{"id":216,"date":"2015-05-14T00:15:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T00:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2015-05-14T00:15:57","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T00:15:57","slug":"thursday-may-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, May 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orthodox Daily Devotional<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Scripture Reading
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JOHN 7: 25\u00a0<\/sup>Now some of them from Jerusalem said, \u201cIs this not He whom they seek to kill? 26\u00a0<\/sup>But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ? 27\u00a0<\/sup>However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.\u201d 28\u00a0<\/sup>Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, \u201cYou both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29\u00a0<\/sup>But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.\u201d 30\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. 31\u00a0<\/sup>And many of the people believed in Him, and said, \u201cWhen the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man<\/em> has done?\u201d32\u00a0<\/sup>The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. 33\u00a0<\/sup>Then Jesus said to them, \u201cI shall be with you a little while longer, and then<\/em> I go to Him who sent Me. 34\u00a0<\/sup>You will seek Me and not find Me,<\/em> and where I am you cannot come.\u201d 35\u00a0<\/sup>Then the Jews said among themselves, \u201cWhere does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36\u00a0<\/sup>What is this thing that He said, \u2018You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

Orthodox\u00a0Wisdom
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[They did not lay hands on him] because he did not want them to.\u2026 For our Lord was not born subject to fate. You must not believe this even of yourself, much less of him by whom you were made. And if your hour is in his will, is not his hour in his own will? His hour then here does not mean the time that he was obliged to die, but the time that he decided to be put to death.<\/p>\n

St. Augustine<\/p>\n

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New Calendar\u00a0Saints<\/a> &\u00a0 Lectionary Scriptures<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Old Calendar Saints & Lectionary Scriptures<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. \u00a9 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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