Fake News

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me.” Luke 4:18

Fake calligraphy is all I can do at the moment, because I have not the time and discipline to master those consistently beautiful strokes and flourishes. And then there’s fake news. In the US, a study showed it is usually the seniors over 65 who share fake news. Here in the Philippines no study has been made but I think more and more people are aware of fake news because I see more posts about fact checking. 

Back in Jesus’ day, there were no social media posts, no viral videos. If there was, I  don’t think there would have been a video of the time Jesus went to a synagogue one Sabbath day in Nazareth. He was after all, an obscure young man in an even more obscure town. But it was certainly an earthshaking event. The King of Kings revealed Himself! That is what is called an “epiphany”. God revealed Himself. 

Jesus told His listeners that He was the anointed One, the Messiah they had been longing for. “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” Many thought that was fake news, but many believed and followed Him. After all, He made the blind see and the lame walk. He walked on water and made rough winds calm. 

The apologist Ravi Zacharias said that Jesus did not come to make bad people good, but to make dead people alive. Sometimes we feel dead inside, hopeless, depressed, in much pain. All we need to do is to pray that Jesus will show His face to us, that He is not fake news or a fake Messiah. He will because He came into the world to do exactly that!