The Brew Is A Musing

“I [Jesus] tell you the truth, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. And He has given Him authority to judge because He is the Son of Man.” (John 5:24–27, NIV 1984).

My Musings – “I tell you the truth.” This phrase, from the lips of Jesus, occurs twenty-nine times in the book of Matthew alone. He said of Himself, “for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. (John 18:37a, NIV 1984). The truth, as laid out in the above verses. The Gospel, the good news. “But not all…accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” (Romans 10:16, NIV 1984). Not all accept or believe that “I [Jesus] am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6, NIV 1984).

Below is a link to a comedy routine by the Smothers brothers, a comedy duo of the late 1950s to the early 1970s, which cynically answers the most important single thing that all religions believe. The belief in a supreme being? No. That they are the only religion that is true.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DXuPL5WxBvM?feature=share

Of course, they could not all be right. They could, however, all be wrong. But if there is a true religion, there could only be one. Which begs the question, “What is truth?” (John 18:38, NIV 1984). To me, the answer is easy. Only one religious founder, “Jesus of Nazareth was a Man accredited by God to [us] by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among [us] through Him, as you yourselves know. This Man was handed over to [us] by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and [we], with the help of wicked men, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross. But God raised Him from the dead, freeing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on Him.” (Acts 2:22–24, NIV 1984).

My Advice – No other religion can claim this accreditation. No other religion has this degree of credibility. No other religious founder has an empty tomb. If we claim that we “trust in God; [we must] trust also in [Jesus].” (John 14:1, NIV 1984). He left us with no other valid choice. “Who has believed [His] message?” “Everyone on the side of truth.” (John 18:37b, NIV 1984). Not decided by a convention, but by one individual at a time. Be one of those individuals.