What reason did they give for not receiving Him?
Answer
"We know that God spoke unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence He is." John 9: 29.
NOTE - That was the trouble; they had no faith in anything new. They knew that God spoke by
Moses: it required little faith to believe that. They felt perfectly safe in accepting him, for everything had
demonstrated that he was sent of God. All could see that. But here was One whom, although He had come
in fulfillment of the prophecies of Moses and the prophets as their long-looked-for Messiah, they felt there
was a risk in accepting, because they did not understand the prophecies relating to Him, and time had not
worked out to their satisfaction the truthfulness of His claims. It required too much faith, as against their
desire to walk by sight, to accept Christ. It also called for a change of views in some things, and a
reformation in life. So they rejected Him. They believed in the Flood, faith in which had saved Noah; they
believed in Elijah also, and professed faith in all the prophets; but when it came to this special truth for
their time, they refused to accept it. Thus it has been in all ages, and thus we may expect it to continue to
be to the end.
To what extent has God magnified His Word?
What is the result of faith's being put to the test?
How did Christ estimate the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees?
10. What does the Psalmist say was the reason why God brought His people out of Egypt, and placed them in Canaan?
What, according to the prophecy of Daniel, was to characterize the time of the end?
13. The righteous dead are raised at Christ's second coming. When will the rest of the dead, the wicked, be raised?
What determines whether one is a child of Abraham?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle