God has not Forgotten You

 

Yoram opened the door and found his young son studying the Jewish scriptures, the Tanakh, and the Christian New Testament. His heart was bruised by it and he demanded an explanation.

"I have found something, Father," the boy said respectfully.

"What did you find?"

He steadied himself and said clearly, "Father, He is the Messiah. He is the one sent to our people. We are His people. He is one of us."

Is. The word stung Yoram. Did his son now believe this man had been raised from the dead?

"I do," he said.

Yoram's mind filled with all he had been taught about why Jesus is not the Messiah. Words, diagrams, books and archaeology. He was furious and in mourning and afraid for his child. He reached out his hand for the New Testament. He meant to destroy it. 

His son gently closed the book and simply handed it to him.

He said, "It's yours, Father."

Yoram's heart changed as he took hold of it. Now all he wanted was to read it for himself.

“In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.”

John 8:17-18