He who comes from above is all.

You like solving riddles, puzzles, and crosswords for your inner enrichment. Whoever reads today’s Gospel takes on the role of a diviner who can enrich himself for this world and eternity. Let’s judge. Jesus tells Nicodemus: “He who comes from above is all” (Jn 3:31-32).

Those who compiled the liturgical texts left out ten whole verses between yesterday’s and today’s Gospel text. In the previous text, John the Baptist bore witness to Jesus. In today’s episode, Lord Jesus speaks about a double testimony. “He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth” (Jn 3:31). He meant John the Baptist. “He who comes from heaven is above all – he testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.” (John 3:31-32). And that is Jesus. From this we know that a person can accept Christ and his words but reject them. Whoever takes them becomes a Christian and receives God’s word at the same time. However, everything does not end there. Tasks await the Christian. We must convey this knowledge of Christ to others.In the Gospel, we reveal the secret of the person of the Lord Jesus; we recognize that he is God’s messenger, the Savior of the world, but also the Judge of all. We are all witnesses. Even John the Baptist is only a witness, even if we consider him the greatest born of a woman.

With the baptism we received, we also must bear witness to Christ like John the Baptist. This means that not only our words, but our whole life, should speak about Christ. At the same time, a Christian must not put himself before Christ. Like John, the Christian should also stand aside as a witness because he is only a mediator between two parties. Let’s ask God for the light of faith so that we give a good testimony that would be credible and that we would not hide the truth.

Knowing Christ is the duty of every baptized person. Although we received baptism as children and did not realize its significance for our earthly and eternal life, yet in a state where we have acquired the use of reason and are aware of our responsibility, that we have free will, we should multiply the grace of baptism.  Prayer – conversation with Jesus, holy mass – meeting with Jesus, sacrament – receiving Jesus. All this is not only our duty, but also a need, because by this, we fulfill what God rightfully expects of us, but at the same time we acquire the necessary merits without which salvation is impossible. Since the early days of Christianity, followers, including us, have been called Christians. We have a name after Christ, and thus also the obligation that after baptism, we should really bear witness to Christ.

We will only know a few things in faith. Many things we accept, we believe, and although we cannot explain them, this does not prevent us from being able to accept them. The personality of Christ is the pinnacle of our life.