CHANGE OF FOCUS

The disciples head off to minister to Israel... but Jesus goes to Galilean cities!              
Is He hinting at a change of focus? (Matt 11)

Meanwhile poor John languishes in prison, knowing only too well what Jesus is doing...   “Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?”                         
'Go tell John again’...   Blind see, lame walk, lepers are cured, deaf hear... and don’t forget the bonus.... Dead are raised! The poor hear the gospel!  

 

 

So who is this Man who leaves His friend and cousin in jail?                                 

Matthew reminds us too... Christos (the Messiah)                                                             

So who is John? Is he a wimp or a softy?...maybe a prophet?                                    

More than that... John was God’s personal announcer!

“Behold I send My Messenger before thy face...”                                                       

The kingdom of heaven is not being received though - it is experiencing violence as John well knows, after being despised for ‘having a devil’. Now Jesus is despised as ‘a glutton and wino’, friendly with the riff-raff.  ‘I just can’t win with you guys.’    

Imagine living in Bethsaida, Chorazin or Capernaum: so blessed having ‘God with us’!  

Well, those cities are just a pile of ruins today.

What now?                                                                                                                                

“He that has ears to hear...”  Is that you He’s speaking to?

“Come unto Me...I will give you rest...take My yoke upon you...learn of Me...”

Interested?


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