Do Our Questions Seek Truth or Avoid It?
Welcome to Day 294 of our journey with Jesus. Today, we consider what Jesus calls us to question in our beliefs or lives. The main truth for today is this: Questions about Jesus can become a way to avoid the truth if we refuse to consider evidence honestly. Let’s begin.
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Mark 11:27–12:12
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Examine what Jesus calls us to question in our beliefs or lives.
Ciise iyo xertiisi waxey u soo laabteen Yeruusaalem, markaas ayaa Ciise oo macbadka dhex socday waxaa u yimid gudoomiyayaashii wadaaddada, macalimiinta sharciga Muuse iyo odayaasha. Markaas ayey weydiiyeen “Awoodee ayaad waxyaalahan ku sameysaa? Yaana ku siiyay awoodan?” Ciise ayaa ugu jawaabay, “Hal su’aal ayaan idin weydiinayaa. Ii jawaaba, kadibna waan idiin sheegi doonaa awoodda aan waxyaalahan ku sameeyo. Yooxanaa baabtiiskiisii samada miyuu ka yimid mise dhinaca binu aadanka? Bal ii sheega!” Intey dhexdooda ka wada hadleen ayey isku yiraahdeen, “Haddii aan dhahno, ‘samada xaggeeda,’ wuxuu na weydiin doonaa, ‘Maxaad u aamini weyseen?’ Laakiin haddii aan niraahno, ‘Dadka xaggiisa ayuu ka yimid,’ Maxaa dhici doona?” Waxey ka cabsadeen dadka, waayo qof walba wuxuu aaminsanaa in Yooxanaa nebi ahay. Kadib waxey Ciise ugu jawaabeen, “Ma garaneyno.” Ciise ayaa yiri, “Aniguna idiin ma sheegi doono awoodda aan waxyaalahan ku sameynayo.” Ciise wuxuu bilaabay inuu tusaalahaan iyaga u sheego, “Nin ayaa beer canab ah beertay, derbi ayuu ku wareejiyay, wuxuuna sameeyay meesha canabka lagu shiido wuxuuna dhisay munaarada waardiyaha. Kadibna wuxuu ka kireeyay kuwa beeraley ah wuxuuna aaday meel kale. Markii la gaaray waqtigii gurashada wuxuu u soo diray kiroolayaashii mid shaqaalihiisi ka mid ah si uu xoogaa canaba ah uga soo qaado. Laakiin kiroolayaashii ayaa garaacay ninkii oo diray isaga oo aan waxba wadin. Kadib wuxuu u diray shaqaale kale, laakiin isagiina wey garaaceen oo madaxa ayey ku dhufteen markey aflagaadeeyeen kadibna wey direen isaga oo aan waxba wadin. Haddana ku kale ayuu diray, kaasna waa la dilay. Kuwa kale oo badan ayuu sii diray laakiin qaar wey garaaceen kuwa kalana wey dileen. “Kadibna ninkii beerta lahaa waxaa u haray wiilkiisii kaliya ee uu jeclaa. Markii ugu dambeysay ayuu wiilkii diray isaga oo yiri, waxaa laga yaabaa iney xushmeeyaan. “Laakiin kiroolayaashii waxey isku yiraahdeen, ‘Kani waa kii dhaxli lahaa beerta, kaalaya aan dilnee kadibna aan dhaxalno beerta.’ Markaas ayey beerta canabka ah banaanka uga baxsheen oo dileen. “Maxey kula tahay inuu ninka beerta leh iyaga ku sameyn doono? Wuu u imaan doonaa oo dili doonaa kiroolayaasha beerta canabka ahna wuxuu siin doonaa kuwa kale. Miyeydan weligiin akhrisan qorniinka dhahaya, “ ‘Dhagaxii ey kuwa guriga dhisaya diideen ayaa noqday dhagaxa ugu muhiimsan dhismaha, waxyaalahan Rabbiga ayaa sameeyay, anagana yaab ayey na la tahay’?” Markaas ayaa gudoomiyayaashii wadaaddada, macalimiintii sharciga Muuse iyo odayaashii ayaa isku dayay iney Ciise qabtaan, waayo wey ogaadeen inuu tusaalahaan iyaga kaga hadlayay. Laakiin waxey ka cabsadeen dadkii badnaa, markaas ayey iska tageen.
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After seeing Jesus identify Himself within God’s rejected yet victorious purpose, today we confront the supposed neutrality of endless questioning.
Questions can be sincere, necessary, and courageous. Jesus Himself asks questions. The problem in this encounter is not inquiry but the refusal to answer honestly when the evidence threatens a preferred position.
They Calculate Instead of Answering.
The leaders ask about authority, yet when Jesus asks about John, they discuss what each possible answer will cost them. Their concern is not simply what is true.
I Do Not Know Can Become a Shelter.
Sometimes uncertainty is genuine. Here, Mark shows leaders choosing “We do not know” because a truthful answer would expose them. Agnosticism can become strategic when certainty feels inconvenient.
Understanding Does Not Guarantee Submission.
After the parable, they know Jesus has spoken against them. Increased clarity produces greater opposition rather than repentance.
Questions Have a Direction.
Serious investigation should remain open to being changed by what it discovers. Jesus confronts the use of questions as an endless defense against the authority one is supposedly examining.
Tomorrow, move from investigation to an honest response to the rejected cornerstone.
Consider this.
Which assumption does Jesus confront in you?
Examine your assumptions
Examine whether your questions are still seeking truth or have become a way to avoid a conclusion.