FBC Daily Devotional – September 2, 2021

Well, good Thursday morning to you today we are reading in John chapter 2 but I wanted to go back

to chapter 1 for just a second and Just just a hemp emphasize the

first publicly ascribed title Given to Jesus.

Did you notice that in chapter 1?

Jesus comes walking by where John the Baptist is preaching and teaching and he John

Points to Jesus and he says behold the and here's the title behold the Lamb of God

and then he publicly for the first time publicly states

Jesus purpose for coming the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of

the world.

Now it might seem moving on into chapter 2.

It might seem that given that title That you know, he would be

Powerless.

I mean a lamb what kind of power and strength and might and authority

Does a lamb have?

Well this Lamb of God that is to take away the sin of the world

Does have Significant power and authority because he's the Lamb of God he is

the God man who is the Lamb and as God he

Demonstrates in chapter 2 three different areas where he exercises authority.

The first area where he exercises authority is over the physical realm the first miracle that he performs

at Cana is the turning of that those big urns of water

Into wine and the best wine that was available anywhere

certainly the best of anything had been served yet at that feast so it said and and the

the purpose of the of that authority Over the physical realm of changing the

water to wine Was not just the purpose there was not just to

meet a need.

It was to demonstrate who he was to demonstrate his glory and we know that

because in verse 11, it says this beginning of signs

Jesus did in Cana of Galilee and Manifested his glory

and why did he do that?

What's the ultimate goal and His disciples believed in him.

He He demonstrated that authority Manifested his glory

to prompt faith to provoke faith in the hearts and minds

of these disciples following him and So this authority an

element of his glory Calls us to believe in him.

But there's a second expression of his authority and it goes right after this it falls right after this

as he goes into the temple where there's all this corruption going on in the temple buying and selling and making

merchandise of of God's house and Jesus gets that it gets that whip and he starts

whipping the you know People turn it over turning the tables whipping the people out of there these money changers and all the rest

of that stuff or making merchandise of God's house and and he gets them out of there

and.

So what he's doing here is expressing spiritual authority to cleanse God's house.

Nobody else had the authority to do that.

And in fact his taking that action provoked the The spiritual

leaders the priests and so forth to ask the question.

What what sign are you gonna show us?

That you do this thing.

What sign are you gonna show us?

In other words, what evidence of authority are you going to demonstrate for us so that we know you

have the authority to do this?

Thing.

You remember how Jesus responded he said well, I'll tell you destroy this temple and in three days, I'm gonna raise it up

now.

They took that very literally and thought he was talking about the temple there the where he just cleansed.

He was talking about his body.

In other words, he was talking about his resurrection.

So the resurrection of his body from the tomb.

Was the sign to demonstrate to them that he did have the spiritual authority

to cleanse the temple.

The third of expression of his authority comes at the end of this chapter in verses

23 through 25 and here He demonstrates his authority over

the interior of the human soul because

all of these spectacular things that Jesus was doing and some of these teachings that he was expressing

were.

They were new and they they generated a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of people started following him

and it says in verse 23 that during the feast of the Passover many believed in his name when they saw

the signs that he did.

But goes on to say Jesus did not commit himself to them.

Why?

Because he knew all men and he needed not that anyone should testify of man

for he knew What was in man?

Jesus had the authority to look beyond the surface of things to look down in the hearts of the individuals

who were proclaiming a Thor or proclaiming of

loyalty and following to follow him.

But he knew what was really in their heart.

He knew just how fickle they were.

He knew that when push came to shove.

They would cry crucify.

They would cry crucify and they'd turn their back on him.

I wouldn't want to have anything to do with him so Jesus the Lamb of

God Who's to take away the sins of the world is the authoritative?

Son of God who demonstrates that authority very early in that public ministry.

Oh listen.

Let's rejoice today that the Lamb did come and he came he came to

save us from our sins and he so clearly

Demonstrated his authority to do so Our Father and our God we thank you and praise you

today for the Lord Jesus Christ for the Lamb that takes away the sins of the

world and thank you that he left us without a doubt of his authority.

Demonstrating it in so many different ways as John brings them out.

May we trust him?

May we trust him fully and we pray it in Jesus name.

Amen.

All right.

Well, have a good rest of your Thursday, and I trust the Lord will bless you in it.

Good day.