Luke 20
Honest Conversations!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Saturday, May 30.
Do you find it difficult to have an honest conversation with people in today’s world?
Luke 20 narrates a series of conversations where the religious leaders are trying to catch Jesus in His words so that they can justify their desire to murder Him. Listen to one in Luke 20:3-7,
Jesus answered and said to them, “I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me: “Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?” They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ “But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.” So they answered that they did not know where it came from.
Jesus is trying to expose the duplicity of the religious leaders. And they immediately calculate the cost of each answer as if the truth was a commodity to be nuanced and peddled for their power and profit. The religious leaders are not interested in the truth; only themselves.
Are people any better today?
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of what our inability to have an honest conversation is doing to our communities. The truth should not be shaped for influence and power. The truth should not be peddled for personal profit. Jesus said, “the truth shall set you free” (John 8:32).
Honest conversations are the only way to have substantial and life-giving relationships.
Is your communication going to be full of double-dealing and calculation or are you just going to be honest with yourself and others? Do you have a friend in your life you are willing to listen to give you honest insights about you and your life?
Seize the moment and start with an honest conversation with God. He’s waiting for you to take time this weekend to spend time getting to know one another.
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