Ep 320 – John 5

I always find it interesting that there are those who refuse to accept that Jesus was the Son of God. They have always been around. They were there in Jesus's day. And in each generation, these people always make the same claim: That Jesus never claimed to be the Son of God. Well, even if you want to refuse to believe that Jesus made that claim, you have to admit that the religious leaders of His day certainly thought He had. That's the main reason they wanted Him dead. It's the reason they accused Him of blasphemy. In fact, in today's episode, based on John 5, we see the religious leaders seeking to kill Him, "because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God" (John 5:18 ESV). But Jesus really wasn't out to make a big deal of His deity. He was more concerned about His mission. He had no problem owning His divine nature, but He was far more interested in doing what He had been sent to do. He was out to do the will of the one who had sent Him: His own Father. Jesus wasn't interested in accomplishing His own will. He wanted to obey the will of the Father, so He sought to know and accomplish that will on a daily basis.