Sunday 15 July 2018

Monday, July 16, 2018 - You may have faith in Jesus Christ but does Jesus Christ have faith in you?


To read the texts click on the texts: Isaiah 1:11-17; Mt 10:34- 11:1

These verses make up the conclusion of Matthew’s Mission Discourse. The choice that is mentioned here, is a difficult one to make. Sometimes it may even be between even family and one’s conscience. 

Loyalty to Jesus has priority over loyalty to anyone else or anything, indeed even over life itself. If one is willing to share the cross of Jesus, one will also be given the privilege of his authority. 

The discourse ends with the affirmation that the disciple is always a representative or ambassador of Jesus and any good done to the disciple will be considered as good done to Jesus himself.

We must keep in mind that the only Jesus that people  can see and touch today is the Jesus that we make known through our words and actions. He has allowed us to share in his mission. This is also an enormous privilege, but entails a tremendous responsibility. If we reach out in love like he did and dare to be selfless and courageous as he was, we will make Jesus present to the world even today.

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