Whose Opinion Really Matters?

Mark 11:27, 28; 12:12 Again they entered Jerusalem. As Jesus was walking through the Temple area, the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders came up to him. They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right to do them?” ….. The religious leaders wanted to arrest Jesus because they realized he was telling the story against them – they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.

Do you not find it interesting that the religious leaders were more afraid of the people than they were of me? So it is in your world today. Your fellows are more interested in the opinions of other men. They are afraid of what people will think, how they will treat them, what they will do to them. Yet, they give no thought to what I think. How I will treat them. What I might do to them. Backwards and upside down, as is so much of your world today. The religious leaders either did not believe I was who I am, or they did not want to act according to what they suspected was true – because it would mean giving up their self-appointed powers. They would have to acknowledge that I was God and I had the final say in everything. They would have had to acknowledge their sin and repent. And they were not willing. So it is with so many in your world today. So many do not know me. And countless know I exist, many times recognize me, but will not accept that Truth and will not repent. They will not humble themselves. They will not accept that they are not perfect, that I know better than they how they are to live. They will not acknowledge that all of my children they have believed to be weak and simple for their faith are actually correct. They will not openly seek forgiveness for their hostility toward believers. They wish to remain in their sin, in the darkness that lack of faith creates. And, so, they will. At their own choice – just as the majority of the religious leaders remained in their pride, in their sin. Try as you might, you will not change them. You will not reach them. Do not be dismayed – this is not within your power. Share my message and allow them to do with it what they will. (2022)