The Mockery

"All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him." Psalm 22: 7-8 

Now take a look at what the mockers said among themselves and to Jesus at the cross:

"He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God." Matthew 27:43

"And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God." Luke 23:35

The people mocking Jesus were the same people who witnessed or heard of the many miracles Jesus had performed. These people knew that Jesus had fed the 5,000, raised the dead to live again, restored the sight of the blind, made the cripple walk again, and healed the sick. They knew all of these things, and yet they still could not believe that Jesus was the Christ. I really wonder if they would have believed even if Jesus had got down off the cross and showed them once and for all that He is the Son of God.

These people were demanding proof that Jesus had already given them. I guess that is what is so frustrating about these people. No matter what Jesus did, it wasn't enough to convince them. Here's the real kicker - There are so many people in the world today struggling with the same inability to believe.

Believing in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior takes a lot of faith. However, when a Christian educates himself or herself in the Word, their faith will be strengthened because of the truth the Bible delivers. God doesn't ask us to believe in something that He hasn't already proven to us.