John 5:31

John 5:31 says, If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true   Jesus declares His witness alone to His being the Son of God might not be true.  He set aside His own witness, which should have been enough.  If we refuse to believe the word of God, which Jesus witnessing to His being the Son of God was, Jesus told the Jews opposing Him that there were other witnesses to Who He was and is.   Verse thirty-two adds, There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.  The Father Himself had born witness to Jesus at His baptism.  As God's chosen people, they might not recognize Jesus when He declared Himself the Son of God, but they had to acknowledge the declaration of the Father.  We have a record of his witness in the Bible, allowing us to look back on the truth of Who Jesus is.  Verse thirty-three continues, Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. They also had the witness of John the Baptist, who the Jews saw as a great prophet.  Verse thirty-four states, But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.  Jesus said He really didn’t need the testimony of men, but only spoke of it so they might be saved.  No matter what people say, Jesus will always be Who He is just because He is.  Verse thirty-five adds, He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.  John was a shining light that they followed for a while.  He was not the One they were looking for, but they were more than willing to follow Him.  We have the witness of all the great man of God since Jesus came to redeem us.  Verse thirty-six says, But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.  Jesus then stated that His works, given to Him by the Father, witnessed to the fact that He was Who He said He was.  We know the greatest work He was given was to be the Redeemer of mankind.  Verse thirty-seven adds, And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.  Verse thirty-eight continues, And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.  Jesus again spoke of the Father, Whom they had never heard His voice nor seen His face, bearing witness to Jesus, Whom they had seen and heard.  Jesus said if they didn’t believe the Father had sent Him that they didn’t have His word abiding in them.