TRULY I SAY
Christianity has the greatest message ever told to man - the Good News of the Gospel. Why then, aren’t more people Christian? If the greatest news is not being received as such, where does the problem lie? Is the message not being properly delivered or is it not being believed?
Jesus apparently also felt that His message would not be received by all. In fact, the Bible tells us that He would be “…despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows…” (Isaiah 53:3). In fact, it wasn’t just strangers who didn’t believe Him, even His own family were not believers: “For even His brothers did not believe Him” (John 7:5).
Jesus Himself, however, was very insistent in making us aware of what was really the truth. In fact, He said, “I tell you the truth”, “Verily I say”, or “Truly I say” about 74 times in the New Testament. Also, in many of these cases he will finish with “Amen,” not only once but twice. Amen, according to the Greek lexicon is defined as “a strong affirmation of what is declared”. So should we believe Him or are we to be like His siblings who denied who He really was for so long?
During our lifetime each of us must at some time make the decision whether to believe in Him or not. Was Jesus telling us the truth or was this all a great deception? Do we believe what Jesus spoke or do we put it down as to some ramblings of a deceiving mind? It’s something everyone has to decide for themselves. If those who believe Jesus was not telling the truth and that nothing follows this life are correct, then really nothing we do during our present existence is of any real consequence. But if there is one truth to Christ’s teachings, then all His sayings are to be accepted.
Each one of us has to make that decision. And that is why studying His Word and background is so important. An eternity is in the balance.
If we really look at the situation carefully, then most likely we will come to the same conclusion as the unbelieving Roman soldier did at the time of the crucifixion. “So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying ‘Truly this was the Son of God’.”
Truly I say, said Jesus and that truth is always something we should think about.
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