Tuesday, February 16, 2010

They declared God Just!

Wow!!! I was just reading and something wonderful was revealed. As I was reading in Luke tonight I came across the story of where John the Baptist was asking weather or not Jesus was the Christ. Of course Jesus answered in the way only He can. 21 In that hour he healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and on many who were blind he bestowed sight. 22 And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them. 23 And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.” He then goes on and explains about how the least will become greatest. He states; 28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” 29 (i When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just,. Jesus was making it clear what the life of a believer can be. Even the tax collectors recognized how amazing Jesus is and how God is here for us all. When we begin to understand Jesus' mission and how God is reaching out, even today, we can open up and receive His gift of salvation and begin living out the gospel of Christ. 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” God has made the way for us. We need to recognize Him and live out His way.

all scripture from the ESV bible