Never Enough
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· 9 viewsSummary: In this passage, the Pharisees demand a sign from Jesus, who responds by condemning their skepticism and pointing to the sign of Jonah as the ultimate proof of his authority and mission. He warns of the dangerous consequences of rejecting Him and highlights the faith of the Ninevites and the Queen of the South in comparison to the unfaithfulness of his generation. Application: This passage challenges us to examine our own openness to God's work in our lives. It invites believers to reflect on the signs of God's presence and activity around them while warning against complacency and skepticism in our faith journey, reminding us to seek a deeper relationship with Christ rather than mere signs and wonders.
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Signs of the Times: Recognizing the Savior
Signs of the Times: Recognizing the Savior
1. Seeking Signs, Missing Jesus
1. Seeking Signs, Missing Jesus
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
2. Responding with Real Repentance
2. Responding with Real Repentance
The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
3. Receptive Hearts, Renewed Lives
3. Receptive Hearts, Renewed Lives
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”
Jesus was fixed on mission
Jesus was fixed on mission
From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.”
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
4. Never Enough
4. Never Enough
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
