God Loves Average Joes!

We are in the fourth week of five weeks of examining chapter seven of Luke. Verses 18–23 occur in the presence of a crowd. No doubt, many people overheard John the Baptist's question and became aware of John’s doubts. Some people were probably prepared to question the authenticity of John’s faith. John the Baptist, in prison, was puzzled. Jesus wasn’t doing what he had expected. If Jesus really was the Messiah, why wasn’t he establishing the sort of messianic kingdom John wanted—presumably including liberation for prisoners like himself?

It seems as if Jesus wants to prevent the crowd from reaching the wrong conclusions about John. The Lord anticipates our tendency to evaluate and criticize the faith of others. John asked about Jesus, and the crowds asked about John, so Jesus told them about John.

Jesus defends John. And in this defense, we see that God has a plan for all of us in this life. Thank you for joining us at Cross Waves Church.

In this week’s joke, Laura’s dishwasher quit working, So she called a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told the repairman, “I’ll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I will mail you a check.”...

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