In this segment of the Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 Project, we are still implementing soap but in a “devotional manner.” We will still look at the text and draw our observations from the text and seek to apply faithfully. However, the whole segment will be done in a prayerful manner, seeking to engage our hearts and our minds upon Christ and His truth.
SOAP: Read Scripture > Observations on the Context > Apply Faithfully > Pray the Scripture
Council Held Against Jesus
Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
Isn’t it interesting? Here the Pharisees are already calling a council on how to destroy Jesus, but Jesus knows what they’re doing and gets out of their reach for it is not yet the appointed time. Great multitudes follow and Jesus heals them all! But look at what Jesus did!—He told them not to tell anyone. “Don’t make me known.” We often think that if we are healed, then we need to tell someone, but that is not always God’s plan. Maybe it is because of human pride that motivates us to “share out testimony.” We can get prideful and go around saying “Look at what God did for me….” Whatever the reason, may we obey our Lord when He says, “make not me known in this way.”