Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15, the title of today's post,

Dismantling and Rebuilding.

Matthew 11, 10 through 19, in the Passion Translation, Jesus offers some great insights

about the diversity of gifts. See, I'm sending my prophetic

messenger who will go ahead of me and prepare hearts to receive me. For I tell you the truth

throughout history, there's never been a man who surpasses John the baptizer. Yet the least of

those who now experience Heaven's Kingdom will become even greater than he. That's profound,

isn't it? From the moment John stepped onto the scene until now, the realm of heaven's kingdom is bursting forth, and passionate people

have taken hold of its power. Don't you love that? For all the prophets and the Torah prophesied

until John appeared. If you can receive this truth, John is the Elijah who was destined to come.

So listen and understand what I'm telling you, Jesus said.

How could I, he continued, how could I describe the people of this generation?

You're like children playing games on the playground, yelling at their playmates.

You don't like it when we want to play wedding, and you don't like it when we want to play funeral.

You will neither dance nor mourn.

Fascinating. Why is it that when John came to you, neither fasting nor drinking wine,

you said he has a demon in him. Yet when the son of man came and went to feast and drank wine,

you said, look at this man.

There's nothing but a glutton than a drunkard.

Spends all of his time with tax collectors and sinners.

But God's wisdom will become visible by those who embrace it.

Some translations translate that last phrase.

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