January 31 – Of the Truth Hears

“Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.””  -  John 18:37 (NASB)

This verse selected for today has the promise that if we are of the truth, we can hear our Lord’s voice. Pilate, who is about to condemn Jesus to a criminal’s death by execution on a cross mocks Jesus.  He is skeptical and asks sarcastically “So, you are a king?”  We notice Jesus affirms Pilate’s words and says not only that He was born for that purpose but also that He “came into the world to tell us the truth.”  Jesus existed before he was born a human man.  He did not originate or began His existence at His human birth.  When He came into the world, it was to take on the form of a servant, He was born in the likeness of men, and He was found to be in human form but He was much more and had existed “from of old, from ancient days.” (Micah 5:2) All humans (except Adam and Eve) are created and formed in their mother’s womb. Jesus was not a 'creation' but his entry into the human race was an 'incarnation.'  His essential person-hood existed before His body, by the Holy Spirit, began to be formed in His mother’s womb. If we are of the truth and the way and the life, we hear our Lord’s voice. Let's listen for what He has to say.

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