random thoughts::Matthew 11
Date: Feb 9th, 2007 11:37:45 am - Subscribe
current reading:: Generous Orthodoxy::Brian McLaren
in this chapter we see the disciples of john the baptist come to Xp to find out for their teacher if He really is the Messiah? Xp uses the miracles He's done as proof of who He is. but then Xp begins to talk about john the baptist and who he is. saying that he's a prophet and more. but then He says something very interesting. Xp says that of any person born of a woman there is none greater then john. He then says that the least of those in the kingdom of heaven is greater then john. in all honesty i'm not sure what to make of this verse. perhaps meaning that john wasn't able to hear all of Xp's teaching so he did not have a full view of what God was planning to do.
in verse 20 Xp begins to preach judgment on the cities that did not repent when He had done a miracle. saying that if He had done miracles in other places they would have repented. it's interesting because i've said many times that faith would be easier if we got to see and experience what the people of the Bible got to see and experience. but here we have entire cities who saw Xp's power and did not repent. it made me start wondering if i'd be the same way. seeing Xp turning water into wine and passing it off as some sort of magic trick. perhaps i would have been one of those Xp was passing judgment upon. hard to say for sure.
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