Jeremiah 20:10-13, Psalm 18:2-7, John 10:31-42
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"DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE"
"In that place, many came to believe in Him." —John 10:42
In the temple, at Solomon's Portico, Jesus was rejected. Many people
reached for rocks to stone Him (Jn 10:31). They also tried to arrest Him
(Jn 10:39). Jesus "eluded their grasp" and "went back across the Jordan to
the place where John had been baptizing earlier" (Jn 10:39-40). "In that
place, many came to believe in Him."
Why was Jesus not accepted in the holy place, the temple, but believed in
"down by the riverside"? It was because John had been administering his
baptism of repentance "down by the riverside." Wherever there is
repentance, there is faith. Where there is no repentance, Jesus is
rejected and His Church persecuted.
If we have had a Lent of repentance, then we will have an Easter of faith.
If our Lent is lacking repentance, however, our Easter will not be
pleasing to God. We will even be used consciously or unconsciously to
hinder God's work. Therefore, we must repent. Even if we have let sin
blind us to our need for repentance, we must ask the Lord to break through
our spiritual blindness, convict us of our sins, and empower us to repent.
"Repent: the kingdom of God is at hand" (Mk 1:15, our transl.).
Prayer: Father, immerse me in the baptism of repentance (Mk 1:4).
Promise: "Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord, for He has rescued the life
of the poor from the power of the wicked!" —Jer 20:13
Praise: Theresa consciously renews her baptism through the frequent use of
the Sacraments and sacramentals.
(Break through spiritual blindness by reading the Bible every day. We have
several tape series to help you. "Overview of the Bible" is six audio
tapes starting with AV 10A-1 or three video tapes starting with V-10A.
"15-minute Bible Teaching - New Testament" is forty audio tapes starting
with #700. "An Introduction to each Book of the Bible" is 32 audio tapes
starting with AV 21-1 or 17 video tapes starting with V-21.)
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