Thursday, July 31, 2014

The reason for Mistaken Identity...

Matthew 14:1-2 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” 
To be sure, one of the reasons Herod Antipas mistook stories about Jesus as being John resurrected was the guilt that haunted his own soul.  He was living in fear, having executed John wrongfully.  But what else was there that made him think Jesus was John?  The similarity of the message they gave: to repent and receive the Kingdom of God at hand.  It was such a strong common thread, that Herod had only heard before from John, so he presumed this must be John.  If we are to be mistaken for someone else, may it be Christ - that we would speak in a way He would and live in the way He did.

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