Wisdom Keys July 12

 *EXCELLENT LIFE KEYS* 🔑🗝️

Tue/12th/June/2022

*Francis Reign* (Ap & Coach) 

_"Raising excellent agents of change and transformation, well equipped with Truth and Wisdom."_

*UNDERSTANDING THE ACTS AND WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST (126)*

_"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds"_ (Matthew 11:18-19).

Jesus is showing how the current generation of Israelites is like children who are disappointed because their friends won't participate in their games. The Israelites, as a whole, complained that neither John nor Jesus met their expectations for how a prophet or the Messiah should act. The two complaints presented are mirror images of each other. The point, overall, is that the people are simply looking for excuses not to believe. Another problem for Jesus' critics, especially religious leaders, was the people with whom He associated. Jesus ate dinner with tax collectors and other known "sinners;" those who didn't strictly follow the Law. 

Jewish religious leaders staunchly refused to have any association with tax collectors or others of low reputation. They wrongly believed this increased their religious worth above those like Jesus, who spent time with such people. In one instance, Jesus condemned them for failing to show mercy to the spiritually "sick," the ones who most needed a doctor. Jesus' point was that the Israelites of this generation, as a whole, rejected John the Baptist and Jesus Himself. But they did so for contradictory reasons. The truth was they refused to accept the teachings of either. Neither John nor Jesus met the peoples own, skewed ideas for what a prophet or religious teacher should be like. 

Christ concludes by stating a simple proverb: _Wisdom is justified by her deeds._ The wisdom of John and Jesus is demonstrated by the results which come from their actions. It's not their eating and drinking and dinner companions that matter, it's the content of their message and what comes from their actions that will prove them to be genuine or not. 

*EXCELLENCE KEY* 🗝️

_"It's the content of your message and what comes from your actions that will prove you to be genuine or not. Don't stress yourself proving a point to people._ 

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*Excellence is within you. Bring it out >>*

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