Scripture to Read: John 5:39–40
God’s Word (the Scriptures) continually testify about our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus even said in Luke 24:25–27, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. Jesus makes it clear that everything about Him and His life is explained in the Old Testament prophecies and in God’s Law, which He gave to the Israelites through Moses. It’s not that mankind lacks the evidence of Who the Messiah is, when He was to come, how He was to die, how He would defeat death, or how life can only be found through a relationship with Him—the problem is that even with all this evidence, many are just unwilling to believe the truth that has been provided. Jesus had told Nicodemus in John 3:18–19, He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. When people choose not to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, they have asked God to judge them accordingly. The problem with these people is that they love the darkness, not the Light.
Challenge & Application
• Since the Scriptures in the Old Testament are more than enough proof of Who Jesus is, why do people still not believe in Him?
• Why do you think people love the darkness more than the Light, and how can you shine the Light of Christ before them?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!