Mark 8: 11-13- A Sign From God

Mark 8: 11-13- (11) The Pharisees came and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven to test Him. (12) And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” (13) And He left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side. 

Wouldn’t it be awesome if Jesus walked into your church this Sunday morning and delivered the Sunday morning sermon. What if you prayed for help with a problem at work and Jesus appeared and said this is what you should do? Wouldn’t you simply love a physical, visible realization of Jesus? The Pharisees had this. They saw Jesus’ hand heal people. The Pharisees saw Jesus cast demons out of people. They also saw Jesus be respectful of all the people regardless of their position of life. His three-year ministry did nothing but show them signs of who He was. They did not acknowledge what they saw. They were wanting a person to take over the physical world as they knew it and become the ultimate ruler of the world and that was not Jesus’ mission. 

I want to make sure I am seeing Jesus’ hand in my life and the world around and not be like the Pharisees and continue to beg for a sign from the God of the universe. I do not want to be that obtuse. 

Proverbs 7: 24-26- See now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. (25) Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, (26) for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. 

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