I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.
I do not dispute that you descend from Abraham by blood, yet you lack his spirit entirely. You reject My doctrine and cannot bear it, so you seek to kill Me. Your minds are so clogged with pride, prejudice, and false notions that My word finds no entrance into your hearts.
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I grant you are Abraham's seed, yet what does that title mean when you rage against God and His truth with such wicked hatred that you rush to shed innocent blood? Your murderous intent proves you have no real kinship with Abraham, for His word finds no home in hearts barred shut by malice against God Himself.
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Amid the blazing golden lamps of the treasury at tabernacles, when all Jerusalem danced in joy, Christ proclaims in the most absolute sense: I am the Light of the World. The Baptist was a burning lamp sent to witness to that Light; but He alone is the true Light that lightens every man coming into the world, the Messiah promised of old.
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Commenting on John 8:12-59