As we look back on Jesus’ days here on earth, there is really no way we can deny that He challenged the way people viewed God. Since He was claiming to be God, and we can’t deny this because of the way some took offense to it, we must receive this as true. We can also recognize how a statement like this rocked the world of those in Jesus’ day. Can you imagine someone showing up at STAND tonight and saying, “I’m God?” It would freak us out. One thing that I’ve been challenged to do as things are said to me that make me feel uneasy or concerned is to ask myself why. Why am I feeling uncomfortable? Is it because what is being said is against Scripture and I need to blow it off, or is it correct and simply challenging my preferred way of living? So often I think we use say something is theologically wrong when we just don’t want to change. I think this is the case with those people who were so bothered by Jesus. It is so easier to follow a law than follow a person. As you think through this passage, consider trying to follow Jesus this day instead of simplifying Him down to a set number of rules.
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