John 14:29
January 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
Good morning friends,
And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe
Jesus is making reference to an aspect of that glory that wants to burst out – His omniscience. Only the omniscient can tell things that will take place before it happens and only God is omniscient. Openness theology in the name of tolerance wants to rob God of His omniscience. Yes Jesus did “learn” as a human, but He voluntarily choose to not exercise His omniscience. How Jesus could do this, I would have to admit, is a mystery that I actually cannot explain. However, we see here indication that He was now resuming the use of His omniscience. This was to strengthen the disciple’s belief that may have been shaky at this moment. Jesus had just admitted that He would not “leave them as orphans,” and to some degree this underscores the infancy of their belief. Yes they had walked with Jesus for almost 3 years, yes they had seen miracle upon miracle from Christ’s hand, and yes they heard Him speak with authority, but their thinking was bound by cultural bands which would not allow them to think out of the paradigm they were steeped in. It would only be the resurrection that would break those bands. Like the disciples, we possess bands that Jesus must break; we have cultural predispositions that at times hobble our ability for belief. Rest assured that the Lord is aware of the areas our belief is shaky and rest assured He will bolster our infant level belief when needed. “Lord help my unbelief.”
Have a blessed Lord’s Day
Bill
Heidelberg Catechism
Q. 29. Why is the Son of God called “Jesus”, that is a Saviour?
A. Because he saveth us, and delivereth us from our sins; (a) and likewise, because we ought not to seek, neither can find salvation in any other. (b) (a) Matt.1:21; Heb.7:24,25. (b) Acts 4:12; John 15:4,5; 1 Tim.2:5; Isa.43:11; 1 John 5:11.
