They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
– John 8:39-40
Jesus directly confronts the dissonance between lineage and living. He challenges the crowd’s claim to Abrahamic heritage, not by disputing their ancestry, but by exposing the contradiction in their actions: they claim Abraham as their father yet plot to kill the one who speaks truth from God. Jesus draws a line between biological descent and spiritual inheritance, between having Abraham’s blood and embodying his faithfulness.
It’s a wake-up call, isn’t it? One that still echoes. Are we living in alignment with the truth we profess? Are we bearing the fruit of the faith we claim?
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