John 18: 19 The
high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.
20 Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple,
where the Jews always meet, and in secret I have
said nothing. 21 Why do you ask Me? Ask those who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they
know what I said.”
22 And when He had said these things, one of the officers who
stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Do You
answer the high priest like that?”
23 Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if
well, why do you strike Me?”
24 Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
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“Your car is dying” were the words I could
not accept. “Maybe I have more life than expected” I thought to myself. I did
not have money to buy a car, nor fix the one I had. I drove on my occasional
trip that would take about two hours, but this time it took eight. The car kept
breaking down on the side of the road. I had to accept the truth.
- Sometimes I don’t want to hear no more bad news.
- Sometimes I don’t want to face life’s challenges.
- Sometimes I don’t want to accept the obvious answer to a huge problem.
Annas, a high priest, asked JESUS about what
HE taught. He was trying to get JESUS to confess to heresy. The tense situation
was magnified when one of the soldiers struck JESUS. This soldier did not want
to hear the truth that JESUS spoke, nor did the church leader.
Accepting JESUS
means accepting HE is the truth. Being GOD, HE knew the decree of the FATHER, that if anyone sins, they deserve eternal
separation from HIM. JESUS volunteered to be the sacrifice that would redeem
those who sinned and believe HE did this for them.
Unfortunately, JESUS
has become a figurehead to a club of people who do nice things in the name of
the brand of church they attend. Yes, JESUS is mentioned, sometimes in the
right context. BUT GOD can see through humans down to the heart. HE wants me to
speak HIS truth of redemption through HIS SON and that is it. I accept the
truth of GOD.
- Are you wrestling with finding the “truth?”
- Do you think sinful humans have found the truth for which you would base your life on?
- Will you allow GOD to turn your heart to HIM so HE can speak the truth through you today?
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