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Matt.12:38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you." 12:39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

Many today as at Christ times seek signs from God and Christ thinking there nothing wrong with such signs to encourage faith, but Christ stunningly called seeking of sign wicked! But why would seeking signs be evil? The flesh is never satisfied its always seeking one more thing to believe its never enough, that is its nature, but do you understand the nature of sin in us humans?

Rom.7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'{Isaiah 6:9-10}

The flesh is weak, it must constantly be reassured in every relationship it is found in, or it immediately starts distrusting. It must be in a constant state of communication, and reassurance by voice, touch, and sight. This lust of our flesh has caused the misleading of people by religion. Religion supplies the contact with other flesh making it the approval of God by proxy.

Luke 16:15 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Luke 12:8 "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;

These Pharisee's were that contact for people visibly where ones thought of God when looking at them as religious leader, setting themselves aside with garb, teachings, and visual humility. Those of the flesh studied their ever movement, and gestures, thinking this is the way God acts in righteousness; to their very voice modulation. So much so that seeking God by truth and Spirit matter little to this generation.

Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

John 3:19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

John 5:41 I don't receive glory from men.

Signs are powerful, people love power, power in other human's by position and power in miracles, nations have been mislead by power found in people personality, military arms, sight, for thousand's of years. People have been mislead by prophesy, but have you thought why such prophesy is so “powerful”? It is so powerful because prophesy are signs from a person speaking for God to warn us! Yes, the very thing people here were clamoring for. Give us something so we can believe, so we may put faith that you are from God, or God is speaking too us from you? This is the illusion of prophesy in misleading religious people. There is a constant state of seeking something new in prophesy looking for that one person, or group of people with special knowledge of God hidden from the rest of mankind; those having light about the end of our world. First, faith is something we act upon for love of God, not for what we can get, but out of appreciation for God's own love towards us without signs,

It is something that is unseen by human eye, it is between us and God. This trust we give him not for a show or out of distrust, but because we love him in our trusting him as good. Distrust is of our fallen flesh that is in fear of making a mistakes that will cost us something, or that we must give something up, or what others might think of us? All such reasoning is wicked it has nothing to do with God or faith.

James 4:1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
4:2 You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.
4:3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?
4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."{Proverbs 3:34}
4:7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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