Matthew 11:20-24
In response to the people's response to him (v. 19), Jesus warns the towns in which he performed his miracles of the coming judgement. He compares the evil of Chorazin and Bethsaida to the evil of Tyre and Sidon and the evil of Capernaum to that of Sodom. In both cases, the OT towns would be seen as more evil. Then he compares the coming judgement on Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum to the coming judgement on Tyre and Sidon and the judgement already poured out on Sodom. His conclusion is that it will be more bearable for the apparently more evil cities than for the cities/towns in which he performed miracles but saw no response to the message of the kingdom.
I sometimes think it would be much easier to convince people of the truth of our faith if miracles were still being performed like in Jesus' day. However, we see that the miracles that Jesus himself performed did not convince the people. They were attracted to the spectacle but the spectacle did not result in many life changes or many citizens of the kingdom of God. What's the point? I think we should look for the kingdom more in the quiet and subtle than in the spectacular and I think we should stop trying to convince people through spectacle and begin to influence people more like yeast in dough than like sledgehammers.
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This is a good point, I would also like to clarify that I don't think that it was the miracles that convince people, I was trying to make the point that miracles still occur today, I agree that we need to influence people like yeast in the dough, I just think that too many have given up on miracles. Good insights Jer, thanks for your thoughts.
Yeah, I think we're both on the same page. I agree that because we live in a "bigger and better" world that we sometimes miss the miracles that are occuring all around us.
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