Matthew 11:1-6

Summary: John the Baptist’s opening question is born of deep puzzlement: “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” According to the expectation of all Jews, the coming of the Messiah ought to bring about universal peace and justice and victory for God’s people, and John simply wasn’t seeing that, particularly not from his prison cell. What became a stumbling block to so many Jews is that before the Messiah came in justice and judgment, he first ushered in an era of grace…a time in which everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. This is the era in which we live, and Christ is still gathering his lost people to himself before he comes again to make all things new.