Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 7:1-2,10,25-30

To know God is the goal of every human being. (For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than holocausts. – Hosea 6:6). Knowledge of God is the experience of God. (I am the LORD, your God, since the land of Egypt; You know no God besides me, and there is no savior but me Hosea 13:4).

Jesus knows God and this knowledge is seen in his belonging to him; in finding God as the source of his life. This knowledge of God is further assured in the commission of God. God has given Jesus a mission. To acknowledge that God is the source and God has a mission is the knowledge which Jesus proposes in this passage.

கடவுளைப்பற்றிய அறிவே சிறந்தது, அடித்தளமானது, மனிதத்தின் குறிக்கோளும் அதுவே. இந்த அறிவைக் கொண்டவன் தான் கடவுளிடமிருந்து வருவதை ஏற்றுக்கொள்வான், கடவுள்தான் பணித்தார் என்பதை உணர்ந்து செயல்படுவான்.

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 5:31-47

Jesus was going about preaching and doing many things in God’s name. He also identified himself with the Father. He called God as his Father. The people asked for testimony. Jesus does not need testimony because he is God and he is from God. Not only that, but because he is God and from God only God can testify about him.

Human testimony is worthless. Even the testimony of John the Baptist, whom the people believed and accepted him as a man of God is limited (He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. But I have testimony greater than John’s.). There is no testimony greater than God’s. God’s testimony is all inclusive (of John’s, Moses’ and all) and still greater.

இயேசுவின் போதனைகளும் செயல்பாடுகளும் மக்கள் மனதில் பல கேள்விகளை எழுப்பின. இவர்களுக்கு சாட்சிகள் தேவைப்பட்டன. மனிதர் தரும் சான்று அவருக்குத் தேவை இல்லை. கடவுளே அவருக்குச் சாட்சியாக இருக்கிறார். கடவுளின் சாட்சி எல்லாவற்றையும் உள்ளடக்கக் கூடியது மேலும் எல்லாவற்றையும் விட சிறந்தது மேலானது.