Give me a sign

Give me a sign

Bible:Luke 11:29-32

This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the
sign of Jonah (V.29).

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A friend once told me, “I’ll believe in Jesus if He comes down and stands in front of me.” Well, that may sound like it makes sense. But the Bible paints a very different picture. The religious leaders said more or less the same thing to Jesus Himself. “Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to [Jesus], ‘Teacher, we want to see a sign from you’” (MATTHEW 12:38). But they said this after Jesus had already given everyone plenty of signs: healing the sick, giving sight to the blind, casting out demons and even bringing the dead back to life. What else did they need? So Jesus called them “a wicked generation” (LUKE 11:29). He said that the only
sign they would be given was the sign of Jonah, who had been thrown into a stormy sea (JONAH 1:2-3). When the Ninevites heard Jonah’s message after he had spent three days in the belly of a fish, they believed God had sent him and they trusted God for themselves. Likewise, the religious leaders who already knew of Jesus’ words and works would soon see Him crucified and buried in the ‘belly’ of the earth for three days. And in the following weeks they would hear personal stories from those who had seen Him alive, and had even touched Him—but they still wouldn’t believe. Today we have in the Bible a record of what Jesus said and did, written by people who knew Him. If we are open to the truth, we have all the evidence we need to believe. We don’t need to be sign-seekers. The religious leaders show us that signs will never be enough for people who are closed off to God anyway.

If we are open to the truth, we have all the evidence we
need to believe.

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