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Is Jesus the Expected One? [Luke 7]
19Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?"20When the men came to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, 'Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?'"21At that very time He cured many people of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave sight to many who were blind.22And He answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.23"Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me."
Jesus did not tell them He was the Expected One, but He allowed them to make their own conclusions about Him by pointing to the proof of His actions. He challenged them to figure it out themselves by seeing that all He did was in concert with what was prophesied concerning the Messiah. He was saying to them, look at the evidence, if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck and acts like a duck, it is probably a duck. People often don't want to think and decide for themselves, but want to be told all of the answers. However, Jesus wanted the people to think. He never wanted people to blindly follow Him, but to follow Him because they saw the truth about Him and therefore, were willing to put their faith in Him.
May you exercise your mind as you spend time in His Word and choose by His grace to walk by faith in this awesome Messiah.
Beth Warlick, 2/28/2009
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