Jesus replied, “You have said it. And in the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God’s right handt and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
All Jesus had to do was keep quiet and no one would have been able to condemn him. But he was so committed to going to the Cross for the sins of the World, that he expedited the process by speaking words he knew the High Priest would interpret as blasphemy. They were true words, but they were condemning words.
Jesus spoke up in order to fulfill prophecy and take the sins of the world upon himself. We should also be willing to speak up and be a bright light in a dark world. It may cost us some ridicule and mockery, but it cost Jesus far more than that. Christians in nations around the world are speaking up for the Gospel at risk of their lives. We in North America have no excuse.
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