The Heart of the Matter: A Lesson on Prejudice
Dear friends, racism and prejudices have been around since Cain killed Abel. It’s brother against brother. Neighbor against neighbor.
Dear friends, racism and prejudices have been around since Cain killed Abel. It’s brother against brother. Neighbor against neighbor.
It was time for Jesus to select from among the multitudes that followed Him those who would be His primary representatives.
Something in the way He looked at them caused them to see their nets and their lives in a new light.
Episode #94 – As followers of Jesus, we are commanded to turn the other cheek, walk the extra mile, and so forth. Why? Is it just because that’s what love does? Or could there be more?
This was no parable; this was about to happen—to them! None of them wanted to believe it, but how could they doubt the words of Jesus?
Finally, everyone would see Jesus the way they did—in all the greatness He was careful to hide every day. They could process this prediction and they did.
We need to fall before the Lord, seeking what He wants us to do for Him, not the other way around!
But what if, in the real world, we stopped getting in each other’s faces, trying to convince each other that our truth is the truth?
He knew what was coming and though He tried to warn them, He knew there was no way they could know what was ahead for them.