Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 8:51-59

Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died?
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The Jews had such a great regard for Abraham and that they considered him to be the first and best for everything. He was the point of reference with regard to their religion and society. And it was so. He is the first historical person in the bible and he is the first one to have met God and made covenant with God and all their history flows from him. This Abraham faced death.

Jesus claimed that this Abraham wanted to see the day of Jesus. Not only that but also Jesus existed before Abraham. This they could not digest. Jesus claimed to be even before Abraham whereas Jews believed that Abraham was the first historical person. They saw things in human terms and in historical perspectives where as Jesus spoke in heavenly and in divine terms.

நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: யோவான் 8:51-59

எங்கள் தந்தை ஆபிரகாமைவிட நீ பெரியவனோ? ஆபிரகாம் இறந்தார்.
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தந்தை ஆபிரகாம் தான் இஸ்ராயேல் வரலாற்றில் முதல்வர், பெரியவர். சமுதாயத்திலும் சரி சமயத்திலும் சரி. ஆனால் அவர் இறந்தார். அவரைவிட பெரியவனாக தன்னை இயேசு கருதியதை அவர்களால் ஏற்றுகொள்ள முடியவில்லை. அதுமட்டுமல்ல ஆபிரகாமுக்கு முன்பே தான் இருந்ததாக சொல்வது அவர்களால் ஜீரணிக்க முடியவில்லை.

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 8:31-42

If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me.
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The dispute between Jesus and the Jews is who the Father is. The Jews claim Abraham to be their father. But Jesus condemns them for their actions which were in line with that of Abraham. Abraham was a man of faith and his actions proved that he believed in God and truth. Though they believed in Abraham to be their father in fact he was not.

Jesus had God as his father. All what he said and did were in line with that of God and all what proceeded from him was truth. Truth also set him free. Freedom and truth are the two signs of a person who had God as his Father. Abraham was following the directions of God. And anyone who had Abraham as his father will also do the works of Abraham (Faith). Those who have their earthly fathers will be slaves to sin.

நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: யோவான் 8:31-42

கடவுள் உங்கள் தந்தையெனில் நீங்கள் என் மேல் அன்பு கொள்வீர்கள். நான் கடவுளிடமிருந்தே இங்கு வந்துள்ளேன். நானாக வரவில்லை: அவரே என்னை அனுப்பினார்.
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கடவுள்தான் தந்தை என்றால் உண்மை, விடுதலை, அன்பு போன்ற பண்புகள் வாழ்ந்து காட்டப்படும். ஆபிரகாம் தந்தை என்றால் நம்பிக்கை, அன்பு வாழ்ந்து காட்டப்படும். மற்றவர்கள் தந்தை என்றால் அடிமைத்தனமும் பாவமும்தான் இருக்கும்.