We are looking at a set of photographs, photos of my friend Tom. I’ve been telling you all about my friend. Over the past few weeks we’ve been looking at these photos. Then one day, as we were doing that he steps in. You saw him, but I did not acknowledge him. I carried on my talk about him, still looking at the photos.
It’s odd but that was what the Pharisees were doing then, and what many are doing today. They kept looking at the Law – a two-dimensional thing – when the three-dimensional Messiah (the One the Law points to), was standing in their midst.
We are still looking at photos of Him and talking ABOUT Him.