Eye Witness
Maybe the title of my blog should be "Pepsi's Blog" instead of "Tracy's Blog" since I am yet again going to tell you a story about walking our dog.
It was a lovely afternoon and Clint, Tim, and I were walking Pepsi along the street we live on. All of a sudden a little black dog came running across the street. I think he was excited to greet Pepsi. His owner was calling out for him so I watched her for a moment until my eyes were drawn to the road. There was a car coming! The dog was running straight across the street. The car was coming at a normal but quick enough speed. A collision seemed inevitable. What happened?
Well, if left only to my eye witness account, you would never know. Why? Because I closed my eyes. I couldn't bear to see the dog get hit so I shut my eyes tight. When I didn't hear a "thud", I opened my eyes. The dog was running off. The car was picking up speed again. "What happened?" I asked Clint and Tim. They informed me that the car slowed down just in time and the dog dodged the car. No one was behind the car so there was no dead dog and no car accident. Thanks be to God!
That experienced showed me that I am not a very good witness. I had NO IDEA what went on. I knew the result (everyone safe and sound) but I couldn't explain the process. I started to think about the wonderful gift the eye witness account of the Gospels are to us. Written by those who saw and heard, we get an up close account of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Thankfully, the apostles didn't stop talking about what they had seen and heard. Here is their response after being called in to the Sanhedrin because of the miraculous healing of the lame beggar by the temple.
Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” Acts 4:18-20
Later in life, Saint John wrote:
I John 1:1-4
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our joy complete.
John knew he had seen the Word of Life, the Son of God! He knew it was in Him that we receive eternal life. Oh that we may joyfully receive the good news given through the eye witnesses.
It was a lovely afternoon and Clint, Tim, and I were walking Pepsi along the street we live on. All of a sudden a little black dog came running across the street. I think he was excited to greet Pepsi. His owner was calling out for him so I watched her for a moment until my eyes were drawn to the road. There was a car coming! The dog was running straight across the street. The car was coming at a normal but quick enough speed. A collision seemed inevitable. What happened?
Well, if left only to my eye witness account, you would never know. Why? Because I closed my eyes. I couldn't bear to see the dog get hit so I shut my eyes tight. When I didn't hear a "thud", I opened my eyes. The dog was running off. The car was picking up speed again. "What happened?" I asked Clint and Tim. They informed me that the car slowed down just in time and the dog dodged the car. No one was behind the car so there was no dead dog and no car accident. Thanks be to God!
That experienced showed me that I am not a very good witness. I had NO IDEA what went on. I knew the result (everyone safe and sound) but I couldn't explain the process. I started to think about the wonderful gift the eye witness account of the Gospels are to us. Written by those who saw and heard, we get an up close account of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Thankfully, the apostles didn't stop talking about what they had seen and heard. Here is their response after being called in to the Sanhedrin because of the miraculous healing of the lame beggar by the temple.
Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” Acts 4:18-20
Later in life, Saint John wrote:
John knew he had seen the Word of Life, the Son of God! He knew it was in Him that we receive eternal life. Oh that we may joyfully receive the good news given through the eye witnesses.
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