James Ramsay - March 12, 2023
Keeping Pace with Jesus
From Series: "Empowering for the Extraordinary P"
Journey with us through the values of Mosaic.
A message from the series "Empowering for the Extraordinary P." The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most memorable of Jesus’ many parables. It is also contains one of the most radical calls to a life of service to others. The encounter is initiated by a Jewish lawyer who seeks ‘eternal life’ in obedience to the law of loving God and neighbour. When jesus affirms this, however, he seeks clarification - or a narrowing - of the definition of his neighbour. Clearly he knows that he does not fulfil this particular law. Jesus parabolic answer, however, does anything but narrow the definition of a neighbour. In fact, it widens it unimaginably to include one who cannot be identified by clothing, language or accent. Jesus’ story also expands the lawyer’s understanding of who it is that fulfils this law. Of all people, the hero of this made-up-story of Jesus is one of the hated and despised Samaritans. Jesus is not only asking the reader to have an unrestricted perspective on who to serve, he is also asking for an openness to learn for those beyond our circles. Luke 10:25-37
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CloseAfter rebuking the ‘unrepentant cities’ Jesus enters into a public prayer of thanks to God for hiding the kingdom from the ‘wise’ and ‘intelligent’ and revealing it to ‘infants’. This kingdom is recognised not by the powerful and religious, but by the humble and even irreligious people of the nations. God calls and is revealed to those ‘weary’ of religion and tired of carrying the burdens and regulations religion so often demands. If God is like this, we are called to do the same. The image of the yoke taps into the plowing practice of the time that linked an older, more experienced oxen to a young and inexperienced oxen with the express purpose of slowing down the younger beasts in order that they would learn the patient pace that enabled a full day’s work to be done. In the same way, we at Mosaic desire to be a community of people who learn the pace of Jesus and his ‘gentle’, ‘humble’ and ‘easy’ mission of living in - and inviting people into - his ‘rest’. What does it look like for us to be a community who embrace Jesus’ slow yoke? Matt 11:25-30
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