This week's Bible study is from John 5: 16-47 "Like Father, Like Son."
Question: Why can't I believe in God without accepting Jesus as His Son?
Answer: Because the two are one.
God rested on the seventh day, after creating the world, animals, humans. He rested, yet he still was at work.
That is what we have heard for centuries - we are to rest on the Sabbath, the 7th day. No work. Keep it holy, sacred.
God's intentions were for people to focus on Him, celebrate Him and His work. Not about rules and regulations as the Jewish leaders determined it to be.
Focusing on God / Jesus should be a day-to-day thing, not just one day a week. Because of how the Jews interpreted the law, albeit wrongly, they looked for anything (and everything) that violated that interpretation and declared punishment. They were blinded by self-righteousness and misconceptions of God. Felt God was an entity above all; no one could claim to be equal to Him. When Jesus professed to be His Son, the Jews considered this blasphemy and consequently condemned Him.
So it is really, the Jews who took it upon themselves to sentence Jesus to death - death on the cross - God allowed this to make a point on just who Jesus was and is and is to come. And to show us the way to heaven - only through His son Jesus.
If you believe not in Jesus and what He has done, you do not believe in God Almighty. It is not one without the other. They come together. And when Jesus the human died and rose again and ascended into heaven it was as God designed it. It was God / Jesus who sent to Holy Spirit. His holy spirit, to be with all those who believe(d) in and followe(d) Jesus His Son and the Father.
The Trinity - God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Hard to understand, yet very clear.
We must come to Jesus, not just read the words of Scripture or attend Bible study. If we believe what the words say, if we say we believe the Bible, we must also believe in Jesus and God. They are a package deal. Not one without the other. The Bible points to how we are to live the Christian faith.
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