John 12

Hey downpour, my break has been relaxing so far, but I cannot wait for school to start again, and I cannot wait to see your pretty faces again!

Before going into the scripture, I have a poem to share with you, it's on a Christmas greeting card, and this past Sunday, the pastor--Pastor Smith at my home church shared this with us. And I saw Debbie and Andy:) so the card says,

If what we need the most is knowledge, God would sent us a educator;
If what we need the most is technology, God would send us a scientist;
If what we need the most is money, God would send us an economist;
If what we need the most is pleasure, God would send us an entertainer;
But what we need the most is forgiveness, so God sent us a savior.

So back to John 12
After Jesus saved Lazarus from death, He had supper with Lazarus. Martha was serving, and Mary used the best perfume and anointed Jesus. This should be a time when they were all focusing on how great Jesus was and what good deed he made, but Judas Isariot, has to comment on Mary's perfume, and challenge her why she kept the best to herself. Jesus knows what he's thinking and prophesied his death. The next big event that happened in this chapter is Jesus going into Jerusalum--the Triumphal entry, and a large crowd of people who went to the supper at Lazarus's praised Him, and in the crowd were a lot of Jews. And the donky prophesy became true. :) I am really encouraged by the people who had faith in Jesus, like Martha, Lazarus, Mary, and the Jews who came out and met Him when he was entering Jerusalem. And on the contrary, we see Judas. However, after thinking about it, I am here praising the faithful, but a lot of times I'm just like Judas, who know Jesus is the savior, still I fail him. I am not in the position to Judge Judas, or anyone. However, Juses, the only person who can judge said that he did not come o judge the world but to save the world (v. 47). A lot of times, it's so easy for me to judge, that it's become a habit, and this verse just reminded me that I should not do it.

Back track... Jesus entered Jerusalem, and some Greeks came to see him. Here is something I didn't understand, because Jesus said in verse 24: Truly, truly, I say to you , unless a grain of wheat falls in to the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. why is that? and why is he speaking this to the Greeks?

In verse 35 and 36, Jesus told the people the Light will not remain too long, and He told the people to walk in the Light when it's still there, and become "sons of Light." In the later verse--Verse 46, Jesus said out loud that He has come as the Light in to the world. I feel like that He doesn't usually do this--saying things flat out, He usually says things in parables, and let the people interpret. He is saying the most serious thing--I am God-- flat out. At this stage when people are discussing how to kill Jesus, they can use this and get Him, and Jesus knew this Himself and he still said that fearlessly. When I read that I was thinking how many of us know our purpose in life, and how many of us are willing to submit to God's plan for us? Jesus did it, even though he know that the plan for Him was death, He still faced it.

I need to keep in mind that Jesus is the Light of the world, and what He said was what God wanted Him to say. Therefore, I need to follow what the bible says.

alright, hope all of you had another good day. I'll see you soon:)