The reason why the crowd went to meet
him was that they heard he had done this (miraculous) sign. John 12:18
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“Have you seen
that new Rabbi?” Jacob asked. “I heard He turned one kid’s lunch into a feast.”
Isaac nodded. “I actually saw Him heal that blind guy.” Not to be outdone, Levi
called out, “Oh yeah, well I heard He raised a guy from the dead!” The three
friends shouldered their knapsacks and broke into a run. “Let’s go see what
else He might do!” Jacob cried, joining the crowds headed toward the Jesus
Parade. “That’s the kind of leader I want! He could make us rich and famous!”
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The throngs
gathering about Jesus that day came for a multitude of reasons, most of them
misguided. They loved the miracles. People were still talking about the free
food, and no one could get over blind Bartimaeus now reading the Torah for
himself. We can easily see the wrong motives of the crowd that day, but what
about our motives now? “I’ll give my life
to Jesus if it will save my marriage,” says Stan. “I got saved in ’92, but my business went belly-up,” grumbles Rob. “Guess it didn’t do me any good.”
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When
we learn about the supernatural, miraculous things that God does, we get
excited about what God might do for us. We start to treat the sacrifice of
Jesus as merely the secret code into God’s Goodie Basket. Are we really much
different from the crowd that day? It’s no wonder He wasn’t impressed by their praises.
He’s not always impressed with ours either.
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