[Last Dakotan]

Its the 45 line that blows me away: "Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him."

Many, many? Why not all? I mean how do you watch this happen and just walk away like it was a circus trick? What a hard headed people he dealt with.

[Last Dakotan]

"Why doesn’t he go immediately and heal the poor guy?"

Planning.

[mj1234]

think of Judas- witnessing even more than this!!

Talk about hard headed and unbelieving...

[.45 Long Colt]

In John 10 Christ Himself said it was because those who didn’t believe were not His sheep.

John 10:
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

And in 2 Thessalonians Paul said those who don’t believe were not given a love of the truth that they might believe.

It was only by God’s grace that any of them believed, just as it is with believers today. No one can believe and come to Christ unless the Father draws him (John 6:44). But praise the Lord we know that in the day of His power His sheep will believe. (Psalm 110:2) and that all those given by the Father will believe and come to the Son. (John 6:37)

[HiTech RedNeck]

It’s an ego trip thang with some of the Pharisees. That’s why not all.