Matthew 10:
I think we as an American Church have gotten way too comfortable with Jesus' words. How do we respond to the lesson Jesus teaches in Matthew 10? He says in verse 34, "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
" 'a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— 36 your enemies will be the members of your own household.'
37 "Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. (TNIV)
After reading through just 10 chapters of Matthew I have been challenged in so many ways. I think I have made God into what I want him to be to make me happy, rather than see him as he truly is and serve him. I will be struggling with "shedding off the ornaments" (as our guest speaker said on Monday) from the Jesus I made up and try to see the real Jesus, no matter what the cost.
YBIC,
Libero 284E
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This is how, I believe, a Postmodern world responds (try to visualize this):
ReplyDeleteA Postmodern world grabs a pair of scissors and cuts Matthew 10 out of the bible, then continues reading until it finds something else it doesn't like, picks up the pair of scissors and cuts at the scripture once more.
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