Tuesday, September 13, 2011

When the Christ Comes

When Jesus walked the earth it was a confusing time for many people. The debates about this strange man continued non-stop. Was he the Messiah everyone had been taught about as long as they could remember, or was he an imposter?

There was a group who argued, "When the Christ comes will he do more signs than these which this man has done?" (John 7:31). Jesus later tells the disciples, "If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father" (John 15:24).

No one else has ever worked as many miracles before or since Jesus. The miracles point to who he is. We need to look to him for what we need. He will answer us one way or another. He will not leave us or abandone us (John 14:18). We need to stop looking to ourselves.