I have always been a watch type of guy.
Through the years I have had some pretty nice ones come my way.
There was one time a very nice opportunity where a Mont Blac watch could be purchased for a very good price. Black face, stainless bracelet with the Mont Blac logo on the 12 space.
I bought it but then after about six months the watch began to show wear. The crown fell out. This is NOT what excellent watches do.
At that moment I feared the worst – Had I been sold a Fugazi? It became apparent why this “luxury” watch was being sold for such a good price.
It was not a real Mont Blanc. It was counterfeit, a copy.
Just because it has a logo and a name does not make it real.
Jesus proclaimed to be Lord. How do we know he was really God?
John 5:37 Jesus said, “And the Father Himself, who sent me, has testified of me.”
What does this statement even mean? How did the Father testify about Jesus?
What the statement meant was, unlike my Mont Blanc watch, Jesus was not fake. The Father testified to the authenticity of Jesus. He was the real deal.
How did the Father testify about Jesus? Recall when Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist? “This is my son in whom I am well pleased.”
Jesus was the only thing with which the Father had been well please since Creation.
Further, John 14:10 those miracles Jesus performed were evidence that the Father testified the authenticity of Jesus.
S.D.G.