Five

Reading the gospels is so refreshing. For the longest time I was more attracted to Paul's letters, and they're absolutely awesome, but to read the words of Jesus is so much more powerful for me.

Here are my blurbs for Chapter Five:

1. Verse 22 clears up quite a bit for me. It says, "Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him." Jesus is the judge. Not the Father. God has given the authority of judgment to Jesus. I had a guy mention that he thought that it's not fair that God be the judge, jury, and executioner. Here's words right out of the mouth of Jesus that refute that.

2. "A time is coming and has now come..." Jesus uses this a lot. He used it in John 4 when he was talking to the woman at the well. You think he was trying to get a point across? Hmm.

3. "You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life." Let me preface this by saying that I believe the Bible to be the inspired word of God and that it is infallible, but I believe that many churches today have put the emphasis on the book and not who the book is about. They spend more time arguing about the words in a book, instead of living out what Jesus says. Everyone has to be right. They have to argue and argue until finally someone's pride wins out and someone takes home the trophy.

On to Chapter Six.