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“And ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life” (John 5:40).
This verse has always seemed to me to be one of the saddest verses in the Bible. Here was the Lord Jesus as a man on earth, walking about, preaching and doing miracles. Some believed on Him, but most of those who heard Him did not believe. They were glad to listen to His preaching and glad to experience His power to heal them. They also appreciated it when He fed them when they were hungry.
The main problem was that they did not realize that they needed a Savior. They thought they were doing all right in God’s eyes, and thought that because they, the Jews, were God’s chosen people, they were quite safe. But in this same 4th chapter of John, the Lord Jesus is also presented to us as the One who is given the responsibility to execute judgment. It is a solemn thing to think about, that those today who refuse to come to the Lord Jesus will have to meet Him as their judge.
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