Trusting In God’s Deliverance. Part [14] 08/11/2025 (Morning thought)

Mark 15:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. 10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

Here again is the same temptation being recycled as the devil tempts Christ to presumption by using His Divine power, independent of The Father. It is the same old, same old. [Desire of Ages, pp 729] Herod questioned Christ in many words but throughout the Savior maintained a profound silence. At the command of the king, the decrepit and maimed were then called in, and Christ was ordered to prove His claims by working a miracle.

Men say that Thou canst heal the sick, said Herod. I am anxious to see that your widespread fame has not been belied. Jesus did not respond, and Herod still continued to urge: If Thou canst work miracles for others, work them now for Thine own good. And it will serve Thee a good purpose. Again, he commanded, show us a sign that Thou hast the power with which rumor hath accredited Thee.

But Christ was as one who heard and saw not. The Son of God had taken upon Himself man's nature. He must do as man must do in like circumstances. Therefore, He would not work a miracle to save Himself the pain and humiliation that man must endure when placed in a similar position.

Luke 23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. 9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Trusting In God’s Deliverance. Part [13] 08/11/2025 (Evening thought)

John 7:8 Go you up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.

This was not an invitation for Him to go see Beyonce or Jay Z, it was an invitation for Him to go to church, which in and of itself is a good thing. But even going to church must be in line with The Father’s will, for once upon a time Jesus did go to church, but were it not for the interposition of The Father in causing Him to vanish into thin air, that could have been the last time He went to church.

Furthermore, If Jesus was to presume to go up to Jerusalem before the time appointed by The Father, satan no doubt, would have sought to create such a compromised situation involving risks, that would tempt Jesus to use His own power independently to deliver Himself, and if Jesus were to do so, the plan of salvation would go up in smoke. Luke 4: 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath.

Luke 4:29 And they rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. In fact, in the instance currently under consideration Christ was actually planning to go up to church, but for Him, there’s a right time to go even if it is a good thing. Very many temptations which often occur in the Christian’s everyday experiences consist of good temptations. Consider it prayerfully.

Luke 4:30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!