John 16:30  We believe that You came from God.

Imagine you're hiking and you come to a narrow, rickety-looking footbridge - one hundred feet above a river. The only way to get to the other side is that bridge, but you're not sure it will hold. You slowly begin to make your way across, testing each step before moving on. You've got to believe in that bridge to get you to the other side. But, it's not your belief in the bridge that keeps you from falling - it's the bridge.

I can have just a little belief in a good bridge and slowly creep to the other side. Or I can have a lot of belief in a bad bridge, only to have it give way under my feet.

Belief is only as good as the object of our belief. Jesus is the object of our belief. That's what the disciples say in John 16:30. Jesus is the Son of God, and He is God the Son. Jesus is God's promised Messiah, the Root and Offspring of David, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and the Bright Morning Star. Our belief is not in belief. Our belief is in Jesus.

At Jesus' Baptism, the Father declared Him the Son of God. At Jesus' crucifixion, a Roman soldier declared Him the Son of God. Paul says in Romans 1:$ that, at Jesus' resurrection, He is declared the Son of God. Baptized. Crucified. Risen from the dead. Jesus, the Son of God! We believe!
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