Sep 04, 2022
Follow Him OutsidePentecost is a celebration of the Holy Spirit breathing life into the Church. But this isn't a one-time event. We must keep breathing-in the Holy Spirit if we are to share the life of Christ with others.
Peter finds after his failure Jesus' question to him is not "How could you have done that?" but "do you love me?" A heart that truly seeks him, he will work with. When we turn to him with honest hearts, we find in our weakness, he is strong. His grace is sufficient for us.
How do we engage our post-Christian culture with humble conviction? We have much to learn about "being the Church in the world" from the Apostle Paul as he speaks to the people of Athens.
At the end of John's gospel, he invites readers to believe in Jesus and to have life in him. Have you?
On Palm Sunday the crowds thrill to hope Jesus will be the Messiah King who'll crush their enemies. On Good Friday, hopes disillusioned, their cry of Crucify makes of him an enemy they will crush. Because they miss the true signs of their trouble, they misdiagnose what is required to fix it. But through the sacrifice of the lamb of God, Jesus made a way to set God's people free no matter what trouble we face.
In John 19 we see Pilate act against his own conscience, and Jewish leaders blasphemously claim Caesar as their king. Both sacrifice what's central to who they are, for what they want more: power. In contrast, Jesus sacrifices power for what he wants more: to fulfill the Father's plan to be Savior for us. A good king offers his power for the sake of his people. How will we as the people of this King, choose to use the power we're given?
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