44th Post Jesus Relationship with His Father Con't. John 15: 23 - 25

This passage is taken from chapter 15 of John verses 23 through 25. The background for this passage is as follows. Jesus and His Disciples are up in the upper room where they will partake in their Last observance of the Passover meal together. We will study the Last Supper at another time. Jesus has washed the disciples feet and is talking to them about the things to come. Chapter 15 of John is a good one to try to read all in one sitting, that means try to read the whole chapter through at one time. There is a lot of good material in it. We are only interested in verses 23 - 25 at this time. Jesus talks about people who hate Him also hate the Father. Listen to these words, the religious leaders of the day hated Jesus, but thought they loved God. In fact if you questioned their love for the Father they would be ready to fight you. Hear Jesus clearly says if you hate Me you hate the Father. Jesus goes on to say that if I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin. Why do they have sin now? The Bible teaches about a prophet that will come and perform miracles. The Blind see and the Deaf hear (Isaiah 29:18 deaf, and Isaiah 35:5 blind see). These works were done in order for the people to believe that Jesus was who He said He was. They did not believe and even that was foretold in Psalms 35: 19 and in Psalms 69:4. God knew the people would not believe, even if he told them ahead of time they would not believe. You like them have to make a decision, is Jesus who He said He was? Or is He an imposter?