Believe, doubt, disbelieve
People asked Jesus to tell them if He is the Christ.
Our God is good, compassionate and slow to anger. He will not destroy us for our
ignorance.
Some people instantly BELIEVED in Jesus when they saw Him because of:
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Foretold about Him in the Old Testament (Micah 5.2)
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His conception - A virgin found pregnant (Matt. 1.18)
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His birthday, childhood and escape to and from Egypt (Mtt.2.1-15).
Some were DOUBTING because they were afraid of
believing a wrong person but when they saw Christ's Ministry, the teaching and the miracles He performed in
the name of God; either by laying hands, saying few words or even sending words
to the sick. He healed many. The people
who were doubting became believers.
Some definitely DISBELIEVED because of their
personal assumption that Jesus couldn't be the Christ they are waiting
for. This group of people could be
practically impossible to convince therefore,
Christ just referred them to His teaching and the miracle He performed
in the name of God.
This Gospel reminds me of one of my questions in the
bible class when I was a young Christian. One day I asked my Pastor,
"why didn't Christ ask God to make all the
nations His followers while He was on the cross? " After all He was going
to lay His life for them. Pastor Gregg replied,
"No Caroline, Christ would
not do that because His knew that God
did not create us like robots. He made
us to know what is good and what is bad.
Now the choice is ours".
Christianity is not by force but by choice, we
believe.
My prayer for all of us is that the almighty God in heaven by His mercy help
us to make good choice and stick to it to the end.
Caroline Owoeye
Hanukkah
in Old Jerusalem, 2016
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