“I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.” (John 10:25-30)
First the enraged Jews picked up stones to stone Jesus, but a heated back and forth quickly broke out instead. Finally, the Jews laid aside their rocks and wanted to arrrest Jesus right then and there. But it was not yet His time and so He yet again demonstrated His divinity and simply "escaped."
A lot of people today are like those zealous Jews. Sometimes I'm like those zealous Jews! They think they want to know the truth. They ask Jesus, "Stop with the veiled the clues! We want the mystery to be solved; no more suspense! Just tell us once and for all - are you the Messiah, God in flesh?" And Jesus says,
"I've told you many times. You've heard the gospel many times. You've even read My word. But you've rejected what's true. You have been hardened. I haven't been keeping you in suspense. You just don't want to know the truth."
Like sin and slavery, truth isn't a popular topic today. People believe in its relativity; they reject its absolutivity. They say what's true for you isn't necessarily true for me. But truth is not a wishy-washy, debatable thing. Truth is absolute, a foundation for life. And Jesus Christ is truth: "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life."
Today, people (and Christians sometimes too) are blinded to the truth by pride and ignorance. We just don't want to know what is. We're just like those misguided Jews. But Jesus says to look to the gospel of Him and we'll discover truth once and for all. He hasn't kept us in suspense; sin has kept us in suspense.