The time of Christ had the religious leadership and scribes as a sort of unstable partnership with the rest of the Roman society. Christ was the polarizing force so that the Herodians; for instance were in league with the Pharisees when it came to crucifying the Son of God. Such situations made for strange bedfellows it seems.
Such is a warning to exercise caution with too much assimilation with any political party; no matter how much they may seem to or claim to adhere to our Christian values. We can vote for or support a candidate without worshipping them; or selling ourselves out to a cause at the expense of the eternal mission for the Kingdom of God which we are as the true church called and commissioned for.
It is an interesting thought in light of the fact that we don't see yet believe today ( John 20:29). The Lord may withhold miracles to avoid having someone commit this unpardonable sin; but that could be conjecture on my part. It is certain though the hearts of many; in fact most were indeed blinded to recognize when their Messiah came whether it was by ignoring the prophecies of His first coming and being obsessed with Him coming back to smite the nations; or just thinking He was a great teacher; or not giving up all to follow the Lord and conveniently downplaying who He was or the fact that we have to surrender ALL to follow Him and die to our old self.
I have also said before that whenever there are true miracles today you would expect as with any Godly people in Christ to be persecuted. You also would expect the enemy to produce similar but false effects along with the many false Christs to follow whenever the Lord is truly at work. This is why true doctrine is so important. If the Disciple's minds were dull ( Matt. 15:16) we shouldn't expect anything better on our part if we aren't walking with our minds being constantly renewed. Also see 2 Cor. 3:14 on the nation of Israel having a veil.
The time of Christ had the religious leadership and scribes as a sort of unstable partnership with the rest of the Roman society. Christ was the polarizing force so that the Herodians; for instance were in league with the Pharisees when it came to crucifying the Son of God. Such situations made for strange bedfellows it seems.
Such is a warning to exercise caution with too much assimilation with any political party; no matter how much they may seem to or claim to adhere to our Christian values. We can vote for or support a candidate without worshipping them; or selling ourselves out to a cause at the expense of the eternal mission for the Kingdom of God which we are as the true church called and commissioned for.
It is an interesting thought in light of the fact that we don't see yet believe today ( John 20:29). The Lord may withhold miracles to avoid having someone commit this unpardonable sin; but that could be conjecture on my part. It is certain though the hearts of many; in fact most were indeed blinded to recognize when their Messiah came whether it was by ignoring the prophecies of His first coming and being obsessed with Him coming back to smite the nations; or just thinking He was a great teacher; or not giving up all to follow the Lord and conveniently downplaying who He was or the fact that we have to surrender ALL to follow Him and die to our old self.
I have also said before that whenever there are true miracles today you would expect as with any Godly people in Christ to be persecuted. You also would expect the enemy to produce similar but false effects along with the many false Christs to follow whenever the Lord is truly at work. This is why true doctrine is so important. If the Disciple's minds were dull ( Matt. 15:16) we shouldn't expect anything better on our part if we aren't walking with our minds being constantly renewed. Also see 2 Cor. 3:14 on the nation of Israel having a veil.
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