Do Our Questions Seek Truth or Avoid It?
Welcome to Day 294 of our journey with Jesus. Today, we consider what Jesus calls us to question in our beliefs or lives. The main truth for today is this: Questions about Jesus can become a way to avoid the truth if we refuse to consider evidence honestly. Let’s begin.
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Mark 11:27–12:12
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Mokolo 295 Yanolá Oyo ekolanda
Tala makambo oyo Yesu asɛngi biso tómituna na bindimeli to na bomoyi na biso.
Bakendeki lisusu na Yelusalemi. Wana Yesu azalaki kotambola kati na lopango ya Tempelo, bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe bakambi ya bato bapusanaki pene na Ye mpe batunaki Ye : — Na kombo ya bokonzi nini ozali kosala biloko oyo ? Mpe nani apesi Yo bokonzi ya kosala yango ? Yesu azongiselaki bango : — Nazali kotuna bino motuna moko kaka. Bopesa Ngai nanu eyano, bongo Ngai nakoyebisa bino soki na kombo ya bokonzi nini nazali kosala makambo yango. Libatisi ya Yoane ewutaki na Nzambe to ewutaki na bato ? Boyebisa Ngai ! Bakomaki kokabola makanisi bango na bango : « Soki tolobi ete ewutaki na Nzambe, akotuna biso lisusu : bongo mpo na nini bondimaki ye te ? Soki mpe tolobi ete ewutaki na bato, wana… » Solo, bazalaki kobanga bato, pamba te bato nyonso bazalaki kozwa Yoane lokola mosakoli. Boye, bazongiselaki Yesu : — Toyebi te ! Yesu mpe alobaki na bango : — Ngai mpe, nakoyebisa bino te soki na kombo ya bokonzi nini nazali kosala makambo yango. Bongo Yesu akomaki koloba na bango na masese : — Moto moko alonaki elanga ya vino, atongaki lopango zingazinga na yango, atimolaki ekamolelo bambuma ya vino mpe atongaki ndako molayi ya bakengeli. Sima, apesaki elanga yango na maboko ya basali mpo ete bakoma kofutela yango, mpe akendeki na mobembo. Tango eleko ya kobuka bambuma ekokaki, atindaki mosali moko epai ya bafuteli elanga, mpo ete akende kokongola epai na bango ndambo ya bambuma kowuta na elanga ya vino. Kasi bafuteli elanga bakangaki ye, babetaki ye mpe bazongisaki ye maboko pamba. Atindelaki bango mosali mosusu ; babetaki-betaki ye na moto mpe basambwisaki ye. Atindaki lisusu mosali mosusu ; oyo wana, babomaki ye. Bongo, na sima, atindaki lisusu bato ebele ; kasi babetaki bamoko, mpe babomaki bamosusu. Nkolo elanga atikalaki kaka na moto moko ya kotinda : mwana na ye ya bolingo. Atindaki ye na suka na bango nyonso mpe amilobelaki : « Solo, bakotosa mwana na ngai. » Kasi bafuteli elanga balobanaki bango na bango : « Tala mokitani ya libula ya elanga ! Boya, toboma ye mpo ete libula ya elanga ekoma ya biso ! » Bakangaki ye, babomaki ye mpe babwakaki ye na libanda ya elanga ya vino. Boye, nkolo elanga ya vino akosala nini ? Akoya ye moko, akoboma bafuteli elanga wana mpe akopesa elanga yango ya vino na maboko ya bafuteli mosusu. Nanu botanga Makomi oyo te : « Libanga oyo batongi ndako babwakaki ekomi libanga ya songe ya ndako, mpe esimbi ndako mobimba ? Ezali Nkolo nde alingaki bongo, mpe ezali penza likambo ya kokamwa na miso na biso ! » Bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe bakambi ya bato bazalaki koluka nzela ya kokanga Yesu, pamba te basosolaki ete alobaki lisese wana mpo na bango. Kasi lokola babangaki bato, batikaki Ye ; mpe moto na moto akendeki.
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After seeing Jesus identify Himself within God’s rejected yet victorious purpose, today we confront the supposed neutrality of endless questioning.
Questions can be sincere, necessary, and courageous. Jesus Himself asks questions. The problem in this encounter is not inquiry but the refusal to answer honestly when the evidence threatens a preferred position.
They Calculate Instead of Answering.
The leaders ask about authority, yet when Jesus asks about John, they discuss what each possible answer will cost them. Their concern is not simply what is true.
I Do Not Know Can Become a Shelter.
Sometimes uncertainty is genuine. Here, Mark shows leaders choosing “We do not know” because a truthful answer would expose them. Agnosticism can become strategic when certainty feels inconvenient.
Understanding Does Not Guarantee Submission.
After the parable, they know Jesus has spoken against them. Increased clarity produces greater opposition rather than repentance.
Questions Have a Direction.
Serious investigation should remain open to being changed by what it discovers. Jesus confronts the use of questions as an endless defense against the authority one is supposedly examining.
Tomorrow, move from investigation to an honest response to the rejected cornerstone.
Kanisa na likambo oyo.
Which assumption does Jesus confront in you?
Examine your assumptions
Examine whether your questions are still seeking truth or have become a way to avoid a conclusion.