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Discipleship Focus: Competency
- Competency: Being able to accomplish what one is called to do.
We have now come to the last few days before the crucifixion. He is where Jesus takes on some bite, perhaps
even venom. No longer is Jesus defending
off the challenges of the religious elite.
Now Jesus is taking the fight to them.
This is where we see that Jesus is not just love and grace but also
challenge.
In each of the stories we see Jesus asked to explain His teaching. He is asked to defend Himself. In each story He rises up to the challenge and
successfully answers the questions. This
shows that Jesus has been given the authority from the Father to speak
competently in the faith.
However, Jesus doesn’t just answer competently. Jesus’ words silence His opponents. Jesus turns the questions upon the religious
elite and they are unable to answer Him!
The people marvel. The religious
elite then leave Him alone. They go away
and prepare for what is to come next.
Jesus is a competent teacher as we already knew. But what I think is most telling is that
Jesus knows where His competence will lead.
He will die because He is so competent in His teaching. Yet, He willingly continues to do the Father’s
will knowing full well where it leads.
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