Why People Don’t Believe...

This is a perfect example of why people don’t believe Jesus is the Son of God. They don’t want to. When you strip away all the pretense and prejudice people have when it comes to God, they simple refuse to believe. This is the very sin that Jesus talked about when He talked about the “unpardonable sin”. God will not forgive you if you don’t repent and ask for forgiveness. Why should He? After Jesus performed these miracles, after He displayed His power and authority, and after He showed them “the Way”, there’s no reason not to believe. Yet many still refused to believe Him to be the Son of God. And even worse, many followed Him in order to gain something from Him. “What can I get out of this?”, was their motto. Their hearts weren’t truly in the right standing with God. If I saw a demon come out of a man because Jesus commanded it to leave, I’d be loyal to Him and do everything He asked me to do. Wouldn’t you?

31 Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day. 32 There, too, the people were amazed at His teaching, for He spoke with authority.33 Once when He was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon–an evil spirit–began shouting at Jesus, 34 “Go away! Why are You interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are–the Holy One sent from God!”35 Jesus cut him short. “Be quiet! Come out of the man,” He ordered. At that, the demon threw the man to the floor as the crowd watched; then it came out of him without hurting him further.36 Amazed, the people exclaimed, “What authority and power this man’s words possess! Even evil spirits obey Him, and they flee at His command!” 37 The news about Jesus spread through every village in the entire region. Luke 4:31-37