John 5:37-41 is the text for today. If we understand the reasons for Jesus' words to those He addressed in these verses, we may well understand why people reject His words to this day.

In context Jesus says there are ways which testify He is true. They include the testimony of others, John The Baptist as the example given 5:33-35. There is also the testimony of His works 5:36 which were made evident by the healing which had just taken place as an obvious, immediate, example.

Jesus now moves to a third evidence and that is what He speaks among them. His words agree and fulfill what God has already spoken, Messiah was in their midst. They had a voice and an image of God in His Son, yet they rejected and refused to hear.

So it was in His day, so it is in ours. We are not a people who can claim ignorance, unless we admit it is self imposed. People have a million reasons for rejection, but God, through His Son, removes all such excuses for rejection and man is left alone with his own invalid reasons.

Notice in verse 40, Jesus points out their lack of will to come to Him. I am of the belief that God calls man openly and that man will come to Him, or reject Him of their own free will.

No man will come to Him and claim He is unjust, though some will convince themselves they can. They will be like those Jesus addresses here in John 5 and they will have to own their rejection of His love for them.
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