Who’s Your Daddy – John 8:47
March 19, 2020“The one who is from God listens to the words of God. Because of this you do not listen—because you are not of God.””
- Where do those who deny the words of God come from?
- Who’s inspiration inspires the creative, deaf to the Spirit’s whispers?
- What source motivates the over-achiever’s pursuit of praise?
Jesus never asked these questions. If someone doesn’t listen to the words of God, then they are not of God.
- What are you of, if you are not of God?
- What is your heritage, if not an heir of God?
- Who is your father, if he is not God?
John 8:42–44 (LEB): Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come forth from God and have come. For I have not come from myself, but that one sent me. Why do you not understand my way of speaking? Because you are not able to listen to my message. You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father!
There are only two options for spiritual father; God or Satan. Our default is Satan and our desires demonstrate the reality of our spiritual patriarch.
I am reminded that there are no innocent pursuits. Everything has a source, a motivation, an inspiration. We live in a world of light and darkness. Jesus told us that He is the light of the world.
Why would we think that works sourced from darkness are benign? We don’t need to be afraid of the world but we also don’t need to be ignorant of it either.
It is reasonable to question, of all that we allow to influence us, “who’s your daddy?” . We are called to live in the Light…Let’s not play around with the world of darkness.
https://ref.ly/Jn8.47 via the Logos Bible Android app.
A DEVOTED LIFE 
I am curious, what would you consider to be, or how would you define or determine what God speaks to another in order to know that they are “not listening”?
The context of this passage is Jesus confronting the Pharisees about not believing what he was saying about himself. Therefore, I would say that if you don’t believe what Jesus says about himself, being the messiah, then you are not listening and not of God.