Don’t be cheated , Be careful .
The Main Priests, the Pharisees, Sadducees etc., who read the scriptures and preach in temples have known very well the coming of Messiah Jesus Christ to the world, and that He will be born in Bethlehem.
They could not accept the teachings and miracles of Jesus Christ because their lives were as the prophet Isaiah said ,”And in vain they worship Me,
teaching the doctrines as the commandments of men.” Seeing that there was always a large crowd following Jesus Christ, they became jealous of Jesus. They were afraid that He would endanger their position. So, many times they asked for a sign to believe that whether He is the Son of Man. When the high priest took Jesus and questioned him, they came to him again and asked him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
“You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” Jesus, when he confessed that he was the Son of Man as the high priest said, they accused him of blasphemy and put him to death.
See the statement of the man born blind when he was healed by Jesus Christ. We can see this in the verses John 9:30-33
The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does His will. Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
The chief priests and Pharisees, who knew very well that Jesus Christ would rise again on the third day, they told the soldiers who reported about resurrection of Jesus to say a lie ; they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
Why do they not believe in the resurrection of Jesus? Although they openly claimed to be the disciples of Moses and the sons of Abraham, they did not follow their commandments.
we see what Jesus Christ said in Luke 16:31. He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
When Jesus was nailed to the cross, when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”
This is John the Baptist, who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” He testified of the coming Jesus, He who comes after me is mightier than I. He said he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. The Pharisees and Jews did not accept both John the Baptist and Jesus Christ.
After listening to John’s preaching, the elders and others were baptized by John and declared that God is righteous. Scripture says that the Pharisees and the scribes rejected God’s counsel by not being baptized by Him.
Prayer
Father God, when your Son Jesus Christ came to this earth, the Pharisees, chief priests, scribes and Jews did not accept him. Indeed those who were waiting for his arrival missed the opportunity that was given to them. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ for your grace and guidance that we may not be like that and stay in the teachings of Jesus Christ and stay away from foreign teachings and false prophets. Amen.
Sol.Mohana Sundaram.