THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Thursday of the Second Week of Easter 

Acts 5:27-33

Ps 34

John 3:16-36

The one who comes from above...

One of the questions that Jesus is often asked in John’s gospel is ‘Where do you come from?’ When people ask that question they generally mean ‘Where about in Judea or Galilee do you come from?’ 

However, attentive readers of John’s gospel will recognize that there is more to that question than those who ask it realizes. The real answer to the question addressed to Jesus, ‘Where do you come from?’ is that Jesus comes from heaven or God. This is what we find stated very clearly in this morning’s gospel reading(Jn 3:31-36), which declares that Jesus comes from above or from heaven. The gospel reading goes on to declare that because Jesus comes from heaven, he can bear witness to what he has seen and heard in heaven, what he has seen and heard from God his Father. He is uniquely placed to bear witness to who God is because, according to John’s gospel, he has been with God from all eternity and has come from God. 

Indeed this gospel would go further and state that Jesus is God in human form. That is why we take Jesus so seriously, why we pay such close attention to what he does and says, to his life, death, and resurrection. That is why we treasure the books of the gospels so much because if Jesus bears witness to God, the gospels bear witness to Jesus. Jesus brings God to us and brings us to God. The risen Jesus, therefore, has to be at the center of our faith lives and the center of the life of the church.

Let us pray: Lord Jesus Christ, let your Holy Spirit fill us and transform our hearts and mind so that we may choose life. Amen

+Remain blessed