Sorry for the delay.... I am a few weeks behind, this will be fixed by tomorrow...
2 weeks ago now, we looked at the Bible's "One Anothers." This is a list some of you may have seen already, but important to look at.
Here is a link to the list of them... I encourage you to highlight the "one anothers" and "Each others" on the list, along with the verbs that precedes them...
After doing these, ask yourself if this is what the church you know looks like...
http://www.memoryverses.org/smc/oneanothers.htm
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Wednesday Afternoon Week 7
Verses: Matthew 25:31-46
The story of the Sheep and the Goats...
We began by focusing on the verses, that jump right out. "Whatever you have done to the least of these brothers of min, you have done unto me."
Jesus telling us that when we care for others, we care for Him. When we help others we help Him. When we love others, we love Him. That will change the way you treat other people that you encounter in your life.
But Jesus doesn't stop there. "Whatever you did not do to the least of these my brothers, you did NOT do unto me."
I think we like the first verse better than the second. We can look back at all of the nice things that we have done for others and chalk them up to acts for Jesus, but it is a lot more painful for us to look back and think about all of the times we let ourselves get in the way of caring for others. Then to think that we turned the blind eye to Jesus himself.
Mother Theresa may have been on the right track when someone asked her why she care for the lowest of the low on the streets of Calcutta, she replied, "Everyone of them is Jesus in disguise." Maybe this should be our motto.
We also had a long discussion on how Christians are viewed by the world, and asked the question, "If we viewed everyone as Jesus, would we have such a bad rep?"
We also discussed the fact that in the reading, the sheep and goats were separated by the King, not by the sheep/ goats. It is not our place to judge, nor is it by our works that we are saved.
The story of the Sheep and the Goats...
We began by focusing on the verses, that jump right out. "Whatever you have done to the least of these brothers of min, you have done unto me."
Jesus telling us that when we care for others, we care for Him. When we help others we help Him. When we love others, we love Him. That will change the way you treat other people that you encounter in your life.
But Jesus doesn't stop there. "Whatever you did not do to the least of these my brothers, you did NOT do unto me."
I think we like the first verse better than the second. We can look back at all of the nice things that we have done for others and chalk them up to acts for Jesus, but it is a lot more painful for us to look back and think about all of the times we let ourselves get in the way of caring for others. Then to think that we turned the blind eye to Jesus himself.
Mother Theresa may have been on the right track when someone asked her why she care for the lowest of the low on the streets of Calcutta, she replied, "Everyone of them is Jesus in disguise." Maybe this should be our motto.
We also had a long discussion on how Christians are viewed by the world, and asked the question, "If we viewed everyone as Jesus, would we have such a bad rep?"
We also discussed the fact that in the reading, the sheep and goats were separated by the King, not by the sheep/ goats. It is not our place to judge, nor is it by our works that we are saved.
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