"Well said, Teacher!" remarked some of the teachers of religious law who were standing there. And then no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Luke 20:39-40 NLT
It's Tuesday of the last week of Jesus life and he is in the temple preaching and teaching all day.
Different groups of people are trying to trap him into saying something blasphemous or so outrageous they can get him arrested.
One stray tweet and they were going to come down on him like a ton of bricks!
While denying their authority, Jesus gives them nothing that they can use.
But in a few short days he will give up his life for those same people.
In this world that is increasingly antagonistic and offended about what people say, maybe we need to take a similar approach and love in action.
Die a little to self.
Serve without reward.
Say less.
Easter is about our saviour who went humbly and quietly to the cross...
#loveinaction
#easter
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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