18 The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, 19 calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” 20 And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?’ ” 21 In that hour he healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and on many who were blind he bestowed sight. 22 And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them. 23 And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.”
Is Jesus really the Christ? He has not destroyed all the enemies. He has not set John free from his prison. He has not chopped down the tree, yet. Is this really the one we have been waiting for all these years?
Look around at all that he has done. Look at the blind people who have received their sight. Look at the lame people who have been made to walk. He has made the unclean people clean. He has ripped open the ears of those who could not listen. He has even raised at least three different people from the dead. He has come to preach the good news to all people, even the poor.
Jesus came with many unbelievable signs. He did many very strange and unbelievable things. He did things not as tricks, or by mirrors. But he did them in the sight of many people. These people told other people, and great crowds gathered to see and hear him. They gathered to see what more he might do.
But John is in prison and he can not see these things. Likewise, we are some 2000 years in the future and we can not see these things. Thus, there are eyewitnesses who testify concerning these things. And if we had two witnesses as John has sent two of his disciples that would be enough. But we have Four witnesses in the Four Gospels. We also have several other witnesses who talk about what they saw and heard, namely St Paul and St Peter.
Therefore, we can Identify Jesus by his signs and wonders. We can even identify that he was rejected by God upon the cross for the forgiveness of your sins. He was buried in a tomb with your sins. And he also did one other thing, but we might just save that for Easter Sunday.
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