A Pharisee Demands

From Jesus

Signs Of His Messiahship

By

The Twelve Apostles

Demand For A Sign

A Pharisee elated with himself stood forth among the multitudes and said to Jesus, “Sir, we would have you demonstrate. If you are truly Christ who was to come, then you can surely do what black magicians cannot do. Behold, they can talk, and hold the multitudes with words of power. And they can heal the sick and drive the demons out of those possessed. They can control the storms. And fire and earth and air will hear and answer when they speak. Now, if you will ascend and from that tower fly across the sea, we will believe that you are sent from God.”

And Jesus said, “No black magician ever lived a holy life. You have a demonstration of the Christ-life every day. But Behold, you evil and adulterous scribes and Pharisees, you cannot see a spirit sign, because your spirit eyes are full of carnal self. You seek a sign to please your curiosity. You walk the very lowest planes of carnal life and cry, Phenomena! Show us a sign and then we will believe.

“I was not sent to earth to buy up faith as men buy fish and fruit and rubbish in the streets. Men seem to think it quite a favour done to me when they confess their faith in me and in the holy Christ.
What does it matter unto me as man if you believe or disbelieve?
Faith is not something you can buy with coin. It is not something you can sell for gold.

“Once Mart, a beggar, followed me and cried, ‘Give me a silver piece. Then I will believe in you. And you are like this beggar man. You offer to exchange your faith for signs. But I will give to all the world one sign as surety that the Christ is my spirit self. You all have read the parable of Jonah and the fish, wherein it is recorded that the prophet spent three days and nights within the stomach of the mighty fish, and then came forth. The son of man will spend three days and nights within the heart of earth and then come forth again, and men will see and know.

“Behold, the light may be so bright that men cannot see anything. The Spirit light has shown so brightly over Galilee that you who hear me now are blind. You may have read the words of Prophet Azrael. He said, ‘The light shall shine out brightly in the darkness of the night, and humanity shall not comprehend it. ’

“That time has come. The light shines forth. You do not see it. The Queen of Sheba sat in darkest night and still she yearned for light. She came to hear the words of wisdom from the lips of Solomon, and she believed. And she became a living torch, and when she reached her home, behold, all Arabia was filled with light. A person far greater than Solomon is here. The Christ is here. The Day Star had risen, and you reject the light.

“And you remember Nineveh, the wicked city of Assyria, which God had marked to be destroyed by shock and flame unless the people turned and walked in ways of right. And Jonah raised his voice and said, ‘In forty days Nineveh shall be razed, and her wealth shall be destroyed. ’The people heard and they believed. And they reformed and turned to ways of right, and behold, their city was not razed, and was not destroyed.

“You men of Galilee, I tell you that Arabia and Nineveh will testify against you in the Judgment Day. Behold, for everyone to whom I speak has in him all the fires of God. But they are lying dead. The will is bridled by the desires of the flesh, and it brings not the ethers of the fires to vibrate into light. Look, therefore, to your soul and note, Is not the light within you dark as night?

“There is no breath but Holy Spirit that ever can fan your fires of life into a living flame and make them light. And Holy Spirit can raise the ethers of the fires to light in none but hearts of purity and love. Hear, then, you men of Galilee, Make pure the heart, admit the Holy Spirit, and then your bodies will be full of light. And like a city on a hill, your light will shine afar, and thus your light may light the way for other men.

The Sign Of Jonah Is More Than Enough

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”

But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the Prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a man greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a man greater than Solomon is here.

Explanations:

1. Whoever is led by the Holy Spirit would readily recognize and appreciate the good works of God.

2. Those who are evil or demon-possessed do not acknowledge the good works of God.

3. After His crucifixion, Jesus was inside the earth to rescue all those who had died in the past and were not in heaven.

4. You must study and practice Spiritual Science for you to know the Truth, for only the Holy Spirit can teach the things of the spirit.