“I Can Do Nothing on My Own. Only the Lord Who Dwells in Me Can Do It.” “I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me” (John 5:30). (1) After reading the entire passage of John 5:30–47 in Korean under the title “The Testimony That Leads People to Believe in Jesus,” I felt a strong desire to continue meditating on just one verse, verse 30. Therefore, today I would first like to meditate on this single verse. As I meditate on it, I would particularly like to focus on the expression “My judgment,” referring to the Lord’s judgment. I also want to consider it together with the judgment before the Great White Throne described in Revelation 20:11–15 and receive the lessons the Lord teaches us through these passages. (a) First, I would like to meditate on Jesus’ w...
Chapter 4: Emptying “Pride” Previously, we saw that Jesus Christ emptied Himself and took the form of a servant, and that the emptying of those who follow Him as disciples must be expressed through love and service. From this point forward, we will examine, one by one before the Word of God, the specific things within us that must be emptied. The first is “pride.” Emptying does not mean hiding the sin within us. It begins by exposing and acknowledging that sin before God. When we discover pride, we must bring it before God and turn away from it. We must expose, in the light of the Word, our desire for honor and recognition, our desire to rise above others, and our stubborn insistence that our own thoughts are right. Only then does true emptying begin. One of the most deeply roo...