Jesus accepts for himself praise prepared by God for God.
Matthew 21:14-17 14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he did, and heard the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became angry 16 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise for yourself'?" 17 He left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
Jesus admits his divinity quoting scripture that identifies himself, not only as the Messiah (Son of David), but also as God. He accepts the praise he is receiving from the children – praise created by God for God - as valid and right placed. He claims equality with God.
Do we ignore Jesus’ teaching that praise prepared for God by God is rightly given to himself? It is so much more politically correct just to think of Jesus as a great teacher. But this isn't what he claimed for himself. He claimed to be God. He accepted praise for himself that was created for God by God. Jesus was either nuts or he was God. I don’t see a middle ground if I am going to follow him.
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