"MANY BELIEVED!"

John 10:22-42          (KJV)

"22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27 My sheep HEAR MY VOICE, and I KNOW THEM AND THEY FOLLOW ME: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and my Father are one. 31 Then THE JEWS took up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: BUT HE ESCAPED OUT OF THEIR HAND, 40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. 42 And "MANY BELIEVED" on him there."

Many times I have read this verse, and many times it has spoken to me.  JESUS CHRIST physically walked on earth for slightly more than thirty years.  HE had many, some say a multitude of followers, yet was crucified because there was no other redemption for sin.  It was LOVE that caused JESUS to pay for my sins, and the sins for all mankind.  

The JEWS wanted to kill JESUS multiple times, and again in John 10.  But in John 10:39 it is recorded "but HE escaped out of their hand"!  JESUS could not be taken, but HE did surrender!  HIS surrendering had everything to do with GOD's timing!  All creation is subject to HIS timing and HE has displayed this many times.  The children of Israel didn't just happen to be on the banks of the Red Sea.......right before the Egyptians were swallowed by the waters.  The Apostle Paul wasn't by chance near Damascus when GOD blinded him.  Damascus was where Ananias lived and it was Ananias who was used to restore Saul's sight.  

You may be experiencing a Red Sea moment, or a Damascus road moment, but GOD is still GOD and HE has not lost any of HIS power!  HIS timing had to be complied with when JESUS escaped the Jewish leaders, and when JESUS surrendered to the solders.  And so it is with us.  We may have to face difficulty so GOD can work a miracle in our lives.  

John 10:42 is an important verse that many overlook.  "MANY BELIEVED" on HIM there says that GOD can, and does, use difficult situations to display HIS glory in our lives.  Although we may not understand , or enjoy, our "Red Sea Moment", as long as "MANY BELIEVE" it will be worth it as we are serving HIM!