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Scripture: Matthew 12:38-45
Song: We Saw Thee Not
The things in which men choose to believe never cease to amaze me. I spoke with a young man not long ago who said he had trouble believing the Bible. A few sentences later he was telling me he thought there might be life on other planets. Yet he fancied himself objective and scientifically minded.
Men tend to believe in what is easy for them to believe. There’s no risk in believing in aliens—at least no moral risk. Ah, but to believe in God and the Bible as His word admits that you’re accountable, that you must give answer. It’s easier to just say your skeptical and not to investigate. It’s easier to wait for God to prove it, to argue that if He’s really there He’ll give some sign or proof. Men haven’t change. Jesus’ generation asked for a sign.
They pretended to be sincerely interested—they just needed proof. God has always given sufficient proof for the honest heart to come to faith. But God is conservative with His proof—if you call preserving Jonah in the belly of a fish and raising Jesus from the heart of the earth conservative—He doesn’t give more than is necessary. A man must be honest enough to investigate for himself.
But just as in Jesus’ day, there’ll always be enough fodder for the mill of public opinion. And There’ll always be people who not having reached any settled conclusions concerning Jesus allow every kind of demonic spirit and doctrine to occupy and direct their affairs.
Jason Moore
