Our text is Matthew 12:38-45
But we will focus on verse 38 because it captures the whole idea.
“Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, ‘Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”’
They asked Jesus for a sign, but God already gave them a sign. They were just too blind to see it.
As a matter of fact, throughout history, many have demanded that God perform signs to prove Himself. They seek flashy miracles as evidence of God’s power and presence. Yet when God Himself came to earth incarnate in Jesus Christ, performing astonishing wonders that validated His authority, people still stubbornly resisted Him.
In today’s reading, the scribes and Pharisees challenged Jesus to show them a miraculous sign. But they had already witnessed Him heal the sick, cast out demons, and forgive sins. His deeds of divine power and mercy testified to His identity as the Son of God. Still, they wanted more supernatural spectacle to indulge their hard hearts.
Jesus called them an “evil generation” for requiring still more signs after all they had seen. They had more than enough evidence to recognize that the kingdom of heaven stood among them in Christ. Yet they pridefully clung to their unbelief. Sign-seeking often masks stubborn unbelief and distracts from true spiritual insight.
God has displayed His glory and presence throughout history in both subtle and spectacular ways. In Scripture’s pages, in Christ’s life, death, and resurrection, and in creation’s majesty, God has given us abundant signs of His reality if only we open our eyes to perceive them.
We need not test God for what He has already clearly displayed.
We only need to see.
Lonnie Davis