NO GREATER SIGN - Part 2

SUNDAY, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 2022.

Topic: NO GREATER SIGN – Part 2

MEMORIZE: “The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.” Luke 11: 32.

SCRIPTURE READING: “And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.” Luke 11:29-30.

EXPOSITION:

THE AGE OF SKEPTICISM: An evil generation

A skeptic concerning the truth of the word of God is an evil person.

WHY DID JESUS CALLED THAT GENERATION AN EVIL GENERATION?

The Jews were fully aware of the miraculous virgin birth. They could see the unprecedented miracles of Christ. They listened to His teachings and said "never man spake like this man". He lived a blameless life that they testified, "He had done all things well". They saw miracles which were unprecedented in history. John the Baptist testified that He was the Messiah. Did they have any reason for still asking for signs? Even when Jesus rose up from the grave, did they belief despite the empty tomb? Were they not evil? John 8:46, 15:24. God has given enough signs to every sinner to belief and come to Christ. It may be through dreams, nature, preachers, the Bible etc. No unrepentant skeptic person has an excuse. Luke 11:29,30.

QUESTION: WHAT OTHER LESSONS CAN YOU LEARN FROM THIS?

In the Judgement  "day", the saints will judge and condemn the sinners before final divine proclamation. Why? So " that every mouth will be stopped" and no excuse will be valid. “Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?” I Corinthians 6:2. “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.” Luke 11:31,32.

It is either your "eye" is single, with heavenly focus, or you are evil – “The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.” v34.  You can loose this single eye if you are not watchful and careful. – “If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.” v36.

Our duty as believers is to let our light shine to both the skeptics and the believers – “No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.” v33.

PRAYER POINT: i. Ask God to give you a tender and believing heart.

ii. Ask for a single purpose and determination to live for God alone and not to please man.

iii. Pray for any skeptic you know that God will remove every blindness on his heart.

iv. Pray saints will be more zealous for God and soul winning during this period.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Hosea 1-3.

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