Pentecost (661)
  1. This reading also shows us the heart and character of Jesus. He has compassion for the people. He sees their needs and provides for them.
  2. All humanity is bound to sin and dead in their trespasses, but Christ’s blood was shed for the lot of us!
  3. After pronouncing judgment on these wayward shepherds, God promises to shepherd His people Himself and then to raise up under-shepherds over them.
  4. John prepared the way for Jesus with his preaching and subsequent arrest and death. But then the plot flips and we find hope in the fact that Jesus prepares the way for John (and for us).
  5. The message of Amos comes home to us as we reflect on the prosperity in our land, our good life, our comparative comfort which are no guarantee that God looks favorably on our ways of living.
  6. God’s Word is not merely information to be conveyed about ideas. No, the proclaimed Word of God is powerful, effective, active, and it has the ability to bring about the reality it was sent to proclaim.
  7. God will use the thorns and Satanic agents, as opposed to spiritual exercise programs, to fix our eyes on Jesus, not to move past Him.
  8. Whatever the obstacle, whatever the response, whatever the lack of faith, whatever the personal rejection... Jesus kept on.
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