“OF GOD!”

John 8:42-47
“42 JESUS said to them (the scribes and the Pharisees...John8:3), "If GOD were your FATHER, you would love ME, for I came from GOD and I am here. I came not of MY own accord, but HE sent ME.
43 Why do you not understand what I say? IT IS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BEAR TO HEAR MY WORD.
44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM. When he lies, HE SPEAKS OUT OF HIS OWN CHARACTER, FOR HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES.
45 BUT BECAUSE I TELL THE TRUTH, YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME .
46 WHICH OF YOU CONVICTS ME OF SIN? If I tell the truth, WHY DO YOU NOT BELIEVE ME?
47 Whoever is “OF GOD” hears the words “OF GOD”.  The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not “OF GOD”."

Some people can HEAR THE TRUTH but cannot absorb THE TRUTH because they are NOT OF GOD!  I am not being judgemental, Scripture is doing that for me.  The scribes and the Pharisees (John 8:3) were in church regularly, but they were not OF GOD.  Just because someone is in a position where “this world” has elevated them DOESN’T MEAN that they are OF GOD.

WHEN THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM they may not be able to help themselves, it might be because they SPEAKS OUT OF HIS OWN CHARACTER, FOR HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES”?  Regrettably, some people cannot SEE TRUTH staring them in the face because they are so caught up in the lies of “the enemy” that TRUTH can be right in front of them and it goes unnoticed.

Ephesians 6:12 says “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this PRESENT DARKNESS, against the SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES.”  If our lives fail to line up with THE WORD OF GOD, we might better make certain that we identify with JESUS, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE???  FOR HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES should NOT be what we portray.   We should be speaking TRUTH!

“"Judge not, that you be not judged” (Matthew 7:1) is one of the most misinterpreted Scriptures in the Bible.  Allowing Scripture to judge is what we constantly need to be doing with our lives and IN LOVE those those around us.  When we fail to live up to what Scripture desires, we need change to be more “OF GOD” and less of what we think is right!!!