sometimes forget
Thursday
October 2nd, Matthew 21: 28 "What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the
first and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.' 29 " 'I will not,' he answered,
but later he changed his mind and went. In Matthews society, telling the father “no”
is a major act of shaming a father in public.
In this case, the son said no but then changed his mind and later
went. For Matthews’s church this would
be the ones who rejected the word of God, not only verbally, but with their
actions and lives, but later, like the gentiles who were coming to the new
followers of Christ, came to God. The
church was a little suspect as it begin filling up with those of not the best
reputation, the sinners and tax collectors Jesus talked about. In Jesus ministry however, Jesus was always
going to the outsiders in order to show the Gospel to the insiders. Outsiders are hungry for the Gospel and want
to hear all about it. Insiders can
sometimes begin to think they have heard it all and don’t even realize their
road has just taken a hard turn to the right.
The trouble with insiders is that they sometimes forget why they are
there. Our churches are filled with
insiders.
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