For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world

John 12:37-50

Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet Isaiah 53:1 “Lord, who has believed our message    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God.

Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.

I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.

At the end of Jesus' public ministry and despite all his miracles, most of his own people, the Jews, remained unconvinced. Many of the religious authorities did believe but were too afraid of the Pharisee hard-liners to say so openly. So it happened as the prophet Isaiah said it would.

I have not come to judge the world but to save the world, Jesus says. Nonetheless, to reject him is to reject God, to spurn life and light, and invite judgment.

Why?

The problem is sin in human beings. even there were many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him for they loved human praise more than praise from God.

Jesus comes to the world as a light, but many people still like to stay in the darkness, for their sins will be revealed in the light.

Jesus coming to the world to save the world, if people reject Jesus and do not accept his world, the judgment will come upon them.

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就算不信我，也從我行的可以相信我。神對不信的人，不是束手無策。人故意不信，硬著心，神會把門關起來。有些人信了，但是為了維護自己的權利、地位，不敢公開自己的信仰。許多官員、民意代表當可以引起支持共鳴，卻是違背自己的信仰，或是不敢表達自己的信仰。主在他生命中就不是主了。只是心靈得到一點慰藉嗎？希望把耶穌藏起來，以免影響自己的前途。在創啟地區的宣教士，為了神的工作，暫時隱藏自己身份，但是還是在傳揚福音，適時表明自己的身份。

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How?

Jesus is my light, my savior, and gives me eternal life when I believed in Him.