John 5:44


​Praise the Lord, today's verse is from John 4:44. 

How can you believe when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God. 

Jesus is giving one more reason why the Jews did not believe in Jesus, because they sought the glory of man and not of God. He also makes a distinction between the glory and honour from man and the honour which comes from God. 

The fatal error of the religious leaders of those days was their pride, vanity, and self love, then lived for each other's praise. God does not minister to the pride of man. He does not modify his truth so as to please man's pride. The longed for prestige and glory and honour from one another, and they were willing to sacrifice the honour which comes from God alone for the sake of man's honour. 

If they had acknowledged Christ as their Messiah, they must have to give up the good opinion of the multitude. They chose rather to lose their souls than to forfeit the reputation among men. They were filled with self righteousness, which God steadfastly opposes. They were afraid of what their friends would say, if they left Judaism and followed Jesus. 

As long as a person is afraid of what others will say, he cannot be saved. Man do not believe in Jesus and put their faith in him because there is something man is secretly loving more than God. 

Today, also, people do not want to be saved. They do not want to accept Jesus as their personal saviour. They do not want to live a holy life because they are afraid of what people will say about them. They are not concerned about their own life. 

Let us ask ourselves this question. Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God rather than the praise of man? Let us look to ourself. 

Prayer

Let us pray at this time. Heavenly Father, I thank you for this day, God, thank you for your grace. Lord help us to decide upon what you desire, our Father. Lord, let our praises come from you and not from man. We commit ourselves to live for you from to day. Jesus' name, I pray, Amen, Amen.

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