Gospel: John 8: 51-59
Jesus said to the Jews: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.” So the Jews said to him, “Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’ Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?” Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ You do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word. Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.” So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.” So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.
- death: a permanent cessation of all vital functions; the cause or occasion of loss of life; a cause of ruin; spiritual death
- Have I ever met someone who is not afraid of death? What are my fears of death? If Jesus says that whoever keeps His word will never see death, how can I know and keep His word and live on?
- know: to perceive directly; to have experience of; to be aware of the truth or factuality of; to be acquainted with.
- Do I have experience of God in my life? Am I acquainted with Him? Do I go to Jesus when I don't understand what God allows in my life or the lives of others?
- be (am): to exist or live; to continue or remain as before; have reality or actuality.
- Do I really believe in the existence of God? Does my own faith have reality in my daily life?
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