Luke 7:18-23
Jesus Tells Us to Check Things Out
18 John’s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’”
21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. 22 So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. 23 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”
John 4:16-19
Jesus a Prophet
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.
John 14:23-29
23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.
John the Baptist, when he was in prison, sent his Disciples to Jesus to ask Him, if He was the One who was to come...What John was asking Him, in fact, was He the True Messiah...Jesus, at that very time, was curing many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and giving sight to many who were blind...Jesus replied to John's messengers this way, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor...Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of Me.”...
Jesus wants us and expects us (His followers and everyone) to look at and examine the evidence of His being the Messiah (and the One to come) and His prophecy predictions in order to decide who He is...John's Disciples would have went back to John and reported all the healings He had was doing...They would also have told John that He was preaching the gospel and good news to the poor...Jesus wants us to read the four gospels about Him, as well as the whole New Testament for us to see and believe and decide who He is...
The Samaritan woman in John's gospel, calls Jesus a Prophet...A Prophet is one who can see into the future...A Prophet is an inspired teacher...Back years ago, Prophets knew the will of God...Jesus is all these things...He was and is a Prophet...He told His disciples that He was going to die and then He was going to resurrect and come back to life...They could see like John's Disciples did and draw their own conclusions about the good news...Jesus wanted them to examine the evidence of His dying on the cross and then coming back to life as prophecy and a reason for them to believe that He was the Messiah...He was and is the One who was to come, and we should not expect someone or anybody else...He is the One, the True Messiah...