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21 | How do we know that God is love? | 1 John 4:16 | Aixen7z4 | 126954 | ||
We know that God is love. The Bible tells us so (1 John 4:8,16). But a person may sometimes find if difficult to believe that. “If God is love, then why …?”, they ask. Many evidences convince us that God is, that is, that he exists (Romans 1:20; Hebrews 11:6). We may understand from looking at his creation that God is great (Psalm 33:6-9; Jeremiah 10:12; Jeremiah 32:17) and he is wise (Psalm 104:24; Psalm 136:5; Proverbs 3:19; Jeremiah 51:15). We may even believe that God is good (Psalm 37:1; Isaiah 63:7) because the things he made are good (Genesis 1:31;Psalm 19:1) and he has done good (Psalm 136; Matthew 5:45) . Moreover, his laws are good (Nehemiah 9:13;Psalm 19:7,8) and they are designed for our good (Psalm 19:11; Isaiah 1:19). Similarly, we may see and understand that God is true. He is just. He is holy. Etc. But how do we know of a truth that God is love? It is a topic I intend to pursue, and I trust that others will join in. It is potentially a topic of great benefit, and deep. For one thing, I have noted that “true” and “good” and “just” and “holy” are adjectives. But “Love” is a noun. How can God be love? What does it mean? And how do we know it? How can we know it? |
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22 | Is God actively speaking? | Ps 19:2 | Aixen7z4 | 126163 | ||
Now, Doc, I am sure you are correct. In the passage in question it is nature that speaks. Or can we say it is God speaking through nature? Paul says in Romans 2 that conscience speaks. Can we say it is God who speaks through the instrumantality of the conscience? And you have pointed out that God's revelation of his eternal purpose and plan are in the scriptures. Can we say that God speaks through the scriptures? If the answer to these questions is Yes, then I will be gratified because it will make it easier to ask the original question again. And I will ask it in light of the fact we have been using the present tense throughout. The idea would be that God is still speaking. The question then is: What is he saying today? If you want to limit the message to scripture, that is fine. |
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23 | What is God saying these days? | Ps 19:2 | Aixen7z4 | 126113 | ||
This verse, like the entire psalm, is in the present tense. It suggests that God is still speaking to us. If so, what is he saying? | ||||||
24 | What is the exceeding sinfulness of sin? | Rom 7:13 | Aixen7z4 | 125183 | ||
I thought of asking, “What is so bad about sin?” but I felt that some would not understand. They might think that the intent here was to trivialize sin, when the intent is quite the opposite. Nor does it bring out the full meaning, to say that sin is a bad thing. Paul says (Romans 7:13) that sin can be exceedingly sinful. That wording seems to be effective. Ray Comfort emphasizes the fact that people will not understand what it means to be saved until they understand what sin is. And in some sense it is sin that we are saved from. “Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). “To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins” (Act 10:43). The fact of sin should be emphasized, and Comfort often uses the Ten Commandments to prove the point. People come to accept the fact that they have sinned. All have sinned. Yet that very fact will lead some to say they are only normal, or human. But sin is a very bad thing, and Paul says the Law brings out the fact. But what makes sin such a bad thing? It is my hope that we discuss that here and expose the malignity and wickedness of sin. Perhaps it will help a unsaved to better understand his need of salvation. Perhaps it will help a believer to stay farther away from sin. |
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25 | What is it about the Gospel? | 2 Tim 1:12 | Aixen7z4 | 123821 | ||
What is it about the Gospel? In Romans 1:16, Paul says he is not ashamed of the Gospel. In 2 Timothy 1:11,12; here it is again. “I am appointed a preacher … for the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed”. He says to Timothy (2 Tim 1:8) “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord”. The Lord himself opens the possibility that we could be ashamed of him. He says, “Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels (Mar 8:38). And now it seems that it is not the adulterous and sinful generation that should be ashamed, but rather those who shine like lights in it. There is something about the offense of the cross (Galatians 5:11), though Paul says that he would choose instead to glory in the cross (v.14). The cross, of course, is central to the Gospel (1 Cor 1:23). What is it about the Gospel that we could be ashamed of? Is it because one who preaches it is not highly esteemed by the world? Is it because its message is considered foolish? Is it because it brings persecution? This last is a question in itself, why the Gospel brings persecution. For some reason I do not get this, and I am asking this question even of the unbelievers that I encounter these days. The words “Gospel” and “shame” do not seem to belong in the same sentence. I would appreciate seeing one thoughtful response before this question is banished to the bowels of this forum. |
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26 | How are we to react to the fact? | Luke 13:23 | Aixen7z4 | 123653 | ||
