25/07/2020
Daily Devotion
July 25
The Father Points to Christ
Then they asked him, “Where is your father?” “You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
John 8:19
When the Pharisees asked, “Where is your father?” they were say- ing, “We don’t hear the testimony of the Father. The miracles that you have performed, such as raising the dead, don’t amount to anything.” The Pharisees wanted Jesus to place the Father right before their eyes so that they might feel and touch him as they would a wall. Otherwise, they wouldn’t believe or accept what he was saying. But Christ pointed to the Father’s testimony, not so that they might see and touch the Father, but so that they would believe. The Father’s testimony should have led them all to his Word. Philip also said to Christ, “Show us the Father” (John 14:8). But Christ doesn’t show us the Father the way we might want him to. Rather, the Father shows us Christ, who says, “The Father points you to me, not the other way around. He is the one who shows you Christ. He testifies of me. You must do what he says and listen to my words and testimony.”
This is the main point of the argument: we should always keep Christ before our eyes. The devil continually tempts us to aban- don Christ and seek the Father, saying to us, “This or that will please him.” Meanwhile, we ignore Christ—the one the Father sent—so that we might listen to him alone. We respond as the Pharisees did and reject Christ. We wonder, “Where is the Father?” That is the question the world asks.
This is the greatest temptation to our faith. We must devote ourselves to the Word of Christ and train ourselves to hold on to it so that we never lose sight of Jesus.
(Mizo)
July 25
Pain Krista Min Kawhhmuh
Tin, anni chuan a hnênah, “I Pa khawiah nge?” an ti a. Isuan, “Nangnin kei min hre lo, ka Pa pawh in hre lo; kei mi hriat chuan ka Pa pawh in hria ang,” tiin a chhâng a (Johana 8:19).
Pharisaiten, “khawiah nge i Pa?” an tih khan, “Pa hriattirna kan dawng lo ve. I thil mak tih, mitthi kaihthawh tih ang velte hian awmzia an nei pha lo” an tihna a ni. Pharisaite chuan Isua chu an mit hmuhah an hma ngeia Pa rawn lantir turin an duh a, bang sang khawih ang maia Pa chu an k*t ngeia khawih an beisei a ni. Chutilo chuan, Isua thu sawite chu an pawm dawn lo a ni. Mahse, Krista chuan an rin theihna tur ni lo, an k*ta an khawiha hmuh theih turin Pa thu chu hriattir a tum lo. A thu sawi atanga Pa thu a hriattirna chuan a Thu-ah chuan a hruai lut thei hlauh pawh a ni mahna. Philipa pawhin Krista hnenah, “Pa chu keini min hmuhtir rawh” (Johana 14:8) a ti a nih kha. Mahse Isuan Pa chu keini duh dan angin min hmuhtir a tum lo. Amaherawhchu, Pa zawkin Krista chu min kawhhmuh a, Kristan, “Pain ka chungchang thu a sawiin a kawhhmuh zawk che u a, kawng dang a awm lo. Ani chu Krista hmuhtirtu che u chu a ni. Anin ka thu a hriattir che u a, a thu chu awih ula, ka thu sawi leh ka thu hriattir che u hi ngaithla mai rawh u” min ti a ni.
Hei hi a pawimawh ber chu a ni: Krista chu kan en reng tur a ni tih hi. Krista chu hnawla Pa zawng turin sual chuan min thlem reng a, kan rilruah, “hei hi emaw, chu chu emaw, a lawmna a ni ngei ang” min tihtir thin. Chutichuan Pain a tirh, a Thu kan ngaihthlak ber tur Krista zawk chu kan hnawl hlauh thin. Pharisaite angin Krista chu kan hnawl a, “Khawiah nge Pa chu a awm?” tiin kan buai thin. Chu chu khawvêlin a zawh thin zawhna chu a ni.
Hei hi i rinna chungchanga thlemna nasa ber a ni. Krista Thuah chuan nghet tak leh thuk takin intulut la Amah i hlauh loh nan a thuah nghet taka dingin inzir ang che.
From: Martin Luther's Daily Devotion edited by James C. Galvin
