Chapter 7

An interesting thing here: In chapter 7 we read of three well-know events in the life of Christ, yet they actually come together pretty surprisingly.

Firstly we have Jesus healing the centurion’s servant. No problem there.

Then Jesus raises the widow’s son. Again, no hassle.

Then we have John the Baptist asking if Jesus is the One.

What?!

What was John expecting? Why was he skeptical of Jesus?

Hadn’t his followers told John about the amazing miracles Jesus has done?

Clearly John is more concerned with what he thinks Messiah should look like than what He is doing!

In so doing, though, John has missed the obvious. Really obvious.

This man is RAISING THE DEAD!

It says something for John’s idea of what the Messiah was going to do that he was able to miss that out. Yet I think we all do something similar when we underestimate the grace of God! God is both willing and able to forgive any sin. So why do we beat around the bush?

In any case, Jesus treats John’s struggles with faith in a very gentle way. He simply tells him that “The blind see,
The lame walk,
Lepers are cleansed,
The deaf hear,
The dead are raised,
The wretched of the earth
have God's salvation hospitality extended to them.”

The answer to John’s faith crisis is not to talk about what WILL happen, so much as to discuss what HAS happened.

Jesus has dealt with us all well. When worried about your FUTURE with Him, consider all He has done for you In the past.