True … we do not know who will believe (Matthew 13:3-23;Mark 4:3-20;Luke 8:5-15). But do we have an idea how many? Someone has calculated the percentages based on the number of types of ground. Since there are four types of ground, he thinks that twenty-five percent of the people who hear the word will bring forth fruit. Yet there is nothing to suggest that the types of ground represent an equal number of people. Based on the verses cited in the original question, it seems that something less than one percent of the people who hear the Gospel will believe (few vs. many in Matthew 7, millions in Revelation 5 and 7 vs. billions who will have passed this way). It seems to this writer that a consideration of this ratio may affect the preacher of the Gospel as well as the person listening to the Gospel. Their situations may be analogous to those of an NBA scout and an aspiring player. I say this only to aid the understanding. But, as Jesus would say again, “Many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 20:16; Matthew 22:2-14). The preacher is told to preach without regard to results (2 Timothy 4:2). But the hearer is told to strive (Luke 13:24). This topic may be worth of further consideration on the part of the preacher who may be discouraged and on the part of the hearer who is careless. Few will be saved (Matthew 7:14). How must the preacher and the hearer react to the fact? (See Luke 16:16). |
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27 | Are there few that be saved? | Luke 13:23 | Aixen7z4 | 123642 | ||
Are there few that be saved? Jesus seems to answer this question in the affirmative (Luke 13:24). It is the few who will be saved. In Matthew 7:13,14 he seems to be saying the same thing without being asked. In Revelation 5 he shows millions of people in heaven, and in Revelation 7 he says the number is too large for a human to reckon. Yet this is a small number compared to the billions who are and have been on this earth. This information may affect our efforts and our expectations in the area of evangelism. Please discuss. |
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28 | Isn't delusion dangerous? | 2 Thess 2:11 | Aixen7z4 | 122736 | ||
I share the concern expressed in the issue of delusion. I am concerned that we believers can be deceived and can stray away from our service for God when we have failed to live in the light of God’s revealed truth. Also, I see that many people can believe they are saved when they are not, because they refused to believe the gospel when they heard it and later believed something else that they thought was the gospel but was not. I would love to see a discussion on those two points. First, what happens when a believer will not endure sound doctrine? What happens to him then? (See 2 Timothy 4:3,4). Can this situation be connected to the shipwreck mentioned in 1 Timothy 1:19? Second: What happens when a person refuses to accept the Gospel? Can it be that they are then allowed to think that something else is the gospel? (See 2 Thessalonians 2:10,11). If they believe a false gospel, won’t they be believing they are saved when they are not? |
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29 | How can we avoid deception? | 2 Thess 2:11 | Aixen7z4 | 122691 | ||
Deception is by it's very nature convincing. How then can we avoid it? The word of God seems to say that everyone will have a chance to hear and understand the gospel (John 1:9, John 12:32, etc.). But it also says that some will hear a lie and still believe it, thus sealing their eternal fate. We seem to be witnessing it. I heard again recently that most of the people in the average church are not saved. I saw again recently where a person “went forward”. They were asked if they believed certain fact (that Jesus is the Son of God, etc.,) and then put on track to become a member of the church. I met a lady recently who told how she had gone from church to church and finally found one that preaches the truth. I have a client who claims that she likes her church but cannot explain what it teaches. I know a lady who believes in healing, who attends a church where healing services are held each week but has never seen a person healed. Is it because these people have heard the gospel and rejected it? It is evident that we cannot be saved without the active involvement of the Holy Spirit (John 3:6, 1 Cor 12:23, etc.). It is not surprising that The Evil One is also active in influencing us away from God and salvation. It is also interesting to consider that God may send other spirits, other than the Holy Spirit to delude us. Who is not fascinated by the fact the Lord can send us an evil spirit? That is what he did in the case of Saul. We read “The Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him” (1 Samuel 16:14). Who is not intrigued by the fact God can send us a lying spirit? That is what he did in the case of Ahab. Micaiah said, “Behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning you” (1 Kings 22:24). Who is not sobered by the fact God sends delusion? That is what is promised to those who fail to believe the Gospel, to those who “received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved”. God will send them “strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (2 Thessalonians 2:11,12). Who is not troubled by the fact God may leave a man to be controlled by his own sick mind? But that is what happens to those who do not respect God. They have only their natural spirits to discern right from wrong. “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind” (Romans 1:28). One supposes that the Holy Spirit in us can resist and defeat Satan and any spirit he sends. But what will he do with the other spirits that have come from God? These are questions one might ask of those who have a reputation of being sound in doctrine, who have not been tossed about by every wind. What has happened, do you think, to people who were not satisfied with the simple gospel but have found satisfaction in something more exciting? |
