The Rocks Cry out

This Wednesday night we were confronted by several compelling questions concerning truth. What is truth? What is reality? Do you believe that what you believe is really real? This filters down into how we think (Prov. 23:7, Rom. 8:5), how we feel (Phil. 4:6), and what we do(Luke 6:46, Rom. 6:12, James 2:26 and all the rest of the Epistles).

As the Passion Week began, Jesus came as King, riding upon a donkey. The leaders of Israel were so blind to the truth of who Jesus was that upon hearing Jesus’ disciples praising God and hailing Jesus as King, they demanded that Jesus rebuke His disciples. But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.” Luke 19:40 (NKJV) Even the lifeless hard stones were more aware of the truth than those devout men of religious learning. With all their study they had missed the truth! It is then no wonder that Jesus’ next words as He saw the city and wept over it were, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” Luke 19:42-44 (NKJV) Though we spend much time studying the scriptures we must not be dumber than a stone and miss the essential truth--Jesus the King of kings and Lord of lords is coming again! In light of that reality, what are you going to do tomorrow?