Bible Study September 15, 2023
Luke 7:33-34 (ESV)
33 “For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Seems like sometime no matter who you are or what you say it is wrong. We all know people who are constantly criticizing someone or something. They just seem to have what I call a “critical spirit” within them. They didn’t like what Jesus did, what John the Baptist did. I used to have a zone manager in the company I worked for and that person would seldom complement anyone or anything but they were excellent at criticizing everything. Interestingly no one wanted to be around them.
The Pharisees and Sadducees criticized Jesus for everything He did and when He did something good like healing on the sabbath they criticized Him for healing people. People criticized John for not drinking wine and Jesus for drinking wine. Religious leaders in the Jesus’ day could always find something to criticize Jesus for.
I have been criticized for decisions I made; you have been criticized for decisions you have made that is the nature of society. The church is criticized for not loving people when indeed it does love people, some have said the church is not loving because it does not accept all people. The church should be the one to accept all people after all the mission of the church is to build the kingdom.
A situation came up the other day and I was talking with someone about it. I have learned over the years if I am upset and want to respond in write it down and sleep on it before responding, I received that advice the other day as a reminder., thank you for that reminder.
We are blessed with two ears and one mouth; we should listen twice as much as we talk.
God Bless.
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