“For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.” John 12:49-50 (NASB)
When Jesus lived on earth, many people followed Him and His teaching. Many believed what He said. Some who believed were not willing to confess openly their belief. Some did not believe and others challenged Jesus's right to speak the way He did. Today's verse is a response to the people about the authority of His teaching. Jesus, the Son of God was sent and commanded to bring eternal life and make it available to all people. This was the essence of His teaching. That, of course is what God our Heavenly Father desires – to bring us eternal life. God's teaching was directly through Jesus His Son and much of it has come through prophets and through the apostles as recorded in our Bible. And that's what we receive when we read the Bible or hear it taught and preached by others. Today, remember that God promises eternal life to those who hear and believe and obey His words.
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