John 8:31-41
Truth in His Word
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.
“If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do the things Abraham did. 40 As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the things your own father does.”
“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”
John 10:22-42
Truth in His Miracles
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.”
25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father’s name speak for me, 26 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 the Scripture cannot be broken— 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own 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 me 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 know 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. Here he stayed 41 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.
Jesus did many miracles, while He was on earth...He walked on water...He changed water into wine...He raised the dead...He calmed the raging sea, and He did many healing miracles...The miracles He did and does in His Father's name, speak for Him, and who He is...
Jesus stood up literally two thousand years ago, and said I AM Truth...He teaches us, He is the Way, the Truth, and this very Life...If we believe in Him then we believe in His miracles, and they speak of who He is...He tells us if we cannot believe in Him, then study and look at His miracles, and believe in the miracles themselves...His miracles help us believe that He is our Messiah...And we still believe Him, because He is alive today...If we can hold on to His teachings (even today), then we are also His disciples...If we follow His teachings (even today), then we will know the truth...When we know the truth about Him, and all His truths, then we will be set free...
For one to believe in Jesus, we must believe in His miracles...Jesus tells us He has heard from God...Believers also must believe that He tells (and told) the truth now and when He was on earth...So He hears God, and does what the Father says...Jesus does the will of God...What Jesus teaches us is not that He came out of a fictional story, but He is a part of our history...In fact, He is the most important part of our history...His teachings are not only the foundation to the Christian faith, but also the way we are to live our lives and pattern ourselves after...We are made from the image of God, and Jesus is God's Greatest Reflection of Image of the Blessed One...
So as we study Jesus and the Bible, let us not believe in Him and the Good Book because they are just words written in a book...Let us believe Him and the Bible, for the very reasons we believe in anything...Let us believe Him, because what He says is the Truth...