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I'm thinking today primarily of Matthew 22, 41. It says,

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now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question.

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The Pharisees were kind of like the teaching pastors of the day. They were Jewish, of course,

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and they were proselyting and leading people to be Jewish. But the bottom line is they were

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teaching the Word of God the best they had it, which was the Old Testament up until that time.

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And Jesus asked them a question. Here's my suggestion. Face your opposition, whatever

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your opposition is, and ask your opposition a telling question. This is a way of shutting down

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all the frivolous challenges. He could have asked them anything, and they might normally have been

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happy to be addressed, especially in light of the light shining on them. They might have said,

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and as well, he should ask us questions. But the question he chose to ask them was a telling

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question, a question that showed something about them and something about him and something about

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God. I think about 1st John chapter 4, verse 1, it says, test the spirit, for not every spirit

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in the world is of Christ. In verse 2 there it says, this is how you know when it's of God,

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when it's the Holy Spirit of God, and that is if it proclaims, recognizes Jesus. And so if there are

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things in your life that don't recognize Jesus, then I don't suppose that you'll be surprised

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that they come across as opposition or stand against you. Here's the thing. Ask them, do you

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believe in Jesus? And if they don't, let that telling question determine what you do with them.

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Some things may have to be cut out. Some things may have to be let go. Stand firm in Christ,

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and God will stand with you every single day. Just a special hi to Terry. Looking forward to

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seeing you tonight at Bible Study. Bring the kids. And also, I want to tell you, June 26th

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starts our summer Bible study for kids at New Heights, 26, four days long. Check it out.