Time with Him

Who is your father?   Spiritually speaking we have two fathers to choose from. Jesus makes it quite clear that it is either God or the devil in John 8:31-47: “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.” 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, “Very truly I tell you, 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 that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way 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 are doing what you have heard from your father.” “Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraha...

"Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them." Jonah 2:8 Jesus brings to light what is really going on in the hearts of the Pharisees. Are we sometimes like them?   "You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” And he continued,“You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”"  Mark 7:8-9,13 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!” Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?  Matthew 15:2-3 (NIV) We all have traditions, habits & practices,  good and bad - we need to reflect on them often to see if they are pleasing to the Lord. Traditions I’m guilty of holding onto -   ...