In today's passage of scripture, we begin to see Jesus presenting the case to the Jewish leaders that He was the son of God. In any good defense, there has to be evidence. What Jesus is doing here is presenting proof of who He is.
"By myself, I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true." - John 5:30
The first evidence Jesus presents is His own testimony. Obviously, we can't only rely on the word of one person, so we will look at the other evidences He presents over the next few days. However, it's important to note that Jesus doesn't back down from calling Himself the son of God.
I know that if I was pressed by powerful leaders like the ones He was talking to, I would probably back down. If I knew that the things that I was saying would cause me to possibly get in trouble or get killed, I'd think twice about what I was saying.
Yet Jesus didn't seem to think twice. Jesus knew what would happen to Him if He claimed to be God. And yet He did make that claim. So why would He do that? I think the most logical explanation of the facts is that Jesus, indeed was God. Why would you say something that could get you killed unless it was the truth?
What Jesus did was give testimony of Himself, and He did it knowing the consequences of His words. So, Jesus was most likely telling the truth. Yes, we have to believe it by faith that what Jesus said was the truth, but it is the best explanation of why He would say it. There would be no other motive He would have for claiming He was God unless He was God.
Today's Truth: Jesus testified that He was God.
Taken from studentdevos.com