Monday, April 24, 2006
VINDICATION
Matt. 11:16. "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,
17. and say, `We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'
18. "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, `He has a demon!'
19. "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, `Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
Luke 7:31. "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
32. "They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another; and they say, `We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.'
33. "For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine; and you say, `He has a demon!'
34. "The Son of Man has come eating and drinking; and you say, `Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!'
35. "Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children."
On the other end of the spectrum we find Jesus, the Son of Man, who came eating and drinking and they weren’t satisfied with this approach either. He attended Matthew’s banquet, as witnessed by the religious leaders, who consequently would say, “Behold a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!”
William Barclay says, “The plain fact is that when people do not want to listen to the truth, they will easily enough find an excuse for not listening to it. They do not even try to be consistent in their criticisms; they will criticize the same person, and the same institution, from quite opposite grounds.
If people are determined to make no response they will remain stubbornly unresponsive no matter what invitation is made to them. Grown men and women can be very like spoiled children who refuse to play no matter what the game is.”
Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds/all her children. When one begins with a corrupt wisdom, his fruition will be corrupt results or offspring. It has been said that when you start out with a lie, you never come any closer to the truth but farther from it. The proverb is: “The proof is in the pudding.” John’s converts began with the truth and were repentant to a new existence. Jesus came in the same wisdom and truth and was opposed to the point of crucifixion even though he came at the other end of the spectrum as compared with John the Baptist.
17. and say, `We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'
18. "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, `He has a demon!'
19. "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, `Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
Luke 7:31. "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
32. "They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another; and they say, `We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.'
33. "For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine; and you say, `He has a demon!'
34. "The Son of Man has come eating and drinking; and you say, `Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!'
35. "Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children."
On the other end of the spectrum we find Jesus, the Son of Man, who came eating and drinking and they weren’t satisfied with this approach either. He attended Matthew’s banquet, as witnessed by the religious leaders, who consequently would say, “Behold a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!”
William Barclay says, “The plain fact is that when people do not want to listen to the truth, they will easily enough find an excuse for not listening to it. They do not even try to be consistent in their criticisms; they will criticize the same person, and the same institution, from quite opposite grounds.
If people are determined to make no response they will remain stubbornly unresponsive no matter what invitation is made to them. Grown men and women can be very like spoiled children who refuse to play no matter what the game is.”
Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds/all her children. When one begins with a corrupt wisdom, his fruition will be corrupt results or offspring. It has been said that when you start out with a lie, you never come any closer to the truth but farther from it. The proverb is: “The proof is in the pudding.” John’s converts began with the truth and were repentant to a new existence. Jesus came in the same wisdom and truth and was opposed to the point of crucifixion even though he came at the other end of the spectrum as compared with John the Baptist.
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