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Matthew 27:39-42
[39] And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
[40] And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
[41] Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
[42] He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
Isaiah 55:7-9
[7] Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
[8] For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
[9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Psalms 50:16-21
[16] But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
[17] Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
[18] When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
[19] Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
[20] Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
[21] These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
The men who stood at the foot of the cross were not unlearned and ignorant men. They did not have too little knowledge to know the truth be saved. Indeed, they knew too much.
They knew too much about their own judgments, preferring them over the scriptures. They were sure that Jesus was condemned of God, and would not hear otherwise.
They knew too much religious knowledge without knowing the author of all knowledge. They were able to make scriptures fit their ways instead of seeking to make their ways fit the scriptures.
They knew too much of their own righteousness, being convinced that they themselves were morally above this man who they gladly had crucified and now openly mocked.
You can know too much about the teachings of truth to recognize the truth himself when he is hanging on a cross in front of your eyes.
How much do you know? Do you know the truth, or do you know too much about yourself to know Him?
Recorded Sunday Morning, February 11, 2018 at Oakdale Bible Baptist Church in Oakdale, Louisiana.
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By Elden MayoKnowing Too Much
Matthew 27:39-42
[39] And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
[40] And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
[41] Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
[42] He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
Isaiah 55:7-9
[7] Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
[8] For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
[9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Psalms 50:16-21
[16] But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
[17] Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
[18] When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
[19] Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
[20] Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
[21] These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
The men who stood at the foot of the cross were not unlearned and ignorant men. They did not have too little knowledge to know the truth be saved. Indeed, they knew too much.
They knew too much about their own judgments, preferring them over the scriptures. They were sure that Jesus was condemned of God, and would not hear otherwise.
They knew too much religious knowledge without knowing the author of all knowledge. They were able to make scriptures fit their ways instead of seeking to make their ways fit the scriptures.
They knew too much of their own righteousness, being convinced that they themselves were morally above this man who they gladly had crucified and now openly mocked.
You can know too much about the teachings of truth to recognize the truth himself when he is hanging on a cross in front of your eyes.
How much do you know? Do you know the truth, or do you know too much about yourself to know Him?
Recorded Sunday Morning, February 11, 2018 at Oakdale Bible Baptist Church in Oakdale, Louisiana.