“ Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. “
Let’s continue.
“ Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. “
This is an interesting remark they made about Jesus;
“Will he kill himself? “
It might have been wishful thinking on their part, so they would not have to murder Him.
Interestingly enough, they themselves might have committed suicide along with the Essenes who committed suicide to avoid being captured by the Romans in 70A.D.
We must be most careful in what we say to people and wish upon people. This is a classic example of what we say, can come back on us.
“ because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. “
At least they heard Jesus correctly.
In the future when these Jews have to stand judgment before God, they will look at Jesus and remember when He told them;
“ for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. “ verse24
and;
“ I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. “
John 14:6
Jesus told them on another occasion;
“ There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. “
Luke 13:28
How terrible to have known the way of salvation and reject it.
I personally know people one on one who have been exposed to the gospel of salvation all their natural born life and believe the following fallacies;
1.) That God is too good to let anyone go to an eternal hell with no hope of getting out.
(If they are right, then Jesus lied to us.)
2.) That anyone can ‘earn’ their way to Heaven by being a good moral person.
(If this is true then Jesus wasted His time dying for us.)
3.) That God is not fair in giving us only 2 choices where to spend eternity after we physically die…Heaven or hell.
(I personally know an elderly woman very dear to me who thinks this way and wishes she could live her life unto herself and leave God out of her life. She has made this statement about God’s future destinies for us - “That does not give us much choice, does it.“ She would prefer to live life on her own without sickness, without fear of dying and without anything to do with God.)
4.) That not being divorced in itself will guarantee us entrance into Heaven… as long as we stay married to the same partner until death.
( Most church and religious people claim this is an additional “unpardonable sin” and being gay is a third “unpardonable sin” according to these church and religious people, even though Jesus said there is only one “unpardonable sin.“ I personally know a born again christian who made this statement about God - “God’s institution of marriage does not work.” This christian woman has had multiple affairs with men outside of her marriage during her one time marriage and believes that as long as she stays married to the same man until physical death, this is what will get her into Heaven. Her faith is in staying married to the same man rather than Jesus. This is a most common belief among church and religious people, in general. For them, Jesus is not enough to save us… it takes not being divorced, plus Jesus but with the emphasis on not being divorced, as this is something they will brag about to God as a way to convince God that they are worthy to be in Heaven.)
5.) That not being gay in itself will guarantee us entrance into Heaven.
(As with divorce, this is a most common belief among church and religious people. While being gay is a willful act of sin, so is “hatred”. And there are certainly more church and religious people harboring the sin of “hatred” than those who are gay. In either case while a person is living in either one of these sins as an ongoing lifestyle, neither one will be in Heaven…according to the Holy Bible. A person cannot harbor hatred and remain in what the Holy Bible calls “the faith“ anymore than a gay person living a lifestyle in defiance toward God can remain in “the faith.” According to the Holy Bible being in “the faith” is the result of 2 things that ‘we’ do;
a. Repentance
b. Believing in Jesus ( the gospel )
John the Baptist preached;
“ In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. “ Matthew 3:1-2
Jesus Himself preached;
“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. “ Mark 1:15
Neither one of these Biblical truths are taught in churches with large numbers in attendance.
Depending on which branch of church companies or independent mega church you attend, these churches teach that we are either “predestined” to make it to Heaven or God simply accepts us ‘as we are‘. In other words, repentance and believing in Jesus is not necessary. In neither case are the Biblical truths that are taught in Scripture necessary, which are as we just learned;
a. Repentance
b. Believing in Jesus (the gospel)
But this kind of church doctrine is what makes churches grow into big churches as this is what people prefer to hear - that is, that we are either “predestined” to make it to Heaven or God simply accepts us ‘as we are‘. Neither doctrine requires faith or a commitment to Jesus. )
6.) That being a member of a church company guarantees us entrance into Heaven.
( Even though there is a movement of people leaving their church to either quit church all together or attend another church, there are church people who would never think of leaving the church they have attended most of their natural life and go somewhere else. Now, if the reason is because of their faith, this is ok since the Holy Bible says to be with people of like faith. But if the reason is because they believe they will go to hell if they stop attending the church they have gone to all their life, then this is putting their faith in the church company rather than Jesus.
This is exactly what these Jews in these verses we are studying believed.
They thought because they were Abraham’s seed, this would get them to Heaven.
This is why John the Baptist told them;
“And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. “ Matthew 3:9
There are other fallacies that people believe that I do not have time to get into right now.
Continuing on…
“ And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. “
This is a clear declaration that Jesus made about Himself;
“ I am from above: “
At another time Jesus told them;
“ I and my Father are one. “ John 10:30
Jesus continued to say;
“ I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. “
My friend, please do not take the chance in putting your faith in any other person.
Repentance means to reconsider our lifestyle and be sorry for the way we are.
We cannot change on our own power but we can be willing to change. We need to be able to admit that what we are doing is sin.
If we do not think we are doing anything wrong then we are not able to repent.
If you really care about beyond this present life, the famous church doctrine that “God accepts us as we are” is misleading.
We cannot come to Him without acknowledging and admitting that we are sinners and feel the need to change our lifestyle.
This is what repentance is.
Then we must believe Jesus at His word.
“ for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. “
When we are born again we will still fail God repeatedly and commit sin again.
But this time it is different.
I received a comment from a reader who said that she feels she cannot do anything right and still sins.
I will discuss this issue soon.
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