John
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Having a deep relationship with God involves knowing Him though His Word: Written, made flesh in Jesus, and written on your heart with His Spirit.
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God knows you, He has a purpose for you, He calls you, you choose to become His Child.
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Jesus fulfills the laws made to protect His lineage. Laws were artificial relationship, Jesus is real relationship.
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Disciples turned away but the Apostles stayed and trusted Jesus understanding He was the Messiah.
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The laws of Moses were meant to focus on God until Jesus came to show the law in all its Glory.
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John 6:44 describes that believers are drawn to Jesus by God the Father. Followers are chosen for His purpose.
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The religious leaders that Jesus encountered had been blinded by the law and the man-made religion that stemmed from it. The leaders created variations that profited them as leaders and at the same time kept the people blind to the purpose of the law, the message of the Torah, and the revelations
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Once you give your heart to God and accept Jesus as your Savior, you belong to the One that will never let you go, never cast you out. Just as a good father will never cast out his child, your perfect Father unconditionally holds on to the hearts given to Him .
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2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic (Hebrew) called Bethesda, (Bethsaida) which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. waiting for the moving of the water; 4 for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and stirred the water: whoever stepped