Have
you ever wondered why Jesus said, “TRULY
I say to you”? (KJV says “Verily”). He always told the truth and He even called
Himself “the Truth” (John 14:6), so why would He need to say “Truly I
say to you”? He said it because He wanted the listeners to grasp the significance of the statement
they were about to hear. To paraphrase Him: “What
I am about to tell you might be hard to believe, but it really is true!” Although
He repeated the phrase “Truly I say to you” many times, here are three hard-to-believe
statements that Jesus said were true.
1. A mountain can be
cast into the sea by speaking to it. Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, whoever says
to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into
the sea,’ and does not doubt in
his heart, but believes that what he says
is going to happen, it will be granted him” (Mark 11:23). Jesus chose the most ridiculous example
we could ever imagine to assure us that humanly impossible situations are
possible with God.
2. A secret act of
worship would be known around the world. (This would be done without the means of TV
or the Internet.) After Mary poured costly perfume on Jesus’ head, He said, “Truly
I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in
the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in
memory of her” (Matt. 26:13). Although this seemed impossible to everyone who
heard Him say it, what she did is recorded in the Scriptures that have gone all
over the world.
3. An offering of two
copper coins was worth more than all the other contributions combined. After a poor widow
put her last two coins into the treasury box, Jesus said, “Truly
I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the
treasury” (Mark 12:43). This shows that our sacrificial offerings can be huge gifts from God's point of view, even if they appear insignificant in man’s eyes.
Faith
is thinking like God thinks. Jesus had to keep repeating the phrase “Truly I say to
you” because God sees things very differently than we do. Our faith must not
rest upon human reasoning but on what God has revealed as truth, which requires us to think outside the box. Do
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