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God what r u doin?
Lk 17:18
John’s reaction
- lk 3:16-17
- mt 3:14,3:17
- jn 3:30
- mk 1:3
- expecting jesus 2 b avenger of sin n deliever of israel
- unable to accept softer n gentle messiah
- being 2 doubt god
- double blow for him to b facing death n seeing no evidence of jesus
- is 29:18-19,35:5-6,61:1-3
- jesus quoted e messianic verse 2 rebuke john directly
- jesus ministry was fulfilling e messianic prophesis
- ex 13-14:
- god waited until e current generation had died before e next generation was able to proces e next generation
- jn was very convinced tt e messiah muz cm w god wrath n judgement
- jn unable to accept e gentle n soft jesus christ
- lk 7:23
- jn dun understand becoz do not have full revalation of god plan
-jn’s prob : partial revalation
- instead of wrath n judgement but christ for full revealed w god’s full attributed found in him
Jesus reponse
- lk 7:26-28
- john was held high esteem by e lord despite e setbck
- e lord treasure e rs w jn n remember jn faithful n passion 4 kingdom
- god does nt focus on our mistake n forgot his love n rs w us