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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

John 5

44How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God?

(In German it is not the praise but the honour.) Jesus came not for his own sake. He, before he came to earth, did not need to descend. He neither lacked in glory nor in power or anything else. He came because we lack (in pretty much parts). He came because of his godly love and to give us eternal life so that we are saved from the judgement.
24"[...] whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned[...]
And in the judgement he also will not accuse us before the father
45"But do not think I will accuse you before the Father.
But somehow it is stillhard for human to accept him by comming to him
40yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
or to make efford to obtain his pleasure, praise and attension. People prefere to be acepted by human, being which are just like them. Is this the reason why it is more likely to desire human praise? Does this kind of temorary praise seem more easier to obtain and more real to us? I think you could say so. It really aquries faith and faith to belive that Jesus as a almighty God is there and that we can be a pleasure to him. That we are able to do good and that God is willing to accept and to support while we are improving. He does not want to condenm people but he would love to bless them.There are many ways to obtain the praise of God but you haveto be willing to put efford, time and energy into this process. But maybe not the process but the beginning is the hardes part. Because the loose of human prais may let us hesitate
John 12: 42Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; 43for they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
So why should we desire for mans praise rather then for Gods? Is it not better to be acceptable and liked before God than before man?

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