Jesus is coming from the truth, which is God’s sovereignty, God’s assured victory, and God’s bottomless love and abundance. Pilate comes from Caesar, a mere man pretending to be a god, a violent man who pretends to love peace, a liar if there ever was one.
The widow’s faith was such that, despite the dark valley she found herself in, she continued to believe that God would come through for her and for the broken world that had so abused her.
Jesus preached not the abolition of the law of Moses, but a new interpretation of that law, and following him entailed embracing that interpretation and obeying it.
We are meant to be faithful to one another, to recognize in each other the bones of our bones and the flesh of our flesh.
The cost of discipleship is changing what we habitually do, where we habitually go, and most of all, how we habitually see.
Jesus was opened by the Syro-Phoenician woman, and so Jesus opens the ears and mouth of the deaf-mute.
Our world today desperately needs wisdom, the freedom and the willingness to respond to reality truthfully and completely.
While Matthew, Mark and Luke testify to a future fulfillment for which we are to prepare ourselves by coming together into a new community, John’s Gospel says that the fulfillment has already come, and we only need to believe in order to enter into the new reality, which is eternal life for those who believe.
Worship Service Every Sunday at 10AM
Philippi Christian Church
17276 General Puller Hwy, Deltaville, Virginia 23043
