Evening: Psalm 42, 43; Matthew 12:33-42
Jesus taught that good actions flow from the heart. 500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of Wittemberg castle church. Luther echoed Jesus’ teaching … you cannot buy your way to goodness or grace. And you cannot make yourself whole by doing good things. On the contrary, the capacity for good actions comes from inner wholeness, which is a gift received from the Spirit. A tree cannot control what nourishes its roots, and yet “the tree is known by its fruits”. Similarly, who we humans are is a gift from beyond us, not our own doing.
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