Good Morning Friends,
“At daybreak the elders of the people met
together and Jesus was led before them. ‘If you are the Christ,’ they said,
‘tell us.’ Jesus answered, ‘If I tell you, you will not believe me, and if I
asked you, you would not answer. From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at
the right hand of the mighty God.’ They all asked, ‘Are you then the Son of
God?’ He replied, ‘You are right in saying I am.’ Then they said, ‘Why do we
need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.’” (Luke 22:66-71)
What is the standard by which the identity of
the Messiah should be judged?
The clear answer is – God’s revelation in the
Old Testament. God’s Word is the objective and authoritative standard that
should have helped the people then and us today to determine if Jesus is the
Messiah.
Jesus was on trial before the chief priests and
teachers of the law. These men made up the leading council among the Jews. They
should have been the most spiritual people in Israel. They should have known
God’s Word better than anyone. They should have more quickly turned to the Word
than anyone else.
Where is the probing of the scriptures to find
its answers? Where is the question put to Jesus to ask Him to prove from God’s
Word that He is the Messiah? You won’t find those things because they aren’t
there. There was no turning to God’s Word by the council. They relied on their
own opinions and what they thought the Messiah would be like – and they missed the
true Messiah.
Do you have questions about Jesus? Turn to
God’s Word. Do you have questions about theology? Turn to God’s Word. Do you
have questions about life? Turn to God’s Word. Do you have questions about
eternity? Turn to God’s Word.
There is an objective and authoritative
standard for all of those questions and many more. The standard isn’t our own
opinion. It’s not wrapped up in what we think is right or what ought to be
right. The standard is the Word of God – the Bible.
His, by Grace, Steve
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