Reflections
“He who comes from above is above all.”Jesus comes from heaven. He speaks the things of heaven. He speaks God’s words, nothing else. He will bring people to heaven. But humanity does not believe him.The gospel of John clearly presents the importance of believing in the claims of Jesus. He comes from heaven and he brings only to us what he has seen and heard from the Father.Later Jesus will make miracles or signs to back up his claims. Still, many will not believe in him. There is a judgment to those who out- rightly reject him and never gives him an inch. But to those who come to believe him, he promises life eternal.To us who believe, we may ask, “What does it mean to believe?”To believe in Jesus is to enter into a relationship with him and consequently with the Father who sent him. To believe in him is to take seriously his words, his claims and his teachings. They may appear so ordinary or outrageous at times, but they come from his Father. What may be hard to believe for the Jews is his claim of divinity. Jesus will later say, “Nobody comes to me, unless the Father draw him.”
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