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What would it be like to spend one day with Jesus?
Would there be a lot of prayer involved? Or would it end up that he was being honest when he said he did most of his praying in a closet by himself?
Would you get lunch, or would he be in the midst of fasting? Actually, the religious leaders criticized him for not fasting, and called him a wine-bibber and a glutton.
Would there be a lot of preaching and studying of Old Testament scrolls? Word has it that when he was around folks he just told stories, inviting them to interpret and therefore involve themselves in their own spirituality.
Would he be critical of the weaker members who surrounded him? I’ve read stories in which he was willing to forgive even adultery, if there was a heart for transformation.
Was he a good Jew? Jews sure didn’t think so. Matter of fact, it was against their law to kill one of their own, but they had no trouble putting a hit out on the Nazarene.
Was he a theologian? A deist? A philosopher? A manic healer? Or a humanist?
This is what we know for sure–he marveled at two things: people who had great faith and people who had no faith.
He believed his mission was to make better humans, not to make people dependent on either their faults or some vision of God.
He was delighted when he saw those who broke through their own insecurities and frustrations, to believe there was more. And he was equally as surprised with those who decided to ignore the evidence of blessing in their lives and take the road of doubt.
This I know–Jesus wanted to make better people.
It’s why the religious people didn’t like him. They wanted a quick work of salvation that got them off the hook through the shedding of blood through sacrificial lambs.
He asked them to be involved in their lives and take responsibility for their actions. They left him hanging, on the bad side of town.
If you’re not grounded in a place where Jesus is being taught to you, with the aspiration that you will continue to grow in your love, appreciation and creativity, then you’re just at the mercy of a gaggle of religious fanatics.
And all religious fanatics have one thing in common–when they run out of enemies on the outside, they start killing off each other.
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