What is the meaning of John 10:38? But if I am doing them Jesus points to His ongoing miracles—works already visible to the crowd. • Earlier He healed the man born blind (John 9) and claimed, “The works that the Father has given Me to accomplish… testify about Me” (John 5:36). • Acts 2:22 later echoes this: “Jesus the Nazarene was a Man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs.” The Lord is saying, “Judge Me by what you can plainly see.” even though you do not believe Me Many listeners rejected His words, yet their disbelief did not change the truth. • John 5:38–40 shows the same pattern: Scripture was studied, but the Person it pointed to was dismissed. • John 12:37 records, “Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in Him.” Unbelief is exposed as a heart issue, not a lack of evidence. believe the works themselves Jesus graciously offers a second line of proof: His deeds. • Nicodemus grasped this logic: “No one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him” (John 3:2). • Jesus repeats the appeal later: “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; or at least believe on account of the works themselves” (John 14:11). Miracles serve as signposts directing doubters to faith. so that you may know and understand The goal is not mere amazement but growing conviction. • Knowledge (seeing the facts) should mature into understanding (grasping their meaning). • John 17:3 defines eternal life as “knowing…the only true God, and Jesus Christ.” • 1 John 5:20 affirms that the Son “has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true.” Jesus invites hearts and minds into a deeper, informed relationship. that the Father is in Me The works reveal an indwelling unity: the Father operates through the Son. • “The words I say to you I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works” (John 14:10). • Colossians 2:9 declares, “In Him all the fullness of Deity dwells bodily.” Every miracle is a window into this divine residence. and I am in the Father The relationship is mutual—perfect oneness without confusion of Persons. • Just moments earlier Jesus stated, “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). • His high-priestly prayer asks that believers share a similar unity: “That they may all be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You” (John 17:21). This profound indwelling undergirds the doctrine of the Trinity and affirms Christ’s full deity. summary John 10:38 is Jesus’ gracious invitation to let observable works lead to confident faith in His divine identity. Even when words are doubted, His miracles testify that the Father lives in Him and He in the Father, calling every heart to know, understand, and believe. |
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