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30 | Is it by nature inexorable? | 2 Tim 2:9 | Aixen7z4 | 122199 | ||
Amen. I was thinking though, of places and times in which the word of God has been burned, or banned, or where the preachers of it have been imprisoned. Is it in the nature of the word of God that it is nevertheless unstoppable? |
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31 | Can the word of God be imprisoned? | 2 Tim 2:9 | Aixen7z4 | 122195 | ||
In Psalm 19, nature speaks, and it cannot be shut down. Its voice is heard everywhere. In Romans 2, the conscience speaks, accusing or excusing. Its voice is heard in every man. The word of God also speaks, and it pierces a man’s heart. Paul says in this case that the word of God is not bound. My question is this: Is it just in this case, or is it always the case? Or is it in the nature of the word of God, that it is never chained or imprisoned? |
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32 | How do we understand these words? | John 6:63 | Aixen7z4 | 122128 | ||
The single sentence in John 6:63 may be exceptional in the number of thoughts it brings together. How can we possibly understand it or properly respond to it? It seems ironic that Jesus is saying it is only through the Holy Spirit that we can understand it. And yet, the people who were hearing him were not understanding. Many of his disciples, when they had heard (his preceding statements), had said, “This is an hard saying; who can hear it?” (John 6:60). I am not sure that Jesus made it any easier when he said, “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63). It seems that the people became exasperated. They walked away (v. 66). The translators are wide apart on their renderings: NKJV It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. NIV The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. (GW) Life is spiritual. Your physical existence doesn't contribute to that life. (LITV) It is the Spirit that gives life. The flesh does not profit, nothing! (YLT) the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; (MSG) The Spirit can make life. Sheer muscle and willpower don't make anything happen. (WEB) It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. (NASB) It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; . (AMP) The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. They all have “The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life”, but what does that mean? (NLT) It is the Spirit who gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. Once again I find myself appreciating the NLT as I see how it uses context to bring out meaning. Thank God for it. But the question remains: What was the Spirit doing in this case? On this occasion, He seems to be keeping the people from understanding (as in Romans 11:25). Later, on the day of Pentecost, He would help people to hear words spoken in another language as if it had been spoken in their own language (Acts 2:8), and they would understand and believe and be saved. I wonder what happens here, today, when people do not understand, and turn away. What role is the Spirit playing? One’s attention is riveted every time that God or Jesus asks the question “Why …?”, And in John 8:43 he asks, “Why do ye not understand my speech?” Amazingly, this seems to have resulted in a stalemate. He said they were of the devil, and they said he had a devil. That time, they did not simply walk away. They took up stones to stone him. They had not understood his words. Jesus was full of the Spirit, but the Spirit was not in them to resonate and give meaning to his words. Today, we have the Holy Spirit. But do we understand those words? |
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33 | What change can we expect? | 2 Cor 5:17 | Aixen7z4 | 121934 | ||
He declined an invitation to church because, as he put it, he was afraid that he might “get saved or something”. Let us assume, if we can, that psychology is correct on this point, that change is always stressful. Add to that the fact the Bible says that salvation involves a change. We all know Ephesians 5:17. If all of that is true, then is it not reasonable that he should be afraid to get saved? It is probably not possible to tell someone ahead of time what change he will be subject to when he gets saved. One song I know laments like this: If I could only tell him as I know him My Redeemer who has lightened all my way If I could only tell how sweet his presence I am sure that you would make him yours today. But I can never tell him as I know him. Human tongue can never tell all love divine I only can entreat you to accept him You will know him only when you make him thine But when a person is saved, surely he gets to understand, as he experiences the changes! I have recently reestablished contact with that man after more than twenty (20) years, and he tells me he is saved now. And now, I ask this question, about him, and about saved people in general: According to the Bible, what change can we expect? |
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34 | Would you do it anyway? | Mark 16:15 | Aixen7z4 | 121573 | ||
