Evening: Psalms 4, 7; Amos 2:6-16; Luke 20:1-8
Monday, December 3, 2018
True authority shows itself in Love
Morning: Psalms 1, 2, 3; Isaiah 1:10-20; I Thessalonians 1:1-10
Has
anyone in authority ever shouted at you? Jesus exercises authority, but
not like that. The chief priests ask where his authority comes from?
Instead of arguing with them he asks them whether John’s Baptism was
from God? His question challenges them because they know the people
believe John was a prophet. True authority shows itself quietly, not in
noisy rhetoric or domineering behaviour. Jesus challenges old regimes
quietly, even as he hangs on the cross. In him, the authority of
healing and forgiving love asserts itself until everyone acknowledges
how powerful Love is. True authority shows itself in Love.
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