The
miracles of Jesus were witness to His deity and messiahship. Such miracles are
the major signs recorded by John in this scripture, so as to fulfill His
purpose (in chapter 20:30-31).
In John
14:11 we read “Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or
else believe me for the very works sake."
Just
look at the works. No man before or since, has ever done the miracles that
Jesus did.
John
21:25 says “And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if
they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could
not contain the books that should be written. Amen."
The
meaning, of course, is what we see (in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17),
"But
I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are
asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope." "For
if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in
Jesus will God bring with him." "For this we say unto you by the word
of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord
shall not prevent them which are asleep." "For the Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:" "Then we
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
We must
enter into the Sabbath of rest with God. That is actually what we do when we
turn our lives over to Him and let Him be Lord. We can rest from the worry and
trials of this world while still occupying until He comes. This will certainly
stir up these Jews.
Jesus’
point is that whether He broke the Sabbath or not, God was working
continuously, and since Jesus Himself worked continuously, He also must be God.
Furthermore, God does not need a day of rest for He never wearies (Isaiah
40:28). For Jesus’ self defense to be valid, the same factors that apply to God
must also apply to Him.
Jesus is
Lord of the Sabbath (Matt. 12:8). Interestingly, even the rabbis admitted that
God’s work had not ceased after the Sabbath because He sustains the universe.
They are all
omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. They are equal in power, holiness, and
love.
John
4:26 “Jesus saith unto her,
I that
speak unto thee am he."
In Christ there is
no male or female
(Galatians 3:28).
“Not my will but
thine, O Lord"
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