As we continue our 'beach combing' stroll through the Gospels, some more interesting 'shells' turn up.
I love how Jesus pursues people...Here's a sampling:
From John 2:4...
To His mother at the wedding in Cana of Galilee...
"Dear woman, why do you involve me?...My time has not yet come."
From John 3:10 & 12 to Nicodemus...
"You are Israel's teacher,...and do you not understand these things?"
"I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak heavenly things?"
From John 4:7 to the Samaritan woman who came to draw water from the well...
"Will you give me a drink?"
From John 5:6, to the invalid by the pool waiting for the waters to be stirred...
"Do you want to get well?"
Of course, he did, but...
From John 5:44 to the Jews persecuting Him...
"How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God?"
From John 8:43 to the Jews...
"Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say."
Again from John 8 and verse 46, also to the Jews...
"Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me?"
As you can see from this sampling, Jesus asked a lot of questions. Jesus had no fear of man and could meet them head on with thought provoking questions that would lead His hearers on to the truth if they would only admit it. These questions would help allow them to think things through with their God-given intelligence, and come to logical conclusions, that yes, Jesus is God's Son. Yes, He is the One spoken of in the Old Testament that they had.
You almost want to help these people; come on, "get it"; this is Jesus the one that should come from God. Yet we too are often unbelieving and "untrusting". May we all in faith, trust in Jesus with our life: mind, heart, soul and spirit.
~ERC 2017~
Originally written May 1996; adapted for blog August 2017
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