Jonathots Daily Blog
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When disciples start thinking about Heaven, they soon lose interest in the Earth.
It’s the weakness of religion.
It is the erroneous, and perhaps devious, perception that pleasing God is the only thing necessary, even if we have to hurt people to do it.
It was Dr. Luke, in the 9th Chapter of his story about Jesus, who highlights this unfortunate practice.
In the process of just a few verses, the disciples make it clear to Jesus that they are no longer interested in humanity or any improvement in their own personal growth.
- They want to chase their destiny.
- They want to point out division.
- And ultimately, they want to dominate.
Let’s be precise: Jesus was interested in horizontal relationships between human beings instead of a vertical connection with God.
He explained it this way: “By this they shall know that you are my disciples, that you have love one for another.”
But this didn’t stop the disciples from coming to Jesus, wondering who was going to be the greatest.
They also were very upset about some individual they ran across who was doing miracles in Jesus’ name, but would not submit to the common curriculum.
And it culminated with wanting to rain fire down from heaven because a Samaritan village failed to recognize them.
But drawing from a deep well of patience, Jesus answers them. “Who is the greatest among you? It will be the one who receives a child in my name and the one who contends they are the least that truly shall be the greatest.”
What should you do with someone who believes the same way you do but won’t join your club?
“Those who are not against us are for us.”
And concerning fire from heaven, he told the disciples they did not understand what Spirit they were serving, because “the Son of Man came to save lives, not destroy them.”
The Gospel of Jesus is about horizontal relationships among Earthlings.
So even if we insist that some particular scripture is true and it is being broken by brothers and sisters around us, our only responsibility is to love them.
The disciples were baffled because the disciples were religious. They never totally understood Jesus. Why?
Jesus was not religious.
He came to show us how the Kingdom can work, how Father God and Mother Nature are in unity, and how we–the children of Earth–can get along together.
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