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Today's Early Church Wisdom
“None of us offers resistance when he is seized, or avenges himself for your unjust violence, although our people are numerous and plentiful…it is not lawful for us to hate, and so we please God more when we render no requital for injury…we repay your hatred with kindness.”
~ St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (died 258AD)
This week's Psalm is Psalm 30 'Joy Comes With The Morning'

The Witness of The Father Himself

The Third Witness in The Case for Jesus

Jesus said, “And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. 38 But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe” (John 5:37,38). The Father testified to Christ through various means, including an audible voice at Jesus' baptism and transfiguration, the miraculous works He empowered Jesus to do, and the prophetic Scriptures that foretold His coming. By witnessing through these different avenues, the Father provided corroborating evidence that authenticated Jesus as His Son and the promised Messiah. At Jesus’ baptism the Father's voice declared, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). At the transfiguration the voice from the cloud repeated the affirmation, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!" (Matthew 17:5). 