"Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? "
From today's quote we learn that many among the Jews believed Jesus was the Savior that God had promised from the beginning.
There were others among them who also recognized Him and knew that if the majority of the Jews accepted Jesus for who He really was, their days of deception and power were numbered. They would have taken Jesus that day but were afraid it would cause an uncontrollable uprising among those who believed in Him. Jesus knew that it was not yet time for Him to die.
Sadly, there are too many lost souls today who, like those Jews, are too greedy to overcome their lust for the material things and accept Jesus for who He really is.
"Christianity" has become a business enterprise and has given up the its divine purpose. That false Christianity is far more interested in material wealth and the hypocritical pomp and ritual of "religion" than they are in spreading the word of God's amazing grace to the lost.~
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