{"id":3403,"date":"2016-04-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/but-he-said-to-them-if-i-tell-you-you-will-not-believe-and-if-i-ask-you-you-will-not-answer-luke-2267-68-esv\/"},"modified":"2016-04-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T00:00:00","slug":"but-he-said-to-them-if-i-tell-you-you-will-not-believe-and-if-i-ask-you-you-will-not-answer-luke-2267-68-esv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/but-he-said-to-them-if-i-tell-you-you-will-not-believe-and-if-i-ask-you-you-will-not-answer-luke-2267-68-esv","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;But he said to them, \u201cIf I tell you, you will not believe, and if I ask you, you will not answer&#8221;&#8216; (Luke 22:67-68 ESV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the Jewish council questioned Jesus concerning whether he was the Christ, they did so not to determine the truth of his identity, but to gain a confession that would justify their desire to kill him. Yet, Jesus responded by describing their real motivation. Their agnostic questions weren&#8217;t motivated by a desire to discover the truth, but were from a heart that had already rejected Christ. He knew that they &#8220;would not&#8221; believe any of his claims, nor honestly answer any of his questions. Their unbelief was an act of the will, not the result of intellectual inquiry. He told them, &#8220;You will not believe.&#8221; How have you responded to Christ&#8217;s claims? How have you answered the question concerning Him? As Jesus asked Martha, so He asks us, &#8220;Do you believe?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Jewish council questioned Jesus concerning whether he was the Christ, they did so not to determine the truth of his identity, but to gain a confession that would justify their desire to kill him. Yet, Jesus responded by describing their real motivation. Their agnostic questions weren&#8217;t motivated by a desire to discover the truth, but were from a heart that had already rejected Christ. He knew that they &#8220;would not&#8221; believe any of his claims, nor honestly answer any of his questions. Their unbelief was an act of the will, not the result of intellectual inquiry. He told them, &#8220;You will not believe.&#8221; How have you responded to Christ&#8217;s claims? How have you answered the question concerning Him? As Jesus asked Martha, so He asks us, &#8220;Do you believe?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1309],"scripture-chapter":[1355],"oyb_day":[1643],"location":[],"class_list":["post-3403","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-luke","scripture-chapter-1355","oyb_day-april-26"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/3403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3403"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=3403"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=3403"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=3403"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}