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When faced with big decisions, wouldn’t it be great if God gave us visible signs to show us who to trust, who to marry, or where to work?

ILLUS – The visible presence of God leading Israel through the wilderness (Numbers 9)

2. Or when it comes to matters of faith, wouldn’t it be great if God gave us a sign so that we knew for sure that certain things were true, like Jesus really is the Savior of the world?
3. Tonight, we will study a powerful passage from Matthew 12 that will show just that, that Jesus is the Savior of the world because God did give a sign, one that is worthy of our complete trust.

Matthew 12:38-50

Context
1. At this point, you could feel the tension in the air for the Pharisees had the audacity to declare that Jesus casted out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, and not by the power of the Holy Spirit. (24)
2. They had heard Jesus’ teachings, the authority and wisdom of His words.
3. They also saw lepers cleansed, the blind gaining sight, the deaf able to hear, the lame walking beside them, and the demon-possessed delivered.
4. Nevertheless, they concluded that this was the work of the devil, not the work of the Holy Spirit, credentials from hell, not proof that Jesus is the King of God’s kingdom.
5. Jesus rebuked them because they had crossed a line, one that has eternal consequences. Unconcerned by the warning, the scribes and Pharisees came back with a request, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” (38)

Transition – It’s easy to gloss over the scribes and Pharisees’ request and miss the personal application. When it comes to Jesus…

I. Are You Looking for a Sign or for an Excuse?

• Their request implied that the previous miraculous signs of Jesus were not good enough.
• They needed a really “good sign” so that Jesus might prove who He is to them.
• In response, Jesus said two things, one about them and the other about their request.
• First, that they were an “evil and adulterous generation” because Israel was morally bankrupt and had forsaken their covenant with God by rejecting His Son, Jesus.
• Second, that no sign would be given but the sign of the prophet Jonah.
• Let’s look at each part of His answer and discover important applications for our lives.

A. “Signs” are for those who lack faith

ILLUS – “I’m going to be a lawyer not a pastor!”

1. It’s important to note that in the Bible, a sign was either a supernatural event which confirmed or proved what God was saying or it was something that reminded Israel of God’s power and presence.
2. For instance, when God called Moses to deliver the nation of Israel from slavery in Egypt, Moses was concerned that the people would not believe that God had sent him. So, God gave Moses signs to bear witness that it was God who had called him. Moses was lacking faith!

Exodus 4:8-9, If they will not believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe the witness of the last sign. But if they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.

3. When God called Gideon to be a deliverer for Israel, he lacked faith, so he asked for a sign.

Judges 6:17, So Gideon said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speak with me.”

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