If Jesus were here today…
21st October 2004
… I wonder where He would be spending His time?
During His ministry on earth He hung out with sinners, prostitutes and unscrupulous tax collectors. He spent a lot of times at the synagogues and were often mingling with the masses, teaching them about the Kingdom of God.
He reserved His most vitriolic invectives for the religious zealots and learned scholars of the day. He vented His anger against the religious opportunists and corrupt traders who prey on sincere faith pilgrims.
If He were in the world today, I wonder where He would be spending His time. I wonder if He would have anytime for us here in America. Or whether He would be spending His time with those who are sick, the infirmed and the rejects of the world. I wonder where that might be. At some far corner of the world, in an African devastated war zone, or on an Asian back street, ministering to young prostitutes who have been sold by their families for food? And, if He were to come to America, I wonder what part of our religious milieu would catch His ire and I wonder what He would be saying to the Church in America today.
If He were to give His Sermon on the Mount today, I wonder what He would be addressing and what He would want to impart to His disciples. I wonder…
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October 22nd, 2004 at 12:10 am
A good question. But I can answer it. He IS on earth today. He lives in ME and I am here, so He is here. He always has time for me and I am part of His church, His bride. Everywhere that we are, He is. We ARE in the jungles of Africa and the backstreets of Asia and the war zone in the Middle East. So that is where He is too.
October 22nd, 2004 at 10:24 pm
i agree wholeheartedly with the previous comment. I don’t think we, as Jesus on this earth, should be doing any differently than He did when his feet touched our ground… why do we sit on our bums and let Jesus become a story? Why do we let ourselves rot in the habits of religion when we could be healing, serving, and above all- loving those who Jesus would.
good thought. and i’m so glad i stumbled on here through BE. God bless you.
Julia
October 22nd, 2004 at 11:00 pm
good questions.
good answers.
October 23rd, 2004 at 11:14 am
Thank you all, for your comments.
I like what you said, Julia, “Why do we let ourselves rot in the habits of religion when we could be healing, serving, and above all- loving those who Jesus would.”
Why indeed.