Jesus knows that it can be hard for us to trust him, just like people did when John the Baptist got thrown in prison. On top of that, every generation or age has its own unique distortions of reality, bullying dissenters while blind to its own contradictions. To help us navigate these challenges, Jesus gives us two simple, interlocking tests:
1) Is there consistency between how a person lives and the message they profess to believe?
2) Is there consistency between the message they believe and the way things actually are?
When all three are consistent with each other – the person, the message, and the real world — we gain greater confidence to trust Jesus in every aspect of our lives.
