THE UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS

John 10:22-42

22 Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem.

It was winter

23 And Jesus was in the Temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade.

24 The Jews gathered around Him, saying,

'How long will You keep us in suspense?

'If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.' Jesus answered,

26 'I did tell you, but you do not believe

Because you are not My sheep.

27 My sheep listen to My Voice;

I know them, and they follow Me.

28 I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE,

AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH;

No one can snatch them out of My hand.

29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all;

No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

30 I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.'

31 Again the Jews picked up stones to stone Him,

32 But Jesus said to them,

'I have shown you many great miracles from the Father.

For which of these do you stone Me?'

33 'We are not stoning You for any of these,' replied the Jews,

'But for Blasphemy,

BECAUSE YOU A MERE MAN, CLAIM TO BE GOD.'

34 Jesus answered them,

'Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'?

35 If He called them 'gods,' to whom the Word of God came--

And Scripture cannot be broken--

36 WHAT ABOUT THE ONE WHOM THE FATHER SET APART

AS HIS VERY ONE AND SENT INTO THE WORLD?

Why then do you accuse Me of Blasphemy because I said,

'I am God's Son'?

37 DO NOT BELIEVE UNLESS I DO WHAT MY FATHER DOES.

38 BUT IF I DO IT, EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME

BELIEVE THE MIRACLES,

THAT YOU MAY LEARN AND UNDERSTAND

THAT THE FATHER IS IN ME, AND I IN THE FATHER.'

39 Again they tried to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan

To the place where John had been baptizing in the early days.

42 Here He stayed and many people came to Him.

They said, 'Though John never performed a miraculous sign,

All that John said about this man was true.'

42 And in that place many believed in Jesus.

(John 10)

Christ Jesus was not a mere man

He was God visible.

He and the Father are One;

One Spirit;

The Father in Him, and He in the Father.

The miracles He did testified to this reality.

Today, those who believe in Him

Do the the things He did.

(John 14:12)

Today, most Jews are still in their Unbelief.

Yet, many of them had turned to Christ Jesus

As Savior and Lord.

Today the World,

Blinded by the “god” of this Age

Is steeped in Unbelief;

Refusing to believe

That Jesus is the Christ of God;

Refusing to love the Truth.

(2 Thessalonians 2:10)