Lesson 2556

(Lesson 2556)(12-19-18) Luke 11:29-36
    “ And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.”

   When Jesus was asked to show some sign that He was indeed the promised Messiah, He scolded those who challenged Him. He then related that there would be no sign other than those signs He had demonstrated with the miraculous things which He had already done.
    We now know that the greatest of all signs came when Jesus was raised from the dead to overcome sin and to save the souls of all those who would come to believe in Him. “Whosoever believeth in me shall have everlasting life. (John 3:16 in part)~