A Voice We Can Trust

Our inner voice is 'slippery' at best. Our mind wants to make sense of things and imposes sense on things. We can and do lie to stay safe. We lie to others and we lie to ourselves. Perhaps we just 'jump to conclusions' because we impose a pattern of events on things and forecast the future. If we are right a few times we start to trust the system we are using but it is flawed.

"For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. ... But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life." - John 5:26-29, 36-40 ESV

This whole chapter is so good.

Who do you hear? What do you hear?

Jesus walked among us and there was no 'lie' in Him. He was unique in that respect. His 'works' bore witness to who He was. His book bears witness to what is real.

"Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice" - John 5:28 ESV

I love this passage so much. It is prophetic of this age and a great event in the future. On outreach those who 'are in the tombs' hear His voice because a 'work' of His is standing there speaking 'words' of Him and from Him.

"And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God." - John 3:19-21 ESV

If we function in our own 'imaginings' we are just hiding from the light. We have another option. We have another glorious option. We can look at Him and focus on what He has done and what He says.

The truth is much much better than any fiction.

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