None is Righteous: Galilean Blood and the Tower of Siloam - a podcast by Craig Scott

None is Righteous... No, Not OneJesus' 3.5 years of ministry took place at a time of widespread civil unrest. The nation of Israel had been conquered by the Romans and was subject to them. They had to pay heavy taxes, their sense of national dignity was stripped away, and it was only through a great deal of unrest that they had been granted immunity from the requirements to pay religious homage to the emperor as a God. Some of their protests   had borne fruits of religious liberty.... however...They were oppressed, harassed, and often brutally treated by the Roman soldiers who occupied and policed the land. There were protests [some of which turned violent], there were massacres, religious beliefs were often meshed together with political agendas... there were racial tensions, there were cultural tensions, economic tensions, nationalistic tensions. The situation was so bad that within a few short decades Roman would send in an entire army to completely flatten the entire city of Jerusalem.And in the midst of this walked Jesus Christ. Who by doing the will of the Father and walking in the spirit of God, cut a straight and true path right through the middle of it all... preaching repentance and the coming rule of God on earth.Luke 13:1-8A group of people had gathered and were questioning Jesus about current events. Based on the answer He gave they were expecting Him to tell them which side He considered right. They wanted Him to give His opinion: who's cause was righteous, and who's was not? And I think the assumption was, if a person was aligned with the more righteous cause... they were themself more righteous.Jesus said, "what makes you suppose, the people in this group were more righteous in the eyes of God than the other"... and then followed up with "the only path to righteousness is to repent before God".Practice justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your God.Request your own free copy of Jesus Christ: The Real Story. You'll get a short, but information packed, bible study into the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Keep Reading »

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