After these things the Lord appointed another seventy and sent in pairs before him to every city he was going to. He told them, the harvest is great, but laborers are few. Y’all should pray to the Lord of the harvest, so he’ll send more laborers to help. So go your way, I’m sending you like lambs among wolves. Don’t bring your purse, wallets, shoes and don’t salute anyone on the way.
When you enter a house say, Pease be with this house. If the son of peace is there you’re peace will rest there, if not the peace will come back to you. You should remain in their house eating and drinking whatever they offer, it’s their way of paying you for your labor. I guess that’s for the labor of bringing peace and maybe taking it away. And you should heal the people telling them the kingdom of God is near.
Whatever city you go too, if they don’t let you in, go out on to the streets and say, We’ll wipe your city dust that clings to us on you, be certain the kingdom of God is near. This city will be worse than Sodom’s bad day!
Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! If these miracles had been done in Tyre and Sidon, those folks would be repenting wearing sack cloth and ashes! When judgment comes Tyre and Sidon will have it better than you. Okay, dude, I know you were sent to save god’s chosen people, but seriously if they are so resistant and you’d have better luck in Tyre and Sidon (in Phoenicia) why don’t you include them in your preaching. Back to the preaching… And you Capernaum, who is exalted to heaven, will be cast to hell! He who hears you, hears me, and he who despises you, despises me, and he who despises me, despises the one who sent me, God!
So the seventy returned with great joy, saying Lord, wow even the devils liste to us in your name! JC tells them “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven” No seriously that’s what it says. I can’t even begin to contemplate what means. Anyway JC tells them that he gives him them the power to walk on scorpions, considering he took away their shoes earlier, I think that’s nice, and over all of power of the enemy! Nothing will hurt you! Yay! But don’t rejoice in this… damn it I just rejoiced! But rejoice because your names are written in heaven… yay? I don’t really know what means, because I guess it’s good that their names are written there, but where are they going to be themselves. Tricky.
JC rejoiced in spirit that hour and thanked his dad. Thank you Dad, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things form the wise and prudent, and revealing them to the babes because in your sight dad, that seemed good. I still don’t get why hiding things form the wise and prudent is good. As the Lord wouldn’t you want that type of person in your flock. This passage is al little too…. Its okay if your dumb, you don’t need to be smart to be in our religion, you just have to believe. My dad delivers all things to me, and no man knows who the son is except for the father, and know man knows who the father is except the son and who the sun reveals that too. Exceptional JC, reveal it to everyone you see and the passing clouds. And really I don’t know that father really knows who the son is, it’s the mother we can be sure of.
Blessed are the eyes which see what you see disciples. I’m telling you that many prophets and kings, have wanted to see what you’ve seen and hear what you’ve heard but haven’t seen or heard it.
So a certain lawyer gets up and asked what should I do to get eternal life?
JC asks him what the law says. How do you read it? I guess the religious law was the law back then.
The lawyer answers, you should love God with all of your hear, soul, strength and mind and love your neighbor as yourself. JC tells him he got the answer right. If he does that it’s eternal life. Oh I see… I won’t get eternal life, because I don’t do that. I’m kind of alright with that. Eternity is a long time to spend with oneself. This guy totally wanted justify what he said. So he asked who his neighbor was.
JC answers with… a parable! But not just any parable… it’s the parable of the good Samaritan!
So this guy is going to Jericho from to Jerusalem, thieves steal all of his stuff even his clothes! And the beat him up wounding him and leaving him half dead. So I priest is walking by and crosses the street do he doesn’t have to deal with him. And a Levite does the same thing. But the Samaritan is full of compassion. So he cleans wounds with oil and wine and binds the guy’s wounds, and held him close and brought him to an inn to take care of him. The next day he left, and left some money for the folks at the inn to take care of him. He told the staff if they spend more than he left, he would repay them when he stopped on his way back.
So which one of these was neighbor to the poor guy going of Jericho? Our lawyer answers the one who showed him mercy. JC tells him to do likewise.
Later, JC goes someplace else and a woman named Martha has JC over her house. She had a sister named Mary (because a million girls were named Mary back then) who sat at JC’s feet to hear his word. Martha was a little annoyed with Mary because Martha had been doing all the work and serving during this visit. She asked JC to tell Mary to give her a helping hand.
JC answers her, Martha, Martha, you are careful and troubled about lots of stuff. But one thing is needed and Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be take from her. So I think Martha's next question was… so JC since you are so keen on Mary not doing these dishes, are you going to help?
What the heck? Why is Mary so special and Martha has to do all the work.
ReplyDeleteBut, I DO love the story of the good Samaritan.