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Day 43: Purpose

Have you ever thought of truth causing opposition? Have you ever been rejected because of faithfulness?

by David Joynt on May 22, 2016


JOHN 16:1-4, 7-11

Jesus wants to encounter us and bestow a powerful purpose into our lives, as we saw last week. We can act in Jesus’ name, and as we do we can glorify God. But this task will not be without obstacles and troubles. Representing truth in a confused world can be a testing, and even deadly, business. The disciples would be rejected by their Jewish brothers and sisters, and their very faithfulness will create the opposition.

This passage is a warning that we cannot always expect a fair or warm reception as followers of Jesus. The world is mixed up about “sin and righteousness and judgement.” The moral and spiritual compass of human beings, without God, is a false guide.

Have you ever thought of truth causing opposition?

Have you ever been rejected because of faithfulness?

Tags: devotional, encountering, purpose

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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