Daily Harvest: Reaping Truth from God’s Word

SUNDAY, 17 AUGUST 2025

TEXT: JOHN 5:31-47

31: “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

32: There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true.

33: “You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.

34: Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved.

35: John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

36: “I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing—testify that the Father has sent me.

37: And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,

38: nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.

39: You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,

40: yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

41: “I do not accept glory from human beings,

42: but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.

43: I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

44: How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

45: “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.

46: If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.

47: But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”

(New International Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: DON’T MISS JESUS WHEN STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES

The kernel of today's devotion is in John 5:39-40.

The religious leaders Jesus is talking to in this passage were great Bible scholars who thought they had eternal life because of their theology, religious rituals, positions and likely memorizing large chunks of the Bible. They knew what the Bible said but had character deficit.

For all of their theology, Jesus puts it to them that their character is not in tandem with those who are qualified to go to heaven.

Jesus is the only way to heaven but the quantum of their Theological knowledge was unable to connect them with Jesus.

QUESTION: Does your knowledge of God help you to know Jesus as your Lord and Saviour?

PRAYER: Dear Lord, please help me not to miss the opportunity to know Jesus as my Lord and Saviour despite my Bible knowledge.