Jesus Answers John.

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This is how Jesus replied to the doubts of John:

Jesus replied, "Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.”
Matthew 11:4-6

Jesus didn't say, "I'm not here to be an earthly ruler." He showed John by his works what God was doing. He let John decide if that was enough. It was. But Jesus also gave John a warning, "And blessed is the one who is not offended by me."

Are we sometimes offended by how God acts? Do we wonder what he is doing when earthquakes and tornadoes hit and people are killed? Do we wonder why he doesn't do more for us? Are we offended by how slow God seems to do things? Does he not act the way we think he should act?

Jesus says we are blessed if we do not get offended by these thoughts and leave him. Many have left and defied God because of the suffering in the world. If we feel this way we need to study the Bible and pray to understand why the world is the way it is. It does no good to blame God and be angry. That leads nowhere.

We live in a world of sin and suffering. That is a fact. God allows it to happen. Why? Because thousands of years ago a man and woman rebelled against God and gave this world to Satan. He has caused all the suffering in the world - not God. But God came down and suffered with us. He hasn't asked us to go through anything he hasn't gone through. He became one of us and will always be half God and half human. We have no idea what Jesus gave up for us.

Jesus came here to show us what God is like. His life was beautiful. This is what God is like.