Fri.’s Devo - Sons of God

Read: John 8:21-59; Luke 10:1-11:13
I want to bring out one thing that Jesus said because I think this has been a wrong teaching in the Body of Christ. In John 8:29, Jesus says that God who sent him is with him and has not left him alone. Many teach that God forsook Jesus on the cross, but that is not what it means. God never left Jesus and God can look on sin. He does every day. I’ll explain it better when we get to that part.
Jesus talks about sin and how those who sin are slaves to sin. When we become Christians we are sons of God. The sons are set free from sin, so don’t let the devil deceive you into thinking you will always be a slave to your sin. Whom the Son sets free, they are forever free! Jesus gave them a litmus test. They thought they were God’s sons because they were Jews but Jesus was showing them that true sons are sons of the heart. If they were true sons then they would love God’s son, Jesus. We can use that nugget to judge if a doctrine is right. If they don’t love Jesus, they can’t love God. Only a doctrine that believes in Jesus as God’s son and our Savior is a true doctrine.
Jesus blew them away when he used a play on words. He told them that before Abraham was I AM. I AM was the name God gave to Abraham when he appeared to him. Jesus was saying that he was God. This made them want to stone him. God hid him and he escaped. I believe God just transported him to another place. He did this many times when the crowd was wanting to kill him. Either that, or he made him invisible to their natural eyes. Either way, it was a miracle!
Jesus by-passed the leaders of the synagogue and anointed 72 plain people and sent them out with authority over demonic spirits. They were to tell the people that the kingdom of God was near them now. They were to prepare the way for Jesus to come back to them and minister. They went and saw many people delivered of demons. So much that Jesus saw Satan fall from heaven. He is forever banned from heaven. Even greater than casting out demons is the fact that our names are written in the Book of Life!
Lord, may we use the power you have given us over the devil and his demons. Thank you for writing our names in your Book of Life.