Good morning ladies,
The word of the day is “tumescent.” Have you known anyone in your life that just
seems to have an opinion for everything?
It could be any subject, at any time, for any reason. But that person will have some kind of
answer. Well, most of us don’t like when
others talk down to us or use unnecessary language. During Jesus’s ministry he encountered a lot
of people who thought he was wrong, or thought he was completely crazy. He had to battle this day in and day
out. It did not matter how much he
pointed to the Scriptures, even those who were the most educated in the law
were rude and unbelieving.
As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the
teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted
with respect in the marketplaces, and have the most important seats in the
synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows’ houses
and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”
~Mk 12:38-40
My question is: where is it that you place your faith? The Pharisees and other teachers of the law
often talked about Jesus with tumescent and contemptuous language. They do not respect him and were always
trying to get him in some kind of trap to say something that would trip him up
and make his followers leave him. The
truth was that he was always speaking the truth, and even though the teachers
of the law did everything that they could, they could not find anything wrong
with the way that Jesus lived or taught.
My prayer is that you hold on to the words of Jesus, and know that he
spoke the truth then, and still yearns for an intimate relationship with
you. God will always fight for you. You need only to trust him.
Praying for you,
MO
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