Thinking “We”

In this week’s Gospel reading when Jesus visited his hometown and attended synagogue on Sabbath day—yes, Jesus went to church—he was asked to read from the scroll of the Prophet Isaiah. After reading from chapter 61:1-2 and applying it to himself, the other members were thrilled because they saw themselves, under Roman rule, as the oppressed. Finally, some good news for us. Maybe now they’ll get their comeuppance.

Then the mood radically changed to the point that they tried to throw him off a cliff.

Why? He followed up with two stories that rocked their us/them paradigm.

God thinks “we”...and has since the beginning.

See you Sunday.

Steve+

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