September 8

<p><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehighroadshow/2527S0908.mp3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Download</a></p> <!-- END 1084 Download Link --> <p>Luke 20-21 We are in the Christ Stream reading from Holman Christian Standard Bible. 7streamsmethod.com | @7StreamsMethod | @serenatravis | #7Streams | <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YPPA8XGTQ2YHU">Donate</a></p> <!--more--> <p>Commentary by Dr. Drake Travis</p> <blockquote> <div>Wow, Lord, give us the mind of Christ, we pray.  Amen.</div> </blockquote> <p>Jesus is in the final days before the Crucifixion - that He and God the Father know is set to happen before Passover.  However the Priests, Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes and the Turnips (my husband went off script there) are frantic to get rid of this Jesus/pest before the week is up. They were utterly scrambling to accuse a perfectly innocent man - and they end up revealing their own twisted characters.  We just read in the prophets this week that the nation is judged because the Priests and religious leaders led the people into spiritual oblivion. They let it happen and then made sure it happened. Their line of thinking: attempting to make Jesus look like he doesn't have his head together, turns into practical comedy.  It ends up merely displaying Jesus' pure heavenly brilliance, and their spiritual irrelevance.</p> <div>20 - They ask Him where He gets his authority. You heard the interchange about John-the-Baptist.  The only reason this comes up is that Jesus was walking through Jerusalem with ultimate celebrity status and the illicit "religious board" is having their authority threatened. And they "inquire" of Jesus who responds so that <em>their</em>misgivings are exposed. How do they respond? 'they play stupid. Did they have a choice?    The Parable of the Vineyard further exposes their derelict leadership ... (their "how dare you!?" response is lunacy)   as  if  everyone  didn't  already  know!   So they try a "taxes paid to Caesar" question.  Think a minu