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Today’s Reading: Gal 1:18; 2:11,13-14
1:18 Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen years. 2:11 When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.
2:13 The other Jews joined him in his group hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray..
2:14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, “ You are a Jew. How is it, then, that you force gentiles to follow Jewish customs?”
If it was not because of Christ, the disciples will never be together. If it was not because of Christ, Peter the fisherman from Galilee, would be still hating Matthew, the tax man. If it was not because Him, Paul would keep persecuting His disciples. A Sanhedrin from Parisian, the Benjamin’s, will never be able to get together with a fisherman from Galilee and also a tax man. If it was not because of His teachings and His disciplines the disciples will always compete with each other to be higher than others. If it was not because of Him then they’re no different than the people in the world who do not love each other.
Jesus teaching is more than just wisdom or philosophy because human wisdom or philosophy comes from man. But His wisdoms comes from heaven. If we say that world is a box, the man wisdom only happens in the box, not outside. But God’s wisdom is a spiritual truth. The wisdom goes up to the heaven spiritually. This was not inside the box but outside the box. His truth is in the world and heaven.
If the relationship in the world is categorized as the relationship, then the relationship within Jesus disciples is more than just relationship, because the relationship within disciples cannot be compared to all the ordinary relationship in the world. Although maybe can be illustrated as family or brotherhood. But there is one not usual illustration which is One Body, The Body of Christ. The relationship within Jesus disciples are not only described as one body but in the real meaning is one body, body of Christ. Which is not but spiritual body.
Please watch what Jesus have prayed and have taught to his disciples. Through his word:
…, and glory has come tome through them (John 17:10b).
…that all of them may be one,...(John 17:21a).
…,in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself maybe in them (John 17:26b).
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love another.(John 13:34-35).
Different from the motto of three musketeers, Jesus disciples motto's are “One in All and All in One” and not “One for All and All for One”. Unlike Jesus disciples, the three musketeers did not achieve level of spirituality or heavenly.
The spiritual relationship has no meaning without corrections and argumentations. Paul corrected Peter when he made mistakes, even though he ever stayed in Peter's house for 15 days. And although he had ever worked with Barnabas and was defended when he had to face other disciples that was afraid of him, Paul still had different argumentation with Barnabas.
Bible never said about the reconciliation of Paul and Barnabas relationship, but by calling Mark back, have shown the love and the mercifulness of Paul towards Barnabas. That also happened to Peter who still love and respect him even though he that was rebuked by Paul. In his letter he said Paul as the brother that we love.
…, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him(2 Pet 3:15b)
Conflicts and argumentations can be existed or happened but remember that your relationship with other disciples are more than family.
Word of Prayer:
God thank you for the lesson this morning. Give your servant ability to keep remembering that the relationship of the servant with the disciples are more than family's relationship. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
1:18 Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen years. 2:11 When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.
2:13 The other Jews joined him in his group hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray..
2:14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, “ You are a Jew. How is it, then, that you force gentiles to follow Jewish customs?”
If it was not because of Christ, the disciples will never be together. If it was not because of Christ, Peter the fisherman from Galilee, would be still hating Matthew, the tax man. If it was not because Him, Paul would keep persecuting His disciples. A Sanhedrin from Parisian, the Benjamin’s, will never be able to get together with a fisherman from Galilee and also a tax man. If it was not because of His teachings and His disciplines the disciples will always compete with each other to be higher than others. If it was not because of Him then they’re no different than the people in the world who do not love each other.
Jesus teaching is more than just wisdom or philosophy because human wisdom or philosophy comes from man. But His wisdoms comes from heaven. If we say that world is a box, the man wisdom only happens in the box, not outside. But God’s wisdom is a spiritual truth. The wisdom goes up to the heaven spiritually. This was not inside the box but outside the box. His truth is in the world and heaven.
If the relationship in the world is categorized as the relationship, then the relationship within Jesus disciples is more than just relationship, because the relationship within disciples cannot be compared to all the ordinary relationship in the world. Although maybe can be illustrated as family or brotherhood. But there is one not usual illustration which is One Body, The Body of Christ. The relationship within Jesus disciples are not only described as one body but in the real meaning is one body, body of Christ. Which is not but spiritual body.
Please watch what Jesus have prayed and have taught to his disciples. Through his word:
…, and glory has come tome through them (John 17:10b).
…that all of them may be one,...(John 17:21a).
…,in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself maybe in them (John 17:26b).
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love another.(John 13:34-35).
Different from the motto of three musketeers, Jesus disciples motto's are “One in All and All in One” and not “One for All and All for One”. Unlike Jesus disciples, the three musketeers did not achieve level of spirituality or heavenly.
The spiritual relationship has no meaning without corrections and argumentations. Paul corrected Peter when he made mistakes, even though he ever stayed in Peter's house for 15 days. And although he had ever worked with Barnabas and was defended when he had to face other disciples that was afraid of him, Paul still had different argumentation with Barnabas.
Bible never said about the reconciliation of Paul and Barnabas relationship, but by calling Mark back, have shown the love and the mercifulness of Paul towards Barnabas. That also happened to Peter who still love and respect him even though he that was rebuked by Paul. In his letter he said Paul as the brother that we love.
…, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him(2 Pet 3:15b)
Conflicts and argumentations can be existed or happened but remember that your relationship with other disciples are more than family.
Word of Prayer:
God thank you for the lesson this morning. Give your servant ability to keep remembering that the relationship of the servant with the disciples are more than family's relationship. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
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