Should We Ask for a Sign from the Sky?

Matthew 16:1-4

2 But He replied to them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

3 "And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?

4 "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah." And He left them and went away.

Are We Looking for a Miracle or Sign?

Bible Study Lesson - Signs from God

First, covering a little history, Jesus had two adversaries who disagreed on many points of Scripture -but they were unified in their hatred for Christ. When they joined forces to trick Jesus, He knew exactly what they were doing and also knew they would not believe no matter what miracle from the sky He performed.

Believing in Miracles

With that said, what about people nowadays? Even with all the evidence in the Bible from the miracles of Moses to Jonah (mentioned above and also alluding to the resurrection after three days) to the New Testament healings and wonders, we still sometimes look for "signs from the sky" to believe. We are a skeptical people and have heard all our lives that "Seeing is believing." so we base our beliefs on what we can see, touch or hear.

Faith is Knowing

But, faith is based on what we know in our hearts about Christ as Savior and our relationship with God. We pray for miracles and God grants them, when it is within His will and for the benefit of completing His plan for our lives.

Take a moment and think about things that have happened since you became a Christian. Some are good and some are not so good but that's the way life works. The difference is that we have Christ and his Holy Spirit as our friend and comforter when the bad situations come our way - and a cheerleader for the good times in our lives. What more of a sign could we ask for?

I'll sum up with a quote from Christ ...

Read John 20-29 "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." God has nothing to prove. We just need to have faith and believe without seeing. Then, we'll be blessed.

 Love In Christ

- Bob

Matthew 15:21-39 - Jesus Performs Miracles and Teaches Us about Prejudice - Jesus performed many miracles during His ministry and the crowds marveled. But, we will focus on how Christ introduced a lesson for us about getting rid of prejudice within this passage.