Gospel: John 3:16-21
Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil.
For everyone who does wicked things hates
the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be
exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may
be clearly seen as done in God.
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Reflection:
Can we be saved by simply believing in Jesus? Is it enough to believe and not live that belief?
We must believe and we must live and give substance to what we believe by making a positive difference in the lives of others and by detesting sin. For example, if we say that we love Jesus but we ignore the cry for help of those who are in need what then is the use of saying we believe in Jesus? If we say that we believe yet we continue to allow ourselves to sin and be captured by the devil. What then is the use of our profession of belief in Jesus?
When we say we believe we should firmly stand by our word by detesting sin in whatever forms and shapes. For the simple reasons that this is the only way to Jesus, we are simply fooling ourselves if we say we believe yet we continue to sin.
There are many of us who continue to say that we believe in Jesus but when testing comes around. We push aside the light of Jesus to plunge into the darkness to be in the company of the devil. And then what comes after that are the many punishments that we impose upon ourselves thru our engagement with sin and the devil.
So, why go with sin and the devil when
Jesus is always there for us patiently asking us to leave sin and the devil? We
therefore have to leave behind our sinful lives so that the Lord can embrace us
with His forgiveness and love. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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