Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Short and sweet...

And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.” (Luke 7:22-23 ESV)
After allowing the disciples of John the Baptist to observe Him at work, Jesus answers thier question with a quote: "Yes, he is the one." The things He did and said were exactly what the Scriptures said the Messiah would do. They had their answer. Now it was in their court as to what they did with the answer: would they receive and embrace the truth, or be offended and march away. Why would they be offended? The same reason we can be; the same reason the Pharisees were: we are confronted with our sinfulness and need of deliverance by someone else: Him and only Him.

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