6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 theSpirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.REFLECTIONSWritten by Gus CameronI’ve got to admit, this passage is a little hard to understand! What does John means when he writes that Jesus “did not come by water only, but by water and blood” (v6)?There are many people who say things about Jesus that just aren’t true. John wants us to be clear about who Jesus is and what Jesus has done for us. When John wrote this it seems that some people were saying that Jesus had come by water only and not by blood. These people were probably saying that Jesus came just to baptize people with water but that he did not come to die as the blood sacrifice for sin.Today many people are still happy to accept Jesus as a wise teacher and as an example to follow, but they’re not so keen to accept him as the savior who has died for them.How do we know that Jesus is the savior who has died to give us life? We know because the God’s Spirit says so. We know who Jesus is and what he’s done for us when we look at his life and Jesus baptized people, when we look to his death on the cross and when we listen to God’s spirit (v8). His warning is that if we do not believe what God’s Spirit says then we are calling God a liar (v10). But God is not a liar. He has told us what he’s done – he has given us eternal life and we find that life in his Son, Jesus.Here’s the challenge for us: who are we going to listen to?Are you going to listen to people who deny that Jesus has died for your sin? Or are you going to listen to what God has said, that Jesus did indeed die to give you eternal life?ABOUT THE AUTHORGus is an assistance minister at of our Fairfield services.