Monday, September 10, 2012

What Should We Do?

I was reading in the third chapter of Luke this morning.  It is the account of Jesus' baptism.  As John the Baptist is preparing to baptize people in the Jordan River he calls for repentance.  It is at that moment that people begin to ask the question, "What should we do?"  In essence they asked, "You have called us to live different lives, so what should we do?"  To some in the crowd John the Baptist replied, "Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise."  To the tax collectors who asked, "What should we do?" John replied, "Collect no more than the amount prescribed for you."  In other words, stop cheating people.  Very often the answer to the question, "What should we (I) do?" is a simple one.  Perhaps we know the answer but are at times unwilling to do what Jesus has called us to do -- even the simplest of things. 
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  1. Barbara HickersonSeptember 11, 2012 at 3:55 PM

    Last week when I read Luke 2 it was individual words that stuck out and made me pause. Obedience......shepherds......angels.....terror....obedience.....praise......obedience. It all seemed to come back to obedience.

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  2. Barbara HickersonSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:02 PM

    Yesterday reading Luke 3 I was aware that the word came to John in the desert. I wondered if he heard God's word because it was a quiet place or because he wasn't so caught up in all the "things" that distract us. But not only did he "hear" he "went out". In reading the Eleventh Commandment this week the author Stated God deposited all he had in Jesus Christ and then opened branch offices in every believer. How healthy is our branch office. Are we willing to go out as John did? Hmmm.

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  3. Mary SewellSeptember 14, 2012 at 9:46 PM

