Matthew 12:38-42

³⁸ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

³⁹ But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation is asking for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

⁴⁰ For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the ground.

⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented when Jonah preached, and see, something much more than Jonah is here.

⁴² The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something much more than Solomon is here. _________________________________________

just one more sign

Jesus scolded his generation because they had all the evidence they could ask for, but they were holding out for just one more sign.

For the Ninevites in Jonah’s time, all they needed to see was a half-digested prophet screaming that judgment was coming. For the queen of Sheba came to Solomon to see if he had the wisdom he was reputed to have, and she discovered that he did.

For that reason, Jesus said that both the Ninevites and the queen of the south will testify against this generation on judgment day. He called the generation adulterous, because that was at the heart of their refusal to believe. They had sold out to another love, so all the evidence in the world would not convince them of Jesus authenticity.

Have you turned your heart toward Jesus, or are you waiting for just one more sign? That is not the place you want to be.

LORD, forgive us for holding back. You deserve our loyalty and love, and we have no reason to wait.