April 11, 2025
Worldview - Part 5
John 8:56-58
04/11/2025
56 ``Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see
my day. He saw it and was glad.''
57 So the Jews said to him, ``You are not yet fifty
years old, and have you seen Abraham?''
58 Jesus said to them, ``Truly, truly, I say to you,
before Abraham was, I am.'' (ESV)
Our senses are constantly bombarded with input, sounds and
sights and tastes and sensations which we cannot properly
process. Most of what our senses perceive is filtered out as
unimportant. Our worldview does the same filtering on that which
we read or are told. ``That can't be true,'' we say because of
our worldview.
Jesus was debating with the rulers of the Temple.
``Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my
day. He saw it and was glad.'' So the Jews said to
him, ``You are not yet fifty years old, and have you
seen Abraham?'' Jesus said to them, ``Truly, truly, I
say to you, before Abraham was, I am.''
Did Abraham rejoice only because he trusted in God's
promises? If Jesus is who He claims to be, and if the God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is indeed the God of the living, then
Abraham saw Jesus come down to earth to redeem all people from
sin and death.
In Exodus, God revealed His name to Moses, ``I Am Who I
Am.''[1] When Jesus said, ``before Abraham was, I am,'' He
claimed to be the God who spoke to the Patriarchs, the God
through whom all was created.
Our worldview at Trinity Lutheran Church says that the Bible
is true, that Jesus is the Son of God, and that He suffered,
died, and rose again to deliver us from sin and death. Please
join us on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. to learn more about this
truth which God has revealed in the Bible. May our Lord bless
your study of His Word as you seek the truth of His grace and
mercy. Amen.
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1. Exodus 3:14