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AATHAVAN 💚 May
24, 2025. 💚
Saturday
"He that rejecteth me,
and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have
spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day." (John 12:48, KJV)
Rejecting someone and
refusing to accept their words is a great insult. Imagine being dressed
elegantly to attend an important event, only to be turned away at the entrance
by security personnel—how humiliating that would be! Likewise, Christ, who was
sent by the Father into the world, was rejected by the very world He came to
save.
Though He came among His own
people, the Jews, they did not receive Him. The apostle John writes: "He
came unto his own, and his own received him not." (John 1:11, KJV)
Yes, the Jews rejected and dishonoured
Jesus Christ. He was not only dishonoured during His final suffering but at
various times throughout His life.
The Jews were unwilling to
accept the truth Jesus spoke. Instead of believing the truth He proclaimed,
they focused on His earthly background:
"Is not this the
carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and
Joses, and Simon, and Judas?" (Matthew 13:55, KJV)
To help people believe,
Jesus performed many miracles. Yet,
"But though he had done
so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him." (John
12:37, KJV)
That is why Jesus says in
today’s meditation verse:
"He that rejecteth me,
and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have
spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day." (John 12:48, KJV)
On the Day of Judgment, no
one will be able to offer an excuse for having rejected His word. Dearly
beloved, it is essential that we obey His words during the days of our earthly
life.
Jesus Christ gave His
disciples the authority to proclaim the Gospel after Him. At that time, He
said:
"He that receiveth you
receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me." (Matthew
10:40, KJV)
Today, those who have been
called by Christ are proclaiming the Gospel message He entrusted to them.
Therefore, when we listen to
the words of the Gospel, we are not only listening to Christ but also to God
the Father who sent Him. When we reject these words, we are rejecting both
Christ and the Father. And the same words that we rejected will judge us on the
last day.
Accepting the words of
Christ does not merely mean listening to them—it means putting them into
practice in our lives.
"But be ye doers of the
word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer
of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face
in a glass:" (James 1:22-23, KJV)
Beloved, James tells us to
be doers of the word, not just hearers, so that we don’t deceive ourselves.
Rejecting God’s word is not only rejecting Him—it is also deceiving our own
selves. That is why the Lord Jesus Christ says that the word He has spoken will
judge the one who rejects Him on the last day.
So let us be watchful. Let
us receive and live by the Word of God.
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