JUDGMENTS: "HE HAS A DEMON AND IS MAD"
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Judgments
a) People are always making judgments. You do it, I do it, we all do it. Good judgment is one of the qualities of successful people. Jesus warned against making false or hypocritical judgments. He encouraged people to "judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24).
b) Jesus himself was being judged by people, and needless to say their judgments were varied. In the Gospel of John you can find several judgments of Jesus. It was even said, “He has a demon”!
2. "He Has A Demon And Is Mad"
John 10:20
20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?”
a) We turn to the judgment of Jesus by his enemies. What did they say of him? "He has a demon and is mad" (John 10:20). Perhaps we should regard this more as an insult than a judgment. It was certainly no considered opinion. We suppose Jesus did some things that, by some standards, might make him seem eccentric . He once went into the wilderness and fasted for 40 days. He remained sound asleep in a boat while a fierce storm was raging. He expected certain people to give up their incomes and give away their assets and follow him. Some might think such things strange, but to judge him as demon-possessed or insane is insupportable.
The End ...
1. Judgments a) People are always making judgments. You do it, I do it, we all do it. Good judgment is one of the qualities of successful people. Jesus warned against making false or hypocritical judgments. He encouraged people to "judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24).
b) Jesus himself was being judged by people, and needless to say their judgments were varied. In the Gospel of John you can find several judgments of Jesus. It was even said, “He has a demon”!
2. "He Has A Demon And Is Mad"
John 10:20
20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?”
a) We turn to the judgment of Jesus by his enemies. What did they say of him? "He has a demon and is mad" (John 10:20). Perhaps we should regard this more as an insult than a judgment. It was certainly no considered opinion. We suppose Jesus did some things that, by some standards, might make him seem eccentric . He once went into the wilderness and fasted for 40 days. He remained sound asleep in a boat while a fierce storm was raging. He expected certain people to give up their incomes and give away their assets and follow him. Some might think such things strange, but to judge him as demon-possessed or insane is insupportable.
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