The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.
Matthew 21:14-15 NIV
I went to college in the south back in the eighties when the Lakers and the Celtics were going at it for championships. I of course am a lifelong Lakers fan. There were a few Celtic fans from Boston at school. When the Lakers won I was of course pretty happy, but they of course, shall we say, indignant. (I must say, in all fairness, that when the Celtics won I was, of course, indignant too.)
In Matthew 21:14-15 we have the blind and the lame (and they know it) and the chief priests and teachers of the law (who were blind and lame spiritually and didn't know it). Those who knew they needed Christ received all Christ had for them. The so called spiritually elite didn't think anything was wrong with them and they missed worshipping the very Savior they professed to wait for!
The question of the day is: Do you know, like the blind and lame, that you need Jesus, or do you, like the chief priests and the teachers of the law, think you are good enough, see what God is doing and become indignant? This Christmas are you remembering how Jesus heals your life or you a bit of a Scrooge?
The question of the day is: Do you know, like the blind and lame, that you need Jesus, or do you, like the chief priests and the teachers of the law, think you are good enough, see what God is doing and become indignant? This Christmas are you remembering how Jesus heals your life or you a bit of a Scrooge?
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