DISHONEST ERROR

„The stone the builders rejected…”

(Matthew 21,42)

Honest errors are part of the learning process. Take it for granted, living life to the fullest we shall commit a few of them. The soul can be healed even after an honest rejection of Christ. “Whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him.”

On the other hand, by rejecting the “stone”, these builders have reached their “wretched end”, said the Lord. The “kingdom of God will be taken away” from them (v. 43). The dishonesty in their decision of rejecting Christ was so profound that it invaded every intention and action thereafter, closing them up in an eternal state of denial about truth that matters. C.S. Lewis likened this to the person who evades a caller by leaving the telephone receiver in the off position. Willfully rejecting Him, they purposefully broke the communion with the Savior. By judging Him unfit, they tossed salvation off to the side. The very Christ deemed unusable for their building pronounced the sentence of their destruction. Dishonesty regarding Him is the greatest mistake anyone can commit.

Why? None of us know His potentials. All I am faced with is the unfinished business of my own life. I might have a hard time to believe Jesus’ claims, but rejecting Him for the unknowns is a total rejection. This is the “dishonest error” we all should avoid.

Lord, help me in my unbelief. I want to honor you even when I do not understand your ways. I want to trust in You rather than in my own judgments - because I am still unfinished. Amen.