From My Daily Reading #18

Passion Week - Tuesday

Only 3 days before He would be crucified, we find Jesus doing what Jesus did constantly, teaching.

It is an amazing reminder to us as believers that we are to follow Jesus and the will of God all of our days, and not just until we are tired or think we are done.

On Tuesday Jesus day was filled with the last public, and most clear statements about His identity and authority before his trial and crucifixion; as well as the Oliver discourse to His disciples about the signs that would precede His second coming.

The point must not be missed, that Jesus, even knowing of His final rejection, still taught to any who would listen who He was and what was coming.

The mercy and grace He displayed in his last days before His crucifixion, as well as his compassion for the people aught to motivate us to show a similar mercy and grace as we spread the hope of the gospel message all our days regardless of the response of those around us.

It is also a reminder that the much of the crowds that surrounded him and even praised him, as well as the religious leaders who attacked and reviled Him, did not understand what He was saying, and even often reject what we do know.

When we seek to understand the scriptures and make knowing Him and His will for our lives. Then we will see the power of God demonstrated in our lives.