Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Worldview - Part 3\n John 8:48-49\n 04\/09\/2025\n\n\n 48 The Jews answered him, ``Are we not right in\n saying that you are a Samaritan and have a\n demon?''\n 49 Jesus answered, ``I do not have a demon, but I\n honor my Father, and you dishonor me.'' (ESV)\n\n Because we have different worldviews, different ways of\n looking at the same situation, we have trouble communicating.\n This is especially true when we look at the important,\n fundamental questions of life. Depending on your beliefs, your\n worldview, your answer to ``What happens when we die?'' will be\n different than your neighbor's.\n\n Often, when we cannot come up with a good answer to the\n arguments presented, we attack the person with whom we are\n speaking. Jesus was not immune to this debate strategy.\n The Jews answered him, ``Are we not right in saying\n that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?'' Jesus\n answered, ``I do not have a demon, but I honor my\n Father, and you dishonor me.''\n\n\n There was no greater insult the Jews could have given.\n Samaritans were hated, and a demon-possessed Samaritan was\n particularly to be avoided. Those were fighting words, but Jesus\n did not rise to take the bait. He simply pointed His accusers\n that they not only were dishonoring Him, but the One who sent\n Him, God the Father. Throughout this discussion Jesus claimed to\n be sent from the Father. Throughout His ministry, Jesus made the\n claim, as Saint John recorded: ``For God so loved the world that\n He gave His only-begotten Son.''[1]\n\n Dishonoring the Father, dishonoring God, is not something\n taken lightly. Yet, if one does not recognize God, it is easy to\n dishonor Him, to speak ill of Him, and to dismiss the message of\n His love.\n\n May our Lord grant that we honor Him in all things, thus\n bringing honor to God our Father. Amen.\n ____________________\n\n 1. John 3:16<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 9, 2025 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3141,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions\/3141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}