May 2020 Rioters and News Media Clashed all over, especially in Atlanta.
Mark 11:27-12:12
27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, 28 and they said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?” 29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 Was the baptism of John from heaven or from man? Answer me.” 31 And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 32 But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet. 33 So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Mark 12
12 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. 2 When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. 5 And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. 6 He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not read this Scripture:
“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
11 this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
12 And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
When Jesus began to engage daily in Conflict, He fought to be all in. And as a result Jesus' ministry
lasted the entire duration Jesus wanted His Ministry to last.
The Gospels teach us the crowd began as entire towns on day one, 3 thousand or more. And the crowd became what the Gospels tell us was "Great Crowds." 'Multitude' describes 2 Million according to Josephus, in "Antiquities of the Jews", and this happened when all of Israel realized Jesus is Alive.
When Jesus spoke of His Return, He made the Statement: "The Son of Man would not find faith on earth." Jesus also said, all the Gospels would be known throughout earth. This has not occurred.
Jesus did not lose crowds over His conflict.
He pulled up concerns all-the-travel-to-Jesus-people had noticed. John the Baptist routinely denounced Herod running the Temple married to his brother's wife. The people had noticed the hypocrisy in pleasing the Roman Government. Herod had built the Royal Stoaa housing the Money Changers in the Roman Style. Pilate had a violent riot, killing Jews on a High Holy Day.
The verses end, teaching us the agitators left.
Today, the agitators continue.
The unreasonable lying is boring. Conversely, to the time of Jesus, we have reached velocity news viewer
loss. The Conflict isn't unique. It isn't fair, it is repetitive, boring, lying, lacking common sense, apart from the Greater Population Desires. Feeds nonsense and lack of moral compass. Breaks all tradition of moral fighting behavior. And assumes the viewer is unintelligent and easily shocked, amused or led. Bold statements are made, not gracious, not based in fact. This level of dishonesty isn't going to be able to have a firm foundation.
Jesus only lost people - one time. 72 Disciples did not want to know the reality of eating and drinking Jesus. Jesus uniquely claimed to be the Way, the Truth and the Life. Jesus was proclaiming a level of faith and reality the 72 Disciples could not adhere to. Jesus was always constant. And His Claims did not suddenly change one day.
AUTHOR
Greg Koukl
A. Jesus either directly or indirectly made many profound claims for Himself:
The Son of God (Matt 26:63)
The Son of Man (Matt 16:13; Mk 14:62)1
Giver of eternal life (Jn 10:28)
One with the Father (Jn 10:30)
One Who Forgives Sin (Mk 2:10)
The Bread of Life (Jn 6:35)
The Good Shepherd (Jn 10:11)
The True Vine (Jn 15:1)
The Great “I Am” (Jn 8:58)
Before Abraham (Jn 8:58)
The Giver of Living Water (Jn 4:10)
The Light of the world (Jn 8:12)
The Future Judge (Jn 5:22–23)
The Lamb of God (Jn 1:36)
* The Lamb of God is the Lamb loved, cared for, held to avoid blemish and then sacrificed to the sorrow of all. Sacrificial and Beloved. Undeserved death. Stained.
The Baptizer in the Holy Spirit (Lk 3:16)
The Door of Salvation (Jn 10:9)
The Savior (Jn 3:14–16)
The Messiah (Jn 4:26)
The Healer (Lk 18:42)
B. The greatest claim: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me” (Jn 14:6).
This is the cornerstone claim of Jesus because it subsumes all other claims under one of these three categories.
1. The Way
- Lit. hodos, “a natural path, road, way” (Vines, p. 668).
- Used to refer to Christians because they represented “the way” to salvation (Acts 19:23).
- Jesus is the exclusive source of salvation. He’s not a way but the Way.
- This is the most offensive claim of Jesus, it seems.
- It is the first claim that is jettisoned when Christian groups begin to get “tolerant.”
- Yet there are at least nine separate lines of reasoning that the Scripture gives demonstrating why Jesus is the only true “way.”
- Jesus is the source of salvation for the world (Acts 4:11–12).
- Jesus is the Father’s choice (Jn 6:28–29).
- Rejection of Jesus is rejection of the Father (Jn 5:23b).
- Rejection of Jesus results in God’s wrath; belief in Jesus rescues from wrath (Jn 3:36).
- Jesus is the one who provides forgiveness from sin (J 8:24).
- Jesus will be man’s final judge (Jn 5:26–27).
- Many impostors will claim to provide salvation (Matt 24:4–5).
- But there are no other alternatives for salvation (Gal 2:21).
- Therefore, all nations are to be given this Gospel (Lk 24:47).
2. The Truth
- Lit. aletheia, “The reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter.... Not merely ethical ‘truth,’ but ’truth’ in all its fullness and scope” (Vines, p. 645).
