FAITH CAPSULE: A choice to live out of God will be a mark of such.

John 8

In your confession, is He confirmed in you?
Jesus, in His journeying, arrived at a place He entered into the temple early in the morning. 
While He was in the temple, all the people came to Him, and He sat down and taught them. 
While Jesus was in the temple, scribes and Pharisees were also present, and Jesus taught them.
In His teaching, they tested Him so that they might have something to accuse Him. 
In response to the people in the temple, He stated, “…I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” (John 8:12) 
The Pharisees responded to the statement of Jesus, “The Pharisees therefore said to Him, “You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true.” (John 8:13) 
The Bible also identifies it that in the same temple, there were also people who believed.
In the documentation of the temple, what is your response to Jesus? 
Whose side are you in the temple?  
Are you on the side of the scribes, the Pharisees, or those who believe? 
Jesus, having engaged all, responded to all, “Then they took stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.” (John 8:59) 
Is your response in alignment with the Jews?

Are you in an attempt to stone Jesus?
Have you unknowingly been throwing stones at Jesus? 
The Jews at that time picked up stones to throw at Him, but He hid himself and slipped away from the temple grounds. 
If you have confessed Christ and your confession does not demonstrate the way of your life, then you are on the side of stoning-throw at Jesus. Do you know if you are throwing stones at Him? 
Jesus left the temple to move forward, and the Bible records, “Now Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth.” (John 9:1) 
Jesus could not look away from meeting the blind man and healed him. Which side are you on? 
Are you on the stone-throwing side (destructive end) like the persecutors or the healing side (receiving end) like that of the blind man? 
Ask God to help you to no longer live a deceptive life. 
Have you confessed to Jesus, but Jesus is not confirmed in your life? 
A choice to live out of God, deception will be a mark of such.
Jesus made a way to pass by stone-throwing ones. 
He came to give sight to those that cannot see. 
His coming was not for destruction but to deliver. 
He came to give hope to those who have lost hope. 
Be on the receiving end, and He will not pass by you.
Do not be a stone-throwing one, but become one seeking Him.

Prayer for today: Ask God for His grace to deliver you to the receiving end.