Today’s passage is an interesting one. We know that it would be hard to convince people that you were God if you weren’t. Let’s assume that I decided to start telling people that I was God. If I did, it would take about two minutes, probably less for someone to find a bunch of reasons why that wasn’t true. And I certainly wouldn’t be able to convince others that knew me that I was God.
Yet, we see Jesus doing a really amazing thing in this portion of scripture. He was giving the Jewish leaders proof of His being the son of God. His first piece of proof was the testimony of John. John was his cousin, and John would have known Him pretty well. If Jesus wasn’t God, John could have easily told them. Yet, Jesus points to John as one of the proofs that He was indeed the son of God. Let’s read it.
“You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved. – John 5:33-34
Why is this important to our faith? Because who you believe Jesus is matters a lot. All of Christianity hinges on this truth. This is what Jesus was trying to tell the Jewish leaders of His day. He was brining different testimonies of who He was to them to say, you can’t deny this. I am the son of God. I am the Messiah.
Let’s take the next couple of days to examine these different testimonies that Jesus presented. As we study them, we can begin to see that Jesus is God and help our own faith be strengthened knowing that Jesus is indeed God.
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