{"id":300,"date":"2005-04-04T21:00:40","date_gmt":"2005-04-04T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2005\/04\/final_week_tues.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:51","slug":"final_week_tues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2005\/04\/final_week_tues.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Final Week – Tuesday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew 21:20-46, 22:1-46, 23:1-39, Mark 11:20-33, 12:1-44, Luke 20:17-47, 21:11-4
\nMatthew 21:20-22, Mark 11:20-26 – Where is my faith in God? Am I so confident that I could give orders to nature and believe they would be carried out? I find that I tend to see God on the sidelines for me. Always there, but rarely active. I’m afraid I run a little too close to deism in my practical faith. I intellectually acknowledge an active God, but am skeptical of any evidence that He actually does anything. I long for God to be real and living<\/em> for me. I too rarely feel <\/em>His presence in a way that is tangible. I’m not exactly certain how that would play out, but I think that I am missing an aspect of God that is personal, present and able to be felt.
\nMatthew 21:43 – I am so conditioned to think of evangelism and converting people when I think of ‘fruit’. To bring someone to Christ is an amazing thing, yet I believe that fruit can be so much more. I’m tired of feeling guilty for not sharing enough or baptizing in years. Yet I also fear that I’ve had an overreaction to years of evangelistic emphasis and I am now dismissing the spirit when I’m called to share my faith. Lord, help me hear your voice and find the proper balance.
\nMatthew 22:15-33 – All this energy spent trying to trap Jesus. They are so convinced of their own knowledge that they don’t bother to listen to Him. I’ve seen this in so many people, and even in myself. Pride is such a powerful and evil thing. It blocks understanding and learning, it prevents us from hearing and acknowledging God. It keeps people divided, so they are prevented from learning from each other’s wisdom. I hate my pride, yet it is ever with me. I think I know enough, I don’t need to read much. I think things are OK, I don’t need to pray much. I think I understand a situation, I can tell you what you need to know. I think I could lead better, manage better, preach better, organize better. It’s sickening how often it is intermingled in my existence.
\nMatthew 23:23-24 – I see so much of this scripture in the religion of our nation today, including my own church. We religious folk do a good job at playing church, showing up on Sunday and living by the ‘rules’. But how good are we at mercy or justice? When there’s sin in the camp, do we seek justice or a scapegoat? Do we speak up for the voiceless? Jesus did that and he condemned those who’s religion was all ceremony. Isn’t our religion in the US just ceremony sometimes? Personally, what does my religion lead me to do<\/em>? I too am guilty. I sit here at my wireless laptop in my comfy house and I wonder, is my religion worth anything to God? Or does he weep at my deception?
\nMatthew 23:25-36 – This section is hard to read and not feel inadequate. I can see my self in these passages and it’s painful. I fall so short of God’s will, it’s scary. Praise God for Jesus and His grace. Yet it feels like a cop out to say that. Yet I must remember that God loves me, not for what I do or how I measure up, nor even for who I am. He loves me because of who he is, perfect, loving. He loves me because he cannot do anything else. Even in my worst sin, he despises my behavior (because of the hurt is causes me and those around me) but loves me. What I do has no bearing on that. As a dad, I can understand that a little, for that’s how I treat my girls, or how I want to anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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