Lesson 2532

(Lesson 2532)(11-25-18) Luke 7:31-35
    “And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! But wisdom is justified of all her children.”

   In today’s quote, Jesus belittled the leadership of the Jews because they had ignored the many attempts God had made to correct their ways and enlighten them. He also scorned them for their inablility to recognize John the Baptist as a prophet sent directly from God and Himself as the Son of God, the promised Messiah. ~