Our paragraph topic is: (The inconsistency of the Jews) Part 2.
Christ continues to characterize this current generation because of their selfishness. They want everyone to dance to their tune. They want everyone to cry to their sorrows. They want to be in control of everything. They are selfish people who have had power to long and are unwilling to consider that the Messiah has come among them to change everything. John preached about the coming. The scriptures foretold about the coming of the Messiah. Yet the Jews of this generation have their own plan and will not consider that the Messiah has come as a man in their midst to change all mankind.
They have no wisdom. They have no knowledge. They have no understanding, only that they want everyone else to dance to their tune and cry to their sorrows. John was written about in the scripture. John preached from the Jordan and thousands came to hear him. John baptized many and preached repentance. John paved the way for the coming of the Messiah and yet they did not believe. Christ says that they characterized John as a lunatic. He says, "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a devil!"
The people knew that John was anointed of God. They heard him preach. They believe that the Messiah had come. But the rulers and the rich, and the educated, and the religious, and the Pharisees and the Sadducees did not believe. They rationalized that John was possessed and out of his mind. They said that John was insane and people should not follow him. They had to turn the people least all believed in John and his teachings. They had to do something before they lost control and the people no longer danced to their tune and cried to their sorrows.
What should I compare this generation to, Christ said? Shall we compare them to the blind. They live in an evil world and yet do not see. They stumble through life leaning upon the one who lives in darkness. They believe in their own capacity to live without knowing true life. They cannot see the light. This generation is like a moth drawn to a flame. They are utterly attracted to the glitz and glamour of a world that is dying and has no life of its own. Are you in the world? Do you look out from your position in the world and wonder about those who do not follow your passions for the worldly life? Do you hunger for something more than the world has offered you, having conquered the passions of this world? Do not be lost with this generation. Do not be blind. Open your eyes and see the road that you are on before it is too late. God is patient and yet your cup of wrath continues to fill. Repent before the thief comes to steal your life. God loves you and is merciful and forgiving. Christ paid for your sins and will forgive all, if you just ask and believe that he will. Come take his hand and be healed!!
Christ continues to characterize this current generation because of their selfishness. They want everyone to dance to their tune. They want everyone to cry to their sorrows. They want to be in control of everything. They are selfish people who have had power to long and are unwilling to consider that the Messiah has come among them to change everything. John preached about the coming. The scriptures foretold about the coming of the Messiah. Yet the Jews of this generation have their own plan and will not consider that the Messiah has come as a man in their midst to change all mankind.
They have no wisdom. They have no knowledge. They have no understanding, only that they want everyone else to dance to their tune and cry to their sorrows. John was written about in the scripture. John preached from the Jordan and thousands came to hear him. John baptized many and preached repentance. John paved the way for the coming of the Messiah and yet they did not believe. Christ says that they characterized John as a lunatic. He says, "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a devil!"
The people knew that John was anointed of God. They heard him preach. They believe that the Messiah had come. But the rulers and the rich, and the educated, and the religious, and the Pharisees and the Sadducees did not believe. They rationalized that John was possessed and out of his mind. They said that John was insane and people should not follow him. They had to turn the people least all believed in John and his teachings. They had to do something before they lost control and the people no longer danced to their tune and cried to their sorrows.
What should I compare this generation to, Christ said? Shall we compare them to the blind. They live in an evil world and yet do not see. They stumble through life leaning upon the one who lives in darkness. They believe in their own capacity to live without knowing true life. They cannot see the light. This generation is like a moth drawn to a flame. They are utterly attracted to the glitz and glamour of a world that is dying and has no life of its own. Are you in the world? Do you look out from your position in the world and wonder about those who do not follow your passions for the worldly life? Do you hunger for something more than the world has offered you, having conquered the passions of this world? Do not be lost with this generation. Do not be blind. Open your eyes and see the road that you are on before it is too late. God is patient and yet your cup of wrath continues to fill. Repent before the thief comes to steal your life. God loves you and is merciful and forgiving. Christ paid for your sins and will forgive all, if you just ask and believe that he will. Come take his hand and be healed!!
