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Asking Telling Questions Matt 22:41 · Life For Toledo

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  I'm thinking today primarily of Matthew 22, 41. It says,
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  now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question.
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  The Pharisees were kind of like the teaching pastors of the day. They were Jewish, of course,
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  and they were proselyting and leading people to be Jewish. But the bottom line is they were
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  teaching the Word of God the best they had it, which was the Old Testament up until that time.
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  And Jesus asked them a question. Here's my suggestion. Face your opposition, whatever
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  your opposition is, and ask your opposition a telling question. This is a way of shutting down
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  all the frivolous challenges. He could have asked them anything, and they might normally have been
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  happy to be addressed, especially in light of the light shining on them. They might have said,
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  and as well, he should ask us questions. But the question he chose to ask them was a telling
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  question, a question that showed something about them and something about him and something about
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  God. I think about 1st John chapter 4, verse 1, it says, test the spirit, for not every spirit
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  in the world is of Christ. In verse 2 there it says, this is how you know when it's of God,
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  when it's the Holy Spirit of God, and that is if it proclaims, recognizes Jesus. And so if there are
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  things in your life that don't recognize Jesus, then I don't suppose that you'll be surprised
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  that they come across as opposition or stand against you. Here's the thing. Ask them, do you
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  believe in Jesus? And if they don't, let that telling question determine what you do with them.
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  Some things may have to be cut out. Some things may have to be let go. Stand firm in Christ,
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  and God will stand with you every single day. Just a special hi to Terry. Looking forward to
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  seeing you tonight at Bible Study. Bring the kids. And also, I want to tell you, June 26th
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  starts our summer Bible study for kids at New Heights, 26, four days long. Check it out.