ang Diyos ang inyong ama, ay inibig ninyo sana ako, sapagkat ako'y nagmula sa Diyos at ngayon ay naririto ako. Hindi ako naparito mula sa aking sarili kundi sinugo niya ako. 43 Bakit hindi ninyo nauunawaan ang aking sinasabi? Sapagkat hindi ninyo matanggap ang aking salita. 44 Kayo'y mula sa inyong amang diyablo, at ang nais ninyong gawin ay ang kagustuhan ng inyong ama. Siya'y isang mamamatay-tao buhat pa sa simula, at hindi naninindigan sa katotohanan, sapagkat walang katotohanan sa kanya. Kapag siya ay nagsasalita ng kasinungalingan, siya ay nagsasalita ayon sa kanyang sariling likas, sapagkat siya'y isang sinungaling, at ama ng kasinungalingan. 45 Ngunit dahil sa sinasabi ko ang katotohanan ay hindi kayo nananampalataya sa akin. 46 Sino sa inyo ang makakasumbat sa akin tungkol sa kasalanan? Kung sinasabi ko ang katotohanan, bakit hindi kayo sumasampalataya sa akin? 47 Ang mula sa Diyos ay nakikinig ng mga salita ng Diyos. Ang dahilan kung bakit hindi ninyo pinakikinggan ang mga ito ay sapagkat kayo'y hindi mula sa Diyos.”

WHO IS YOUR FATHER?

While Jesus is certain that God is His father, His critics were deceived. They argued strongly that because their father is Abraham, it followed that God is their father. Claiming that they weren’t born out of ‘sexual immorality’, they believed that their undiluted ethnicity had given them automatically the right to belong to the Father. Having been hoodwinked by these lies of Satan, they didn’t realize he was their father in reality. Sadly, their religious zeal and advocacy had made their delusion harder to discover.

Thus, let’s not believe every spirit today but test the spirits whether they are from God.[1 John 4:1] Satan could transform himself into an angel of light.[2 Cor 11:14] Today, how many religious fanatics who in the name of God are persecuting the children of God and hindering His work?

They did not do the work of Abraham, who believed the Messiah. In what way? They oppose the lord Jesus, even wanted to kill Him. Abraham wasn’t a murderer, was he? Jesus had diagnosed their fundamental problem. He said, “Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires.” The nature of the children is inherited from their father. Jesus exposed Satan’s nature by saying, “He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

Nobody among them could accuse Jesus as guilty of any sin. In other words, they had witnessed the impeccability of Jesus. But, they won’t believe, even just to listen to Him. Why? For the simple reason that they did not belong to God, but to their father, the devil. Thus, if you and I claim to belong to God, our Father , we must love to hear the word of God. For Jesus said, “whoever is of God hears the word of God.”

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