Do Our Questions Seek Truth or Avoid It?
Welcome to Day 294 of our journey with Jesus. Today, we consider what Jesus calls us to question in our beliefs or lives. The main truth for today is this: Questions about Jesus can become a way to avoid the truth if we refuse to consider evidence honestly. Let’s begin.
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Mark 11:27–12:12
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Examine what Jesus calls us to question in our beliefs or lives.
Suka sāke dawowa cikin Urushalima. Da Yesu yana tafiya a filin haikali, sai manyan firistoci, malaman dokoki da kuma dattawa suka zo wurinsa. Suka tambaye, shi suka ce, “Da wane iko kake yin waɗannan abubuwa? Wa kuma ya ba ka ikon yin wannan?” Yesu ya ce, “Zan yi muku tambaya guda. Ku ba ni amsa, ni kuma zan gaya muku, ko da wane iko nake yin waɗannan abubuwa. Baftismar Yohanna, daga sama ce, ko daga mutane? Ku faɗa mini!” Sai suka tattauna a junansu, suka ce, “In muka ce, ‘Daga sama ne,’ zai ce, ‘To, don me ba ku gaskata shi ba?’ In kuma muka ce, ‘Daga wurin mutane ne’; suna jin tsoron mutane, don kowa ya ɗauka cewa, Yohanna, annabi ne na gaskiya.” Saboda haka, suka amsa wa Yesu suka ce, “Ba mu sani ba.” Yesu ya ce, “To, ni ma ba zan gaya muku ko da wane iko nake yin waɗannan abubuwa ba.” Sa’an nan ya fara yi musu magana da misalai ya ce, “Wani mutum ya shuka gonar inabi. Ya kewaye ta da katanga, ya haƙa rami domin matsin inabin, ya kuma gina ɗakin gadi. Sai ya ba wa waɗansu manoma hayar gonar inabin, sa’an nan ya yi tafiya. Da lokacin girbi ya yi, sai ya aiki wani bawa wajen ’yan hayan, don yă karɓo masa ’ya’yan inabin daga wurinsu. Amma suka kama shi, suka yi masa dūka, suka kore shi hannun wofi. Sai ya sāke aikan wani bawa wurinsu, amma suka bugi wannan mutum a kai, suka wulaƙanta shi. Har yanzu ya sāke aikan wani. Wannan kuwa suka kashe. Ya aika waɗansu da yawa; suka bubbuge waɗansu, sauran kuwa suka kashe. “Sauran mutum ɗaya da ya rage ya aika, ɗa, da yake ƙauna. Daga ƙarshe sai ya aike shi, yana cewa, ‘Za su girmama ɗana.’ “Amma ’yan hayan suka ce wa juna, ‘Aha! Wannan shi ne magājin. Ku zo mu kashe shi, gādon kuma yă zama namu.’ Sai suka kama shi suka kashe, suka jefa shi bayan gonar inabin. “To, me, mai gonar inabin zai yi ke nan? Zai zo yă karkashe dukan ’yan hayan nan, ya kuma ba wa waɗansu gonar inabin. Ba ku taɓa karanta wannan Nassi ba, “ ‘Dutsen da magina suka ƙi, shi ne kuwa ya zama dutsen kusurwan gini. Ubangiji ya yi wannan, ya kuma yi kyau a idanunmu’?” Sai manyan Firistoci da malaman dokoki da shugabanni suka nemi hanyar da za su kama shi, domin sun gane ya yi misalin a kansu ne. Amma suka ji tsoron taron, saboda haka suka bar shi suka yi tafiyarsu.
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After seeing Jesus identify Himself within God’s rejected yet victorious purpose, today we confront the supposed neutrality of endless questioning.
Questions can be sincere, necessary, and courageous. Jesus Himself asks questions. The problem in this encounter is not inquiry but the refusal to answer honestly when the evidence threatens a preferred position.
They Calculate Instead of Answering.
The leaders ask about authority, yet when Jesus asks about John, they discuss what each possible answer will cost them. Their concern is not simply what is true.
I Do Not Know Can Become a Shelter.
Sometimes uncertainty is genuine. Here, Mark shows leaders choosing “We do not know” because a truthful answer would expose them. Agnosticism can become strategic when certainty feels inconvenient.
Understanding Does Not Guarantee Submission.
After the parable, they know Jesus has spoken against them. Increased clarity produces greater opposition rather than repentance.
Questions Have a Direction.
Serious investigation should remain open to being changed by what it discovers. Jesus confronts the use of questions as an endless defense against the authority one is supposedly examining.
Tomorrow, move from investigation to an honest response to the rejected cornerstone.
Consider this.
Which assumption does Jesus confront in you?
Examine your assumptions
Examine whether your questions are still seeking truth or have become a way to avoid a conclusion.