Monday, July 15, 2013

Finding Fault with God's Messengers.



"For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'" Luke 7:33,34

Charles Spurgeon writes about these verses:

Such was the foolish manner of men in our Lord's time. John was an ascetic; therefore he must be out of his mind and under the influence of a demon.

Jesus was a man among men, and goes to their feasts; he is accused of eating a drinking to excess, and associating with the sordid and wicked.  

There is no suiting some people. Even the great Lord of All finds his wise arrangements met with discontent.

Jesus then says, "But wisdom is proved right by all her children." Luke 7:35

In other words, the wise will accept God's messengers and His messages. 

Spurgeon goes on: "Lord, deliver us from a captious (petty objections) and fault-finding spirit; for if we begin objecting, we are apt to keep on at it." 

I have known people who constantly find fault with the ministers of their churches. They say the sermon is boring or his mannerisms and clothes are defective. This isn't helpful to others or to themselves. If the truth of the Bible is preached, then that should make us happy.

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