#348 Where Are the Champions for Following the Science Now? w/ Nicholas Hulscher

Matthew 11:16-19

”“How could I describe the people of this generation? You’re like children playing games on the playground, yelling at their playmates, ‘You don’t like it when we want to play Wedding! And you don’t like it when we want to play Funeral! You will neither dance nor mourn.’ Why is it that when John came to you, neither feasting nor drinking wine, you said, ‘He has a demon in him!’? Yet when the Son of Man came and went to feasts and drank wine, you said, ‘Look at this man! He is nothing but a glutton and a drunkard! He spends all his time with tax collectors and other sinners.’ But God’s wisdom will become visible by those who embrace it.”“

I feel like the Lord brought me to this scripture this morning, to remind me that the people living during Jesus’s time were basket cases too. The majority of people could not understand the truth when it was right in front of them. They literally called that which was good and true and sent by God -- first John the Baptist and then Jesus Himself -- they called them both evil. They said that John had a demon because they didn’t like his message or his presentation. And they called Jesus a glutton and a drunk because they didn’t like the way he celebrated life, who he associated with and the fact that He welcomed everyone to his table. He gives us the key right here at the end - God’s wisdom will become visible by those who embrace it. I believe that’s the same message in John 8:32 - if you embrace the truth, it will release true freedom into your lives. We are in the same struggle that Jesus Himself witnessed when He walked the Earth. But it’s our choice and our opportunity to embrace God’s wisdom, which is the truth.