Our subject for today's posting is divinity challenged, it should prove to be interesting. In our first example we find Jesus tempted three time and in each He states "it is written," my point for this is not many know what is written at all. Though there are many who have memorized the Bible they still are not qualified to say "it is written" for it is not written on their heart, nor are they able to say the Word says. For the Word is a living thing of GOD's creation as seen in Genesis 1 where we find that HE spoke and it became just as HE spoke. In the days of creation one through six, then in seventh day HE and His man and woman as spirits rested with Him in a Sabbath rest from His works, after which HE made man a house of clay, that for him became his flesh, lacking life light and love until GOD breathed into it His likeness, for up until then man was an image and the shadow of GOD. Now man is complete, mature, made of two parts in a shell awaiting separation.
Now when we get to the thieves, their positioning is very important. The one on the right is in the position of authority or power with GOD, the one on the left not so much. For Christ sits on the Father right always. It is still the people of the left who mock GOD and His Christ still to this very day, this we are living witnesses to.
Divinity Challenged:
By Satan,
Matthew 4:3, 6 of 1-7 "Then Jesus (Jesus has just received His Anointing (making Him the first restored to Christ status, again, by GOD, after His baptism that fulfilled all righteousness) was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." But He answered, 'It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to Him, "If you are the Son of God, throw Yourself down, for it is written, "'He will command His angels concerning You,' and "'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
By Scribes and Pharisees,
Luke 5:21 of 17-26 "One day, as He was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the LORD God was with Him to heal. And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when He saw their faith, He said, 'Man, your sins are forgiven you.' And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but GOD alone?" When Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answered them, 'Why do you question in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Rise and walk?' But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins'—He said to the man who was paralyzed—'I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.' And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying GOD. And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen extraordinary things today."
By the Jewish people,
John 5:18 of 2-18, 8:53 of 48-59, 10:33 of 31-39 "Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, He said to him, 'Do you want to be healed?' The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up (the Jews believed and angle did this and when one would then enter the water they would be restored the health), and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to him, 'Get up, take up your bed, and walk.' At once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed." But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, 'Take up your bed, and walk.'" They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, 'I see, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.' The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I am working.' This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling GOD His own Father, making Himself equal with GOD."
John 8:53 of 48-59 "The Jews answered Jesus with, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" Jesus answered, 'I do not have a demon, but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. Yet I do not seek My own glory; there is One Who seeks it, and HE is the judge. Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.' To this the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.' Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?" Jesus answered, 'If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing. It is My Father Who glorifies Me, of Whom you say, 'He is' our God.' But you have not known Him. I know Him. If I were to say that I do not know Him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know Him and I keep His word. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.' So the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.' So they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple."
John 10:33 of 31-39 "The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. So Jesus answered them, 'I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone Me?' The Jews answered Him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16), because you, being a man, make yourself God." Jesus answered them, 'Is it not written in your Law (Psalm 82:6), 'I said, you are gods?' If he called them gods to whom the word of GOD came—and Scripture (Word) cannot be broken— do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of GOD?' If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe me; but if I do them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me and I am in the Father.' Again they sought to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands."
By the Scribes and Elders,
Luke 20:1-2 of 1-8 "One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to Him, "Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority." He answered them, 'I also will ask you a question. Now tell Me, was the baptism of John from heaven or from man?' And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet." So they answered that they did not know where it came from. And Jesus said to them, 'Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.'"
On the Cross---
By the Rabble,
Matthew 27:39-40 of 38-44 "Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. And those who passed by derided Him, wagging their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross." So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who were crucified with Him also reviled Him in the same way."
By the Rulers,
By the Soldiers,
Luke 23:35, 36 of 33-38 "When they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on His right and one on His left. And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.' And they cast lots to divide His garments. And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at Him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of GOD, his Chosen One!" The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up and offering Him sour wine and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" There was also an inscription over Him, "This is the King of the Jews."
The Thieves,
Luke 23:39 of 39-43 "One of the criminals who were hanged railed at Him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!" But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong." And he said, "Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." And Jesus said to him, 'Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.'"
By the Chief Priests,
Mark 15:31-32 of 27-32 "And with Him they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left. And those who passed by derided Him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself, and come down from the cross!" So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked Him to one another, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with Hm also reviled Him."
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