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**John 2:18** — *"What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?"*
The temple courts had just been overturned — coins scattered, animals driven out, the commerce of religion disrupted by a carpenter from Galilee. And the response of the religious leaders was not repentance. It was a demand for credentials.
There is something achingly familiar here. We, too, can stand before the living God — witnessing His mercy, His covenant faithfulness, His grace at work — and still reach for proof before we yield.
Jesus did not perform on command. He offered something far more costly: *"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up"* (John 2:19). His authority would be testified not by spectacle, but by resurrection.
The sign was coming. It would be enough.
Let us reflect on where we may be demanding proof rather than walking in the grace already given.
The temple courts had just been overturned — coins scattered, animals driven out, the commerce of religion disrupted by a carpenter from Galilee. And the response of the religious leaders was not repentance. It was a demand for credentials.
There is something achingly familiar here. We, too, can stand before the living God — witnessing His mercy, His covenant faithfulness, His grace at work — and still reach for proof before we yield.
Jesus did not perform on command. He offered something far more costly: *"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up"* (John 2:19). His authority would be testified not by spectacle, but by resurrection.
The sign was coming. It would be enough.
Let us reflect on where we may be demanding proof rather than walking in the grace already given.