Evening: Psalm 78:40-72; Luke 3:15-22
People often jump to conclusions about what the Bible means, based on their assumptions rather than on the story. John describes Jesus as like one who threshes wheat, keeping the grain and burning the chaff. Some think the grain is good people and the chaff is bad people. But that creates a false dichotomy. It misunderstands the metaphor and makes for Bad News … Rather, regard each person as one stalk of wheat with both grain and chaff. Jesus brings out the best in us. The worst in us, he sets aside and destroys. That is Good News.
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