Having hang-ups about Jesus

“Others said, ‘He is the Christ.’ Still others asked, ‘How can the Christ come from Galilee? Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David’s family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?’ Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.” John 7:41-43
We see from the Scriptures that there was a lot of controversy amongst the people concerning Jesus’ identity. At one point, Jesus asked His disciples who people were saying He was, and there were suggestions of John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah, or one of the other prophets (Matt. 16:13-14). Here we see some people saying they thought Jesus was the Christ (or Messiah – ‘Christ’ is from the Greek, ‘Messiah’ is from the Hebrew; both mean ‘anointed one’). But others disagreed, because in their eyes Jesus didn’t fit the description. He had a Galilean accent; they expected Christ to be a leader from the line of David. They knew from the Scriptures that Christ was supposed to come from Bethlehem (Mic. 5:2). This carpenter from Galilee was not the rabbi from Bethlehem they had in mind.
But Jesus was indeed born in Bethlehem, as the Scriptures foretold. He was of the line of David, as prophesied. These hang-ups that the people had about Him could be rationally explained.
It is the same today. Many people have hang-ups about God, Jesus, or the Bible that prevent them from coming to faith in Christ. They will say, ‘The Trinity makes no sense to me; I can’t believe in God because I don’t understand it.’ Or, ‘I can’t believe in a God who allows bad things to happen to good people.’ These things can be explained from the Scriptures, if people would be willing to listen. However, those who say these things usually do so as an excuse not to believe – it’s not because they can’t believe; it’s because they don’t want to. There is a big difference.