John 5:45-47 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
When did Moses write about Jesus? Everything about the tabernacle spoke about Jesus. He is the substance underlying the shadows of the tabernacle, the table of show bread, the lamp stand, the incense, the offerings, the priests, and the Sabbath festivals. We could go on and on. Jesus said the Jews did not believe Moses and therefore can not believe Him. Jesus’ point was that Moses, the one in whom they set their hope, will accuse them for not believing Jesus’ words. Implied is that one who believes Moses is on the right path to believing Jesus. However, we don’t believe Jesus because of the witness of man. As He said earlier, He did not need man to witness for Him. He had the witness of the Father.
We who have set our hope in Jesus may receive great encouragement from these verses. There may have been a time when we set our hope in keeping the Law, but we discovered there was no hope in keeping the Law of Moses. The Law could not effectually deal with our sin and make us righteous. We have believed Jesus’ words that He is the way, the truth, and the life, and God’s provision to bring us to God. So Moses will not condemn us, nor will Jesus. We have set our hope in Jesus.
Let me remind you of Jesus’ words that we believe. We believe Jesus when He commanded us to love one another with His love (John 13:34) and believe that He is the Son of God (John 14:1). We believe He is the resurrection and the life, and whoever believes in Him will never die (John 11:25). We believe His promise to give us the Holy Spirit, who is a witness to us from God that Jesus is in the Father, we are in Jesus, and He is in us. (John 14:20). We believe He will return and establish a new heaven and earth, where we will dwell with Him in righteousness (Rev. 21:1-5). Everyone and everything will be lovely! As we live to love with Jesus for the glory of God, we live with a wonderful hope. Christ in you, the hope of glory (Col. 1:27).
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