"It Is As You Say"

“It Is As You Say”
Luke 23:1-5


In an age of relativism, a statement of absolute truth can either be refreshing or repugnant, depending upon your position. You see, from each ones perspective we are all correct in our assumptions, and when we are confronted with an alternate view we immediately react to what is being said based upon what we made our decision from. We are all reacting from where our foundation is laid. So, it is no surprise when it is said: “if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11:3)
But as we see it is not only our day that struggles with this absolute truth. Picture a man coming before the courts and claiming to be the Christ! The ruler of a people who have been waiting for their Messiah for many years! Now this man, bound with chains and being ridiculed by the people, is asked “are you the Messiah whom these people have been waiting for?” And He does not deny it!! In fact, He says to you, “it is as you say”.
How else, but from the basis of absolute truth, could Jesus say this. There is no other way that He could. Accordingly, the leaders of the Jews had a choice that they had to make, not only from their heart but from all that they knew from the scriptures that they held. Unfortunately, they chose to move with their pride and stubbornness, not with truth.
How many times it is with us the same way. If you were to ask me, “how do you make your decisions?” I would think for a moment and I would have to admit that most of them do actually come simply from how I feel. I do not think about every scripture verse that I know that has the word that I am having to decide over; I do not pray enough, or sometimes even at all, about what I am about to do; and simply, I go with the easiest answer the majority of the time. But to do the opposite of all this, to think of every scripture, to pray and supplicate before God, to weigh each and every plus or minus of the situation, this would take to much time you say! And you are right. Though these things are not bad, it would be impossible to do this in every situation in life. So once again we are back to where we started, the thing that is most important is where that “gut feeling” comes from. From where does your heart make its decisions? And from where does it get its feelings?
Jesus Christ is our role model, though unobtainable to be perfectly like Him, still we seek to be like Christ (1 Peter 1:16). He made every decision from the movement of the Holy Spirit within His soul, likewise we are encouraged to “walk by the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:25)
This is the absolute truth that we must live by. That Gods word is so present in our life that the decisions we make are not from ourselves, but from the word and its power to change our hearts through the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
So consume yourself with the Word! Make it an integral part of your life, day, and hour. Let it be constantly present in your mind and let it mold and shape your heart through its power that is given by the Holy Spirit working in your life.
Jesus made His statement from absolute truth, that truth being Himself. (John 14:6) Now we must push our selves to reach for this level as well; to make our decisions from Christ’s movement in our heart, and not from our own flesh. And this movement is only obtained through the implantation and meditation of the word in our hearts and minds.