John 10:31–39
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to a point of high confrontation. The Jews have picked up stones, not for building, but for killing. And the charge they level against the Lord Jesus is the highest charge possible: blasphemy. We must understand that our entire faith is built upon a blasphemy conviction. They were blasphemers executing the Lord of Glory on a trumped up blasphemy charge. In our day, we have a low-grade, sentimental view of Jesus. We see Him as a gentle teacher, a moral philosopher, a friend to all. But the men who stood before Him that day did not see Him that way. They heard His words not as gentle platitudes but as a direct assault on the throne of God. He was assaulting their conception of God, their small, manageable, tribal deity. He was claiming to be God Himself, and for this, they wanted Him dead.