Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for John 8:38.
John 8:37-42
Excerpted from: Passover (Part Two)Is He not implying that they did not love Him? Do you not think that if they loved Him they would have been obedient to what it says in the Old Testament? Is He not saying, very strongly, here that these people were not obeying God?
You see, in reality, they belonged to someone else. They belonged to another "family." Jesus very clearly represented the Family of God. These people, who were supposed to represent the Family of God, were not representing the Family of God. They were representing someone else.
John 8:38
Excerpted from: Assurance (Part One): Self ExaminationThey answered that Abraham was their father. Jesus denied it, saying that if they were Abraham's children, they would be like Abraham and would not be determined to kill Him, which they were. He said again, that, instead, they were acting like their true father. They then replied that God Himself was their only Father, at which point Jesus became most explicit.
Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing John 8:38:
Proverbs 8:13
Malachi 3:1
Matthew 5:9
Matthew 6:9
Matthew 21:33-44
Romans 9:7
Galatians 4:5
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