Jesus says, "all the world". But they say, "Not in my world, you don’t". You go to the church and they say we don’ t need it here. They tell you, "This is not the place. Jesus said go out; he did not say invite them in". You go out there and they say, "We don’t need that here. If we wanted to hear that we would go to church". So what do you do? We have to give them the Gospel anyway. It is a strange thing how he comes unto his own and his own receive him not. They say they don’t want the real Jesus; they want instead the history of him. They don’t want to obey him; they want to study him. Why would a believer not want to hear the Gospel again? Why would he not want to hear it told in case there was someone who needed it? They say they do not need the Gospel in church. Then why not just let it be? But then they tell you that full 60 to 80 percent of the people in church are not saved. Yet the Gospel is not welcome there. They tell you they preach it, but you never hear it. One pastor I know was persuaded to include the Gospel in his preaching. Then he told me he would cut it out because the people were complaining. They say we do not need it on a StudyBible Forum. We study salvation. But then we see an unbeliever come by (a JW, maybe) and we drive them away. Why not witness to them instead? In a cyber world where thousands of topics are being discussed, why not let us say what we want about the Gospel? Our brothers say it is not needed. Meanwhile Jesus says, "Go into all the world" with the Gospel, and it seems to me we have to find ways to do it. Directly or indirectly, we will have to invade this space. If I mention my site, which is brimming with Gospel, they will object. If I direct people from my site to here, they will object. If I say what I am saying now they may try to discourage me by saying I am paranoid. That has not worked and I won’t be surprised if they bar my access. But I say that attitude reveals the sinful nature and the need for the Gospel. So I’ve got to say, "Christ died for our sins, and he was buried, and he rose again". There. I said it again. If I visit this space again, I will have to say it again, because it is the Gospel and this is a part of the world. I was encouraged by your reminder that the Lord’s world includes the visible and the invisible. So would you? Would you preach the Gospel in Cyberspace? |
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35 | Would you? | Mark 16:15 | Aixen7z4 | 121556 | ||
So, would you join me if I decided to preach the Gospel here? As anywhere else, you can expect a lot of opposition, and even persecution. Whould you do it anyway? | ||||||
36 | Does "all the world" include Cyberspace? | Mark 16:15 | Aixen7z4 | 121546 | ||
Does "all the world" include Cyberspace? Listen, my friends. This is my way of introducing a topic, and the topic is the preaching of the Gospel on the Internet. Please let us focus on the topic. Jesus said we should go into the world, and wherever we go we should preach the Gospel. Some of us have learned to carry the word in our heart, and even in our pocket, and we give it out wherever we go. And sometimes we "go" onto the Internet. Seems we can go all over the world that way. Sometimes we give the Gospel to someone and that person says, "I do not need it". It may be that they have already heard it and rejected it, and they do not wish to hear it again. We have learned not to give that pearl to those who do not want it, but we might persist until we are confident that it is the true Gospel they have heard. (There are false gospels. See Galatians 1). But some turn us away because they say they have already accepted it, and do not feel the need to hear it again. Some ask us to tell it to someone else, but some seem to never tire of hearing it. "Those who know it best seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest". That is how it happens that we say to everyone "how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures". Is it appropriate to say it here? |
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37 | Have you learned to trust in Jesus? | 1 Cor 15:56 | Aixen7z4 | 121223 | ||
Our view of death is based on the fact we are saved. That means we repented of our sins and we have trusted in Christ. It is our trust in all of his promises that takes away the fear of death. Are you trusting in Christ as your Savior? And what of the person who died? What of the family members remaining? We would encourage all of you to trust in him. If you do, then we will go over some of those promises with you and that should help. If you have not learned to trust him, tell us also, and we will help you with that. |
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38 | Who can stand before envy? | Luke 4:28 | Aixen7z4 | 121043 | ||
It occurs to me that it is difficult for anyone to ignore Jesus. He makes claims (as in John 14:6). He calls (as in Matthew 11:28). He offers (as in John 10:10). He warns (as in John 3:36). And people have to react to him, somehow (as in Matthew 27:22). They either bow to him or they have to actively reject him. As for the religious leaders, I think that the words the Bible uses are Envy, and Jealousy, depending on the translation (See Matthew 27:18). The idea is that they would rather be the focus of attention and the locus of control. It happened in the ministry of Paul. Many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. And the next Sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming (Acts 13). The same thing may be happening today, and it is a fearful thing. (Proverbs 27:4) "Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?" But it is a dangerous thing as well, to try to overshadow and detract from him, for he says, "I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another" (Isaiah 42:8). Reflecting on Luke 6:46, the words of Jesus: “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” it is poignant to me, when the Lord asks why. We’d better get with it. Looking at his prayer (John 