31 Once again the people picked up stones to kill him. 32 Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?”33 They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.”
34 Jesus replied, “It is written in your own Scriptures that God said to certain leaders of the people, ‘I say, you are gods!’ 35 And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God’s message were called ‘gods,’ 36 why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world. 37 Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work. 38 But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
39 Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them. 40 He went beyond the Jordan River near the place where John was first baptizing and stayed there awhile. 41 And many followed him. “John didn’t perform miraculous signs,” they remarked to one another, “but everything he said about this man has come true.” 42 And many who were there believed in Jesus.
Terrie's Comments:
Every time Jesus was under attack he somehow made it out until it was the appointed time for him to be crucified. This was not a lone incident. There were times when He just vanished and literally slipped through the leaders fingers.
The people who were hanging around Jesus found it hard to deny that he was the Messiah. Once you have hung out with Him awhile it is hard to deny who He is.
Tori's Comments:
We worship a God who has done many mighty deeds! (This makes me think of one of the songs Terrie has put on the playlist-- You Are I Am by MercyMe).
So how can we still doubt Him?
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