John 5:31-47

Illustration of John 5:41-44 NLT -- [Talking to Jewish leaders who opposed him, Jesus said,] "Your approval means nothing to me, because I know you don't have God's love within you. For I have come to you in my Father's name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them. No wonder you can't believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don't care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God."

Illustration of John 5:45-47 NLT -- [Talking to Jewish leaders who opposed him, Jesus said,] "Yet it isn't I who will accuse you before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, in whom you put your hopes. If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. But since you don't believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?"

Illustration of John 5:33-34 NLT -- [Jesus said,] "In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the [Baptizer], and his testimony about me was true. Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved."

Illustration of John 5:35-36 NLT -- [Jesus said,] "John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message. But I have a greater witness than John — my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me."

Illustration of John 5:39-40 NLT -- [Jesus said,] "You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life."

Illustration of John 5:31-32 NLT -- [Jesus said,] "If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid. But someone else is also testifying about me, and I assure you that everything he says about me is true."