Luke 22:63-71 - Mocked, Ridiculed, Not Being Recognized

Mocked and Ridiculed

“The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. They blindfolded him and demanded, "Prophesy! Who hit you?" And they said many other insulting things to him.”

Jesus was laughed at and we Christians too, are being laughed at by most of the world and by those who don’t understand what our faith is all about.

Our Lord wasn’t very popular and in our world, Christianity is far from being popular at all! God’s love and grace are ridiculed as well as His gifts.

I see people everywhere mocking Jesus, God and the children of God. Parodies and bed jokes are made against Christianity and the gifts God gives to men.

Just in the above verses, we see not only Jesus being mocked but the gift of prophesy. Jesus was mocked by people who didn’t understand Who He was and the gift of prophesy was ridiculed because it wasn’t understood.

If one wants to become a Christian in order to be popular, he or she will be very disappointed. Christianity is the Cross and the disciples of Christ will automatically be subjected to ridicule, mockery, rejection and misunderstanding.

Not Being Recognized for Who We Are

“At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. "If you are the Christ," they said, "tell us." Jesus answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me, and if I asked you, you would not answer. But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God." They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?"He replied, "You are right in saying I am."

Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips."

The elders and the chief priests questioned Jesus on His identity but they couldn’t recognize Him for Who He was. When asked the question ‘Are you then the Son of God?’ and He answered ‘You are right in saying I am’, they still didn’t get it! They didn’t realize that He said ‘I am’!

It’s really frustrating sometimes when people know that we’re a Christian but can’t realize the dept behind our identity. We’re not just a Christian and they, something else. It’s not just an identity; it’s rather much more profound than that…