- Jesus is the substantial foundation of all reality.
- 3. The Life
- Lit. zoe, “Used in the NT of life as a principle, life in the absolute sense, the life as God has it, that which the Father has in Himself” (Vines, p. 367).
- Life which He gave to the Incarnate Son to have in Himself (Jn 5:26).
- Life from which man has become alienated as a result of the fall, “...excluded from the life of God” (Eph 4:18).2
- This “life” is a reference to Jesus deity. Jesus is the life; He doesn’t merely have the life. He is the source of it
3. The Life
- Lit. zoe, “Used in the NT of life as a principle, life in the absolute sense, the life as God has it, that which the Father has in Himself” (Vines, p. 367).
- Life which He gave to the Incarnate Son to have in Himself (Jn 5:26).
- Life from which man has become alienated as a result of the fall, “...excluded from the life of God” (Eph 4:18).2
- This “life” is a reference to Jesus deity. Jesus is the life; He doesn’t merely have the life. He is the source of it.
4. Conclusion:
Jesus is God in the flesh,
representing to man all that God is and His plan for mankind (Col 1:15–22).
The phrase “Son of Man” is actually a messianic title from Daniel 7:13.
Zoe is also used of that life which is the common possession of all animals and men by nature
(Acts 17:25)
Completely astonishing,
Jesus had 3 years of Ministry.
Jesus drove out the money changers from the Temple.
John 15:27 - He told His apostles that they would bear witness of Him because they had been with Him from the beginning.
John 21:24 - John wrote his personal testimony and testified that it was true. [John 20:30,31]
2 Peter 1:16-18 - Peter denied they had followed fables about Jesus. He claimed instead that they were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
Matthew 7:15-20 - Beware of false teachers.
Matthew 15:13,14 - If the blind leads the blind, both fall into the ditch. God will root up all such leaders.
Matthew 3:17 - At Jesus' baptism, the Father spoke from Heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
Matthew 17:5 - At the Transfiguration the Father again spoke from Heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
Matthew 16:13-17 - As it is today, some people in Jesus' lifetime thought that He was just a prophet. But in contrast, Peter confessed Jesus to be the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Rather than rebuking Peter, Jesus said that the Father Himself had revealed this to Peter.
John 4:25,26 - When the Samaritan woman suggested that Jesus might be the Messiah (Christ), Jesus directly acknowledged that was who He was.
John 9:35-37 - He told a blind man He had healed that He was the Son of God.
Matthew 26:63-66 - During His trial in the presence of His enemies, Jesus acknowledged that He was the Christ, the Son of God.
What a contrast. Jesus filled with the Sovereign Lord, proclaiming Good News to the poor, binding up the brokenhearted, proclaimed freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Jesus accused of gluttony and being a drinker,
Jesus proclaimed the Joy of the Lord.
Abba, Father
We pray You:
Isaiah 49
Saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
They shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
10 they shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them will lead them,
and by springs of water will guide them.
11 And I will make all my mountains a road,
and my highways shall be raised up.
12 Behold, these shall come from afar,
and behold, these from the north and from the west,
and these from the land of Syene.”
13 Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord has comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
Abba, Father God,
Thank You for Jesus.
Help us to always seek You first.
Dwell in us Daily. Know every aspect of our Being.
We ask Your Willing Blessings for us
and for those we Love.
To be part of Your Love and Encouragement in Jesus Christ.
Help us to seek You first.
And to end well.
Blessed be the Highest Name of Jesus.
You desire to save the world in Jesus Christ.
We lift up our Nation to You for Your Mercy and Help.
Blessings upon this Nation in Jesus, we pray.
We ask to see more of Heaven on earth
and pray for Your Good Creation.
We pray for Haiti and earthquakes, Alaska with earthquakes
and 3 volcanoes. War torn areas.
Mercy of Jesus we pray.
Bless those we Love.
Bless our families.
Thank You for Hearing our Prayers.
We thank You for our Blessings.
Peace. Better than the riots from last year.
We pray for those who are so concerned and not saying.
We ask Your mercy upon the dying. My mother.
We pray for families to find wisdom and Love in encouragement
and the discussions we need to know one another.
Help families strengthen one another.
Bless our efforts to
communicate.
We pray You Reign over the Changes of Life
we do not control and ask Your Capable Love upon these days.
Your Mercy and Willing Help. Comfort. Comforter.
Bless us with Healing worldwide.
Willing vaccinations.
Freedom.
In the Most Loving, Most Capable,
Highest Name of Jesus we pray, Amen!
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near
to the throne of grace,
that we may receive mercy
and find grace to help in time of need.
♔ LORD JESUS SAVES †
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