The Powerful Silence of Jesus | Bible Blog Show
Bruce Lee once said, "Calm is a superpower." And we see the Biblical proof of this when God tells David, “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). When you picture someone who is calm and still, I imagine you also picture them being silent. That is, without saying as much, we often associate stillness and calmness with silence. There is something so powerful, about someone who only speaks when necessary. Too many of us have found ourselves in trouble for something we’ve said. They haven’t figured out quite yet, how to reprimand us for what we think. So, until they do, bite your tongue, ignore the awkwardness of silence, and watch how quickly you take back control.
I say all this, because, as always, this is all about Jesus. Jesus completely understood the power of silence. And the evangelists make this clear to us in their writing. Not only does Jesus repeatedly tell those he has healed to keep what he has done a secret, but Jesus himself practices what he preaches, and keeps silent at one of the most consequential moments of his life on earth. When Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate to be judged for his alleged crimes, we see how powerful and intelligent Jesus is. It’s not like the sermon on the mount where we see how powerful and intelligent he is by means of what he says, in this case we see his power and intelligence by what he doesn’t say...
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