You Say I Am the Son of God

Verses: Luke 22 : 63 - 71

My thoughts about the verses:

Jesus is there before the high priest.  They want him to do something, anything in which they could use against him.  They needed him to break the law so that they could get rid of this threat.  They had no idea that they were leading their Messiah to his death.  They knew the prophecies and had been waiting on the Messiah.  Yet, they were expecting more from their Messiah.  They were expecting a King to ride in and conquer the Romans.  To free the people and take back the land that belonged to the nation.  They wanted the nation to be the power that it once was under Kings like David and Solomon.

They start asking Jesus if he is the Son of God.  Jesus answers them you say that I am the Son of God.  Jesus does not deny or confirm he is the Son of God.  Because of this the High Priest take it that he is confirming that he is the Son of God.  That is enough for them to justify turning them over to the Romans.  See the Leaders could not punish Jesus without the approval of the Romans. What they wanted more than anything was Jesus to die.

What we have to understand from this is that people are not going to accept us for who we are.  People have a very hard time accepting Christians.  There are so many people that have been hurt by people that claim to be Christians.  That Christians that are truly accepting and show love are lumped with those that are preaching hate.

We have to remember that Jesus was all about love.  That is the most important part of Jesus's life when he walked on this Earth.  We have to do the same thing.  We have to show people Christ's love by being that example for others.

the other thing that we can learn is that we should be proud of who we are.  When some recognizes us by our behavior as a Christian we should be happy.  We should do our best to live our lives so that people can recognize us as Christians.  Jesus lived his life so that people would recognize him as who he was.  We should follow that example as we live our life.  If people do not recognize us as Christian's we should reevaluate our life.

Prayer:

Dear God thank you for loving us.  Jesus we thank you for loving us as we are.  We praise the Holy Spirit for coming into our lives.  Help us follow your example.  Help us show love to others. In the name of the Son of God we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you accepted Christ into your heart?  Do you live a life where people will recognize you as a Christian?  If not what do you need to do so people can see Christ in you?  Are you showing love to those around you?