This chapter from the gospel according to John, has so much truth, is so rich in the deity of Jesus Christ, in the place that He holds as God's Son. It starts with Jesus healing on the Sabbath, telling a lame man to take up his pallet and walk. This man did as Jesus commanded, but the Jews accused him, saying that he was carrying his pallet on the Sabbath, which was against the Law. This man answered them saying that the one who healed him had told him to carry his pallet. (Jesus found this man latter and told him not to sin any more, lest any worse thing befall him. Can we know what sin this man was guilty of?)
Because of this healing, the Jews were all the more wanting to kill Jesus, not only because He worked on the Sabbath, but because He called God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
In this chapter, we find Jesus talking about the witnesses to His being the Christ, the Son of God. He lists each of them, John the baptist, the works which He did, the witness of the Father, and last, the witness of the scriptures.
But all of these witnesses are worthless to us if we do not come to the One being witnessed to, Jesus Christ.
Some say that we can only know Jesus through the testimony of the scriptures. A witness does not make one to know another, it only leads to the one being testified of. To know that one, we must go to Him, in supplication, seeking His face, His heart, His mind.
In Christ,
Because of this healing, the Jews were all the more wanting to kill Jesus, not only because He worked on the Sabbath, but because He called God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
In this chapter, we find Jesus talking about the witnesses to His being the Christ, the Son of God. He lists each of them, John the baptist, the works which He did, the witness of the Father, and last, the witness of the scriptures.
But all of these witnesses are worthless to us if we do not come to the One being witnessed to, Jesus Christ.
Some say that we can only know Jesus through the testimony of the scriptures. A witness does not make one to know another, it only leads to the one being testified of. To know that one, we must go to Him, in supplication, seeking His face, His heart, His mind.
In Christ,