Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Luke 7:18-23
by: Maryann Palmer.
John had proclaimed that Jesus is the Christ (John 3:28-30). What caused his doubt? Did his circumstances? Did he have unfulfilled expectations? Perhaps John expected a king on horseback, fighting to win freedom from Rome. Maybe he expected a more conspicuous salvation than Jesus brought.
Jesus said, “Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me” (v. 23, NIV). It may be that we, too, expect a Red Sea sort of salvation and miss the salvation work Jesus is doing in our lives.