The 'Or Else' Belief

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. John 14:11

Jesus here in this verse today commands belief from His disciple. First comes what appears to be a more desired 'believe Me', and then He offers an 'or else' belief. His miracles, as we call them, amaze and delight us, but the impression here is that Jesus desires our belief in Him without those works first, and only if necessary should Philip and us readers use those works to believe in Him. All of the disciples were witness to many miracles of healing and authority by Jesus, and it probably never got old for them. However, believing in Him is all the miracle we and those disciples need to be saved.

And quite the miracle it is too!

Bucky