Knowing Your Bible Doesn’t Prove You Love Jesus

The Pharisees in John 8 knew their Bible. You could not have asked for better teachers. When Jesus pressed them, they had their answers ready: Abraham is our father, and then, we have one father, even God.

Jesus skips the theology and gives them a different examination: “If God were your father, ye would love me.” You can’t claim the Father and hate the Son. They are one.

It’s easy to say, “I love Jesus.” But, when was the last time you sat down with somebody and lovingly told them they needed the Savior? If it’s been six months, there’s been a little love loss. I don’t know a husband who tells his wife he loves her every six months and calls that a marriage. Jesus said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”

Now think about those of us raised in church. The devil does his best work in the synagogue. Lucifer didn’t fall from darkness. He fell from light. You can know every verse and sit in the same pew fifteen years and feel perfectly safe. That goes double for our young people, who have the most Bible in them right now.

Keep learning the Bible. I’d just ask where the love showed up this week. Who did you tell about Him? What did you do simply because He said to?

Do you love the Savior by the way you live?

Keep learning the Bible, and don’t wait six months to hear more. The full message from John 8 is below:

Pastor Fortunato
Founding Pastor & Preacher of the Word.
Pilgrim Baptist Church — Cookeville, Tennessee

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