Luke 10:21 says, In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. Jesus said that we cannot know Him and come to Him through earthly wisdom, but can only come as babies, helpless by our own understanding and power. Education and earthly power or position will never bring us to God. Verse twenty-two adds, All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. Jesus said the heavenly Father gave Him all His power, and that only He knew Who the heavenly Father really was. Likewise, only the heavenly Father knew Who Jesus was, and those that the heavenly Father revealed the knowledge of Who Jesus was to. We can know Who Jesus is, but we can never know all of Who God is. Verse twenty-three states, And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: Jesus privately told the disciples that eyes of those who blessed what they saw, the miraculous works of Jesus, were blessed. We are still blessed when we see Jesus Christ for Who He is, and that is the Savior of all who will accept Him as such by faith. Verse twenty-four adds, For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Jesus told the disciples that many prophets had desired to see and hear the things that the disciples saw and heard, but they hadn't seen nor heard them. A desire to hear and see about salvation is not enough until Jesus comes to us and we accept Him by faith. Verse twenty-five says, And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? A lawyer stood up and asked Jesus what he had to do to receive eternal life, not because he really wanted to know, but to tempt, or somehow trick, Jesus. There are still people today who question Jesus, not because they desire to follow Him, but in order to somehow discredit Him. Verse twenty-six adds, He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? Jesus asked the lawyer what was written in the scripture and how did he interpret it. We must acknowledge God's law and what it means if we are are to follow Jesus Christ successfully. Jesus said He did not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. Verse twenty-seven continues, And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. The lawyer answered that we are to love God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind, or with all the we are in other words, and that we are to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. The lawyer knew what was required, but he had not put his faith in it based on the reason that he asked the question. We may know all the facts about how to be saved, but until we accept them by faith in Jesus Christ, it will do us no good. Verse twenty-eight concludes, And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. Jesus told the lawyer that he had answered correctly, and to now go and do these things by faith, and he would have everlasting life. Of course, the lawyer could not do these things by his own ability and neither can we. We all fall short when we attempt to come to God by our own merit, which is why faith in Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord is the only way we can have everlasting life.
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