February 05, 2026 | Be Connected
Jesus' Testimony is from John
Scripture: John 5:31-35(NIV)
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.
Devotional
“Are you sure you’re old enough to do this?”
When I became the pastor of my first church, I was only 24 years old. It was a fair question that I heard repeatedly. What they didn’t know is that I would turn 25 just three weeks after my first day on the job. Maybe then I would be old enough.
“Did you really go to Duke?”
This was another fair question. My first church was a small one. They had recently had a series of short-term pastors. An attorney in the church quipped, “I assumed it was some tiny Duke Bible College nobody had ever heard of.”
“Do you know what you are doing?”
I heard this one a lot too. The answer was no.
Throughout Jesus’ ministry, He was questioned much more intensely than I ever was.
“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
“Don’t you know you shouldn’t do miracles on the Sabbath?”
“Are you really saying you are equal with God?”
“Where did you get your authority?” In other words, “Do you know what you are doing?”
His answer was yes. In part, His authority came from John the Baptist. John testified that Jesus existed before time, was God’s anointed Messiah, and would baptize people with the power of the Holy Spirit. All those accusing Jesus were familiar with John’s public proclamations about Jesus. If the skeptics wouldn’t believe in the miraculous works of Jesus, certainly they should trust in the prophetic words of John.
They didn’t.
Do you?
