Read John 8:13-30
The Pharasees loved technicalities. They strain at a knat and swallow a camel. They are accusing Jesus of having only one witness. The law says that by the witness of two or more a thing is decreed so since Jesus is his only witness that he is from God then his witness is false. Jesus knew who he was and that he was sent to earth by God and what other witness do you need? That wasn't good enough for them, they wanted to know where his father was. Jesus tells them that if he knew God they wouldn't have to ask that question because they would recognize God in him. Jesus is teaching them these things in the treasury of the temple. He is giving them the true treasures of God which reveal their hearts. "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks." Luke 6:45
Jesus continues to confound them telling them that he is going somewhere they can't come. They wonder if he is going to commit suicide? He tells them they are from below and he is from above; they are from this world and he is not, and if they choose not to believe this, they will die in their sins. This had to tick them off so they ask him point blank, "Who are you?" They want so badly for him to say he is the Messiah, then they can arrest him for blasphemy. Jesus wisely doesn't ever come out and say it, he just implies it. He tells him he is the one from the beginning and he is speaking what God tells him to say. They didn't understand that he was talking about his father, God. Jesus knows this and tells them that when he is lifted up then they will know that he is God. He is talking about the cross.
The more he talked the more people were moved and believed in him.
Lord, thank you that you have given us grace to believe who you are. You are the greatest treasure ever.
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