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Today is Holy Tuesday…
They circled Him in the temple
voices polished with pride
hearts set on proving Him wrong

And the questions came.

Not soft ones
Not curious ones
But sharp
measured
meant to trap Him

“By what authority…?”
“Should we pay…?”
“What happens in the resurrection…?”

They weren’t asking to understand
they were asking to win

But He answered anyway

Not just with words
but with truth that cut deeper than their questions

Because Jesus doesn’t just respond
He reveals

He told stories that exposed hearts

About tenants who rejected the very one sent to save them
About invitations ignored
About people so close to truth
yet unwilling to step into it

And the crowd listened

Some leaned in
some walked away
some grew more determined to silence Him

Because truth does that

It softens
or it hardens

There is no middle ground when Jesus speaks

And then He said it plainly

Love the Lord your God
with all your heart
with all your soul
with all your mind

And love your neighbor as yourself

Not part of you
not when it’s easy
not when it’s convenient

All

Because religion will ask for appearance
but Jesus asks for everything

And I wonder

Would I have stood there
quietly nodding along

or would I have felt exposed
uncomfortable
convicted by words I couldn’t argue with

Because today
on this Holy Tuesday

it doesn’t feel like a distant story

It feels like He’s still asking

Do you really want truth
or just something that agrees with you

Do you want to know Me
or just understand enough to feel in control

And it’s easy to say we would have chosen Him

But the truth is
we still answer that question every day

In what we hold onto
In what we avoid
In what we let Him touch

Because Jesus is not interested in debates

He is after hearts

Fully
honestly
completely His

And the same voice
that answered every trap with truth

is the same voice
that would soon fall silent

on a cross
for you

So today
lean in

Don’t just ask
to test Him

Ask
to know Him

And when He answers
let it change you

because it will