THE DAY AFTER
Matthew [GW]
chapter 26 … Don't you think that I [Jesus]could call on my Father to send more
than twelve legions of angels to help me now? How, then, are the Scriptures to
be fulfilled that say this must happen?" …
Luke 9:22-26
Jesus said that the Son of Man would have to suffer a lot. He would be rejected
by the leaders, the chief priests, and the scribes. He would be killed, but on
the third day he would come back to life. He said to all of them, "Those
who want to come with me must say no to the things they want, pick up their
crosses every day, and follow me. Those who want to save their lives will lose
them. But those who lose their lives for me will save them. What good does it
do for people to win the whole world but lose their lives by destroying them? If
people are ashamed of me and what I say, the Son of Man will be ashamed of
those people when he comes in the glory that he shares with the Father and the
holy angels.
Without the
physical presence of the person looked to for leadership things tend to fall
apart. Often when the person is gone followers fall prey to the grief of disappointment
as the result of false expectations. Jesus prepared His people for this, but
they were dull of hearing and as with many after losing physical leadership
soon lapsed into old familiar routines.
This we decide
whether we are fickle fans or faithful followers.
EBB4
PS. One man says that Lent may be no more than he lent
the Lord a few moments of his time.
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