Q: Is This Just Hearsay?

Are you speaking for yourself about this or did others tell you this concerning Me? John 18:34

Jesus answers Pilate's question, "are you the King of the Jews?" with this question: Is this your question? Or are you simply parroting what you've been told?

Jesus doesn't want us to depend on hearsay.
Our relationship with Him depends on our own personal affirmation, our own experience. With Pilate, with His disciples, with those He healed, the interaction always circled back to the core question: "Who do YOU believe I am?"

There is no shortage of opinions floating around about Jesus, but He requires that you decide for yourself, and then your actions will reflect that decision. If Pilate truly believed Jesus was the King of the Jews, perhaps he would have been threatened. Perhaps he would have been relieved NOT to have to deal with Herod anymore. But his actions showed he thought Jesus was harmless, an annoyance at worst. Eventually, he caved in to the religious leaders demand for blood.

What do you believe about Jesus?
Is He your Savior, or have you just been told that? Do you know what He saved you from? Do you ACT like He's your savior? Sometimes we live with defeated apathy for this One we claim delivered us. That says either we're not certain we're free of sin, guilt and punishment OR maybe HE wasn't the One who accomplished it.

Is He your Lord? What does that even mean, "Lord"? And if He is, what weight should His instructions have?

Is He your Rock? Your Fortress? Your Shepherd? What do those mean and how does your daily life reflect that?

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