Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in John 8:54

“Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:”

John 8:54 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in John 8:54, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of John 8. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • John 8:50And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
  • Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
  • 2 Peter 1:17For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Psalms 110:1The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
  • John 16:14He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
  • 2 Corinthians 10:18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
  • Hebrews 5:4And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
  • John 5:22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
  • Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined t…
  • John 5:31If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
  • Daniel 7:13I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
  • Philippians 2:9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
  • John 8:41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
  • Psalms 2:6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

More to meet God in John

John 3:16John 14:6John 8:32John 10:10John 16:33John 11:25John 13:34John 1:1John 3:17John 1:12John 14:27John 13:7John 15:13John 15:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.