Unbelief Of The Jews (J41)

There came another Feast time, and the Jews
Gathered around him in the temple court,
Saying, “Tell us plainly the hoped-for news:
Are you the Christ, or of us making sport?”
“I have told you, but you do not believe;
The miracles I have done in God’s name
Speak for me; you’re not my sheep—you’d receive
The truth; the Father and I are the same!
I give to my sheep free eternal life—
They shall never die; no one can snatch them
From my Father’s hand, no matter the strife!”
Again, the Jews picked up stones to kill Him.
They said, “A mere man, claiming to be God?”
Unseen, He slipped away, new paths to trod!

Scripture Quoted: John 10:37-38 (NIV)
“ ‘Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may understand that my Father is in me, and I in the Father.’ “

Commentary on: John 10:22-42 (NIV)
Jesus makes three very significant statements in the Scripture quoted. The first is that people then, as well as now, should believe that He is Lord because of the miracles He did; second, He states that He and the Father are one; in plain language, Jesus is God; and third (which is not quoted, but is contained in the text), once an individual is saved by believing, he or she cannot be lost again!

He knew He was speaking in spiritual terminology that the Jews could not decipher, but John had described six very public miracles: 1, Changing water into wine at the wedding in Cana; 2, Feeding five thousand people on five small biscuits and two sardines; 3, Walking over three miles on water out to the disciples’ boat; 4, Healing the royal official’s son from a distance of 60 miles; 5, Healing the crippled man at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath; and 6, Opening the eyes so he could see of the man blind from birth, also on the Sabbath. He had done many more miracles that John does not mention, but these six should be enough to convince the Jews or anyone else that He was the Lord, no matter what strange words He used.

He also tells the world that He and the Father are one being. This brings us to the Trinity: God, the Father; God, the Son; and God, the Holy Spirit. This is a mystery that man cannot explain, but we know that there is only ONE God; so Jesus Christ (meaning Jesus the Messiah) is the one God Himself! How fortunate were the people of that time and in that little country, that they could “gather around” God Himself and talk with Him; how foolish were those who did not believe! They heard His words; they saw the miracles; what else would it take to make them believe? What will it take to make these millions of American people, these billions of this world’s people, to turn to Jesus and from their computers, television sets, Blackberrys and Ipods to a Savior that offers them eternal life?

“That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)