17:21) "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me" we know God‘s will. We’d better get with it. It sends me to Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. It causes me to recall 1 Corinthians 3:3 Whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? It causes one to wonder whether Jesus would say what Paul says in 2Co 12:20 “I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults”. We are directed in Galatians 5:26 “Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another”. But we must also consider the words of Paul in Philippians 1. “Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, … But the other of love, … What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice”. Paul faced envy and he gives us the idea that we can live with it. why is Jesus hated today, even by those using His name? We must also consider the words of Peter (2 Peter 2:1) “There were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction”. There will be false prophets. We have to live with that. |
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39 | So what's with the religious leaders? | Luke 4:28 | Aixen7z4 | 120978 | ||
JC, I am grateful for your response because it seems you have done some deep thinking. It was difficult to respond to the idea that people hated Jesus because he condemned them. It does say that God had not sent him into the world to condemn the world, and he had a way of saying, “Neither do I condemn you”. I thought, “Perhaps there is more than one answer” and you have offered others. Please stay with me, and think. You seem to separate David from the Lord Jesus as being a different situation. Think with me that David was a prophet and his words were actually inspired by the Holy Spirit. Because of that he often spoke the very words that Jesus would speak. He did say, “O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from you” (Psalm 65:5). But was that the reason he had difficulty with the people? It would have been a credit to them if they had hated him because of his sin. But I am afraid that it does not seem to be their reason. Indeed, we may find that it is his righteousness that they resented. Why is David talking about sin here? Please consider that he might be talking about possible sins, that were apparent only to God (Psalm 139:24), secret faults (Psalm 19:12). David would say that he hated sin, and even that he hated sinners. They must have had other reasons for hating him (Psalm 39;Psalm 35:19). In Psalm 101:3 he expresses hatred for “the work of them that turn aside”. In Psalm 119:104 he hates “every false way”. In Psalm 139:21,22 he hates them. “Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies”. Back in Psalm 69:6, it is those who are waiting on God who are having a hard time. It is those who side with God who are hated and in danger of being confounded. Psalm 69:7-9 “Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. Psalm 69:9 “For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me”. You will recall similar words being attached to the Lord in John 2 as he cleansed the Temple, and in Romans 15 as he is set forth as an example of devotion to the father’s pleasure. It was the same for David (1 Samuel 13:14). But it was very insightful of you to point out the difference between the response of the common people and that of the religious leaders. In Mark 12:37 “The common people heard him gladly”. In Matthew 21:46, the multitude took him for a prophet. In Matthew 21:11, the multitude said, “This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee”. In Matthew 21:9 , the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest”. It seems strange sometimes that those same people would turn and say “Crucify him!” but we have to consider the role of the religious leaders. In Matthew 21:15, when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David”; they were sore displeased. It was they who would stir the people to shout against him. In Matthew 27:20, the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. So why did the religious leaders hate him? We might consider that in greater detail. |
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40 | Why the hostility? | Luke 4:28 | Aixen7z4 | 120886 | ||
In his relationships with people, Jesus seems to have started our very well. We read (Luke 2:52) that he increased in favour with God and man. I take it that that included the religious leaders. We seemed to be seeing the truth of Solomon’s statement in Proverbs 3: “Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man“. In Luke 2:47 they seemed to be admiring him, as “And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers”.. In Luke 4 “All bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth”. In Matthew 7 they seemed to be impressed with the authority with which he spoke. We read that “the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. In Luke 8, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him”. Yet John says that he came unto his own and they received him not. Even as he spoke in their synagogue, filled with the Holy Spirit, fulfilling the word of God, their wrath was kindled against him (Luke 4:28) and they threw him out (verse 29). Why? It does not seem inappropriate to be asking why, because by John 7:19 Jesus himself is asking why. There is no question that they hated him (See John 7:7; John 15:18). Doubtless there are those who think that the answer to this question is easy, even obvious. But he said they hated him “without a cause” (John 15:25). It is the same thing that David had said before (Psalm 69:4). Why did they hate Jesus? And why had they hated David? |
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