Jesus had His critics. Have you ever sensed that a conversation was set up, that you were backed into a corner? No matter how you answered the questions, your words could be used against you? But Jesus pointed to the Scriptures, and to the reality of eternal truth. Jesus didn’t have to pass a test of Bible knowledge, because He was and is the Creator, the Author. One lesson for me is to trust His presence, the wisdom in the Scriptures, when the pressure is on. There is nothing wrong to say “I don’t know” when I do not know a ‘correct’ answer. We are told enough in the Scriptures to trust God, but we are finite creatures to handle the infinite knowledge of an eternal Triund God.
“The faith of desperation—trusting faith—digs in, holds on, clings tight, and says, “I don’t care what’s going to happen, I am holding on to God!” As the psalmist put it, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea” (Ps. 46:1–2).” - Excerpt, Life Without Lack by Dallas Willard
“Jesus showed them how the testimony of their scriptures bore witness to life after death. “Have you not read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is God not of the dead, but of the living” (Mark 12:26–27). Jesus referenced the account of Moses’s encounter with God in the burning bush.64 In the account, the LORD referred to the three patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—in the present tense, not the past tense. Jesus interpreted the reference to mean they were alive, not dead. Jesus used their scriptures to teach the resurrection. “He is God not of the dead but of the living” (Mark 12:27). He pointedly said, “You are quite wrong” (Mark 12:27).” - Excerpt, Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark by Steve Langford
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