John 8:43

John 8:43 says, Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.  Jesus asked them why they didn’t understand His speech.  Even because ye cannot hear My word.  Why do so many people refuse to believe in the salvation of Christ today.  It is not complicated, but many, many people, when the gospel is presented refuse to accept it.  The Jews in Jesus's day heard the actual speech, but they refused to believe the words that Jesus was speaking.  To be a follower of Christ, we must listen in the faith that God gives us and believe in what He says.  Verse forty-four adds, Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.  Again, speaking to those who had just said that they had but one Father, God, Jesus told them they were the children of the Devil.  He continued to say that they would do the lust of their father, the Devil, who was a murderer from the beginning.  He abides not in truth.   The Devil speaks in lies, because the truth is not in him.  The Devil knew the truth, just as all the other angels did, but he chose to follow his own desires.  When he failed, he began to lure people with his lies, and he became the father of lies.  Verse forty-five adds, And  because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.  Jesus said even though He told them the truth, they didn’t believe Him.   If we are the children of the Devil, the father of lies, we cannot accept the truth, because it would condemn us. People always have a simple choice.  We can either believe the father of lies or the Father of truth.  As the followers of Christ, we have chosen to believe the truth of God.  Verse forty-six says, Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?  Jesus asked the Jews, and the religious leaders, which of them could convict Him of sin. That is what they would have to do in order to legally kill Him.  We hear the same idea put forth by Christians at times today. The statement will be something to the effect that God is causing bad things to happen to them, so He must not be much of a God.