diff --git a/content/bible_journal/john/8:20-30.md b/content/bible_journal/john/8:20-30.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f26fbf5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/john/8:20-30.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ ++++ +title = "John 8:20–30" +date = "2026-05-16" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John8.20-30) + +The last entry said it covered _v. 20_ because it was at the paragraph break, but I didn't really say anything about it then. +Also, _v. 21_ starts with "So", like "therefore", you have to see what it's there for and read the preceding context. +In the context of the Feast of Booths, Jesus had said He was the source of living water, the light of the world, and coming to humanity with the Father's judgement. +It's pretty obvious what Jesus is saying here, and if He wasn't correct about it, He'd be guilty of blasphemy. +Yet nobody accused Him of this because God had predetermined the time for it. + +So Jesus's shocking statements continue. +He warns them that when He leaves, those with Him right then won't be able to go to where He is and die in their sins. +For the divine Son, second Person of the Triune God, that's a perfectly normal thing to say. +For Jesus of Nazareth, the carpenter's son, that would be outrageous. +Yet, the reaction that John records for us focuses on the part I find less shocking. +The Jews wonder where Jesus is going to go, and they rightly deduce that it's the spiritual realm where people go when they die. +How do they not see that Jesus is claiming to have the power to save them from their sins? + +Perhaps they realize it by _v. 25_, because Jesus spells it out that they have to believe in Him in order not to die in their sins. +Their response is, "Who are you?" +This is their way of trying to figure out what authority Jesus has over the judgement of sins, because in Judaism, only God has that. +Even though Jesus explains that He is speaking with the same authority as the Father, they still don't get it. +Most of them, anyway. +After a bit more explanation, _v. 30_ tells us that many believed in him. +The spiritual veil over their hearts was lifted and they were able to perceive Jesus as the Savior they needed, sent by the Father to bring His lost people back. + +* * * + +Help us to understand Your words, which have eternal life for us. diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix index 9efac27..ff606f7 100644 --- a/flake.nix +++ b/flake.nix @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ defaultPackage = self.packages.${system}.blog; devShell = mkShell { - packages = [ just zola ]; + packages = [ jujutsu just zola ]; shellHook = '' ln -fsn "${hermit-zola}" "themes/${themeName}" ''; diff --git a/justfile b/justfile index fdd4700..cadeeef 100644 --- a/justfile +++ b/justfile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ finish message: - git add . - git commit -m "{{message}}" - git push + jj commit -m "{{message}}" + jj bookmark set -r @- latest + jj git push create book chapter v1 v2: #!/usr/bin/env bash