Gospel Reflections #834: All Heaven is Working

John 5:22 "For the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son."

When Jesus healed a man who had been ill for 38 years at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath, the Jews accused Him.

At that time, Jesus said, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."

Because of this, the Jews sought all the more to kill Him.

This was not only because He had broken the Sabbath, but also because He called God His Father, thereby equating Himself with God.

Jesus came into this world as a human being, but His humanity merely covered His divinity; in all things, He reflected the Father God.

We humans carry an image of God within our hearts.

If that image is far removed from Jesus, we cannot accept Him.

Yet it is Jesus who seeks to replace our stubborn image of God.

Jesus' judgment is this: He reveals the true, righteous God to us and prepares the way for us to choose.

The Father, God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are pouring out their power to win us back.

We are now experiencing in our daily lives how profoundly peaceful, secure, and overflowing with joy it is to be within the enclosure of Jesus' rule.

AUTHOR'S BIO: This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, who resides in Hiroshima, Japan. Masae is a dedicated student of the Bible with a deep passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on Gospel perspectives to reach out to others and spread the message of God's true love through a Christ-centered approach. We are sharing her insights here so that you, too, can experience the joy that comes from knowing and understanding the true Gospel and the love of God through Jesus Christ.