18) Jesus vs the religious leaders
Matthew 13:
- Jesus goes back to his home territory!
- He begins to teach them in their synagogues!
- And they are astounded by his wisdom and his powerful works!
- Why? Because he is the carpenter’s son and his mother is called Mary, and his brothers are James and Joseph and Simon and Judas and they also know his sisters!
- They don’t understand anything because they don’t want!
- Moreover, they don’t understand Jesus because he doesn’t belong to their world!
- He is not proud like them!
- He is not selfish like them!
- They do their will, he does his Father’s will!
- Two irreconcilable words!
- It is as if Jesus is speaking a foreign language to them!
- And they don’t want to learn it!
- They are too lazy!
- And you can’t be lazy if you want to do God’s work!
Matthew 13:
- Jesus goes back to his home territory!
- He begins to teach them in their synagogues!
- And they are astounded by his wisdom and his powerful works!
- Why? Because he is the carpenter’s son and his mother is called Mary, and his brothers are James and Joseph and Simon and Judas and they also know his sisters!
- They don’t understand anything because they don’t want!
- Moreover, they don’t understand Jesus because he doesn’t belong to their world!
- He is not proud like them!
- He is not selfish like them!
- They do their will, he does his Father’s will!
- Two irreconcilable words!
- It is as if Jesus is speaking a foreign language to them!
- And they don’t want to learn it!
- They are too lazy!
- And you can’t be lazy if you want to do God’s work!