Killing it
This week I was reading this passage from John. Jesus is talking in the temple to the Jews when he says: Therefore if the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed. I know that you are Abraham’s seed. But you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. I am telling what I have seen with My Father, and you are doing what you have seen with your father.” John 8:36-38 (MEV) The phrase". ..because My word has no place in you." Really jumped out at me. I looked that up in a variety of tranaslations: ... because you do not welcome My voice into your lives. (The Voice) ... because my message does not find a home within your hearts. (LB) ... because My word has no place to grow in you and it makes no change in your heart . (AMP) It is very clear that they were looking to kill Jesus because of the word. John said " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. " John 1:1 (KJV) While we may not physically be 'killi