If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they
will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead (Luke 16:31).
In the familiar
story of the Rich Man and Lazarus the rich man, languishing in hell, asks Abraham to send Lazarus with a
message for his brothers to change their ways and avoid ending up like him!
While many have read into this account a treatise on the theology of hell,
that’s not what the story is about.
In Matthew 12,
following on the heels of Jesus healing a demon possessed man born blind and
mute, the crowds put two and two together and question if Jesus could be the
Messiah. The Pharisees emphatically respond, No!, and then request from Jesus a sign.
In John 6 after the
five thousand are fed, Jesus and his disciples head for the far side of the
lake but looking for their next meal, the people find them again. Jesus asserts
they are only there for their bellies’ sakes. They ask, What must we
do to do the works God requires? (v.
28) Jesus replies, Believe in the one he has sent (v. 29), after which they, too, promptly ask
for a sign.
The message of all
three stories is the same: You don’t have enough information to make
a decision? Your problem is not having too little data; you’re problem is not
acting on the information you have.
TODAY’S MEDITATION
What does the data about
Christ say to you? Isn’t it time to make a decision?
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