The cost of rejecting Jesus is eternal life

What you believe shapes who you are and what you do. Why then did the Jews refuse to believe in Jesus, even after his death and resurrection? The reason is because it was not unexpected. It was part of God’s plan which to us is incomprehensible. It involves understanding the relationship between God’s sovereignty and our accountability. Both are taught in Scripture and are like two parallel lines which meet in eternity.

It is only through Jesus that our eyes are opened … as in this passage which refers back to the faith of the man born blind whom Jesus had earlier healed. Everything is moving towards the fulfillment of God’s purposes revealed to us in the Scriptures. Believing in Jesus is believing in God, acknowledging that we are sinners and receiving, by faith, his sacrifice on the cross, in our place, for forgiveness. In this God is greatly glorified.