"Do You Now Believe?"

"Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

"Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?" (John 16: 31-32)

What was the problem with the apostles' belief, that Jesus was incredulous, at least to question their belief, then to inform them that they would leave him alone in His time of trial?

The nature, the essence of their belief: "We know that you know all things. We believe that you came from God."

There were many prophets before and after who came from God, and every believer in the Body of Christ is entrusted with knowing all things because we have received His Holy Spirit (1 John 2: 20, 27).

Jesus is more than a "Know-it-all", and knowledge alone cannot save us.

Jesus told those listening to Him that the one work, belief, was based on a clear condition:

"Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." (John 6: 29)

Do you believe that He was sent to die, to die for you, to live forever at the right hand of the Father, and to minister on your behalf through His Holy Spirit?

Jesus the man, or Jesus the Son of God, God incarnate? The apostle said: "We know that you came forth from God."

But they did not fully receive Him as God on earth until after His resurrection:

"And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

"Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." (John 20: 28-29)

But do you believe? Do you believe that the same God who died for you on the Cross, the same God who holds all creation together, the same God now cares for you, lives for you, and wants to live in you and through you?

Believe -- take Him at His Word, and see Him who is not visible to the senses, but by His Word spoke the worlds into existence!