Is It Really This Simple?
“Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20 (MSG)
“When the Pharisees heard how he had bested the Sadducees, they gathered their forces for an assault. One of their religion scholars spoke for them, posing a question they hoped would show him up: “Teacher, which command in God’s Law is the most important?” Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.’ This is the most important, the first on any list. But there is a second to set alongside it: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’ These two commands are pegs; everything in God’s Law and the Prophets hangs from them.” Matthew 22:34-37 (MSG)
The farther along I go in my journey of faith, I am convinced that it may be as simple as the two passages above, often known as The Great Commission & The Great Commandment. If I am desiring to live these out each moment of each day is it that simple. In a consumer driven society, where the latest program or package claims to be THE answer I wonder if we have fallen into that trapping in the church.
Food for thought. Talk amongst yourselves.
