Let's review the chronology of this recent week's blogs: Jesus has spent the entire night on the mountain in prayer. When he finishes praying in the morning, then he chooses his twelve disciples (students), and then teaches them their first lesson at the foot of the mountain and in the midst of the crowd which has gathered to hear him. In laying out the four "blesseds" and their flipside "woes," Jesus is contrasting the kingdom of God and the kingdom of man. Jesus has already been thrown out of the two largest temples in his area-Capernaum and Nazareth. He is now forming his own "temple" of people who will begin to worship in "spirit and truth." What are your thoughts about Jesus' disciple selection process and his first public words to them?
Engaging the scriptures with you,
Pastor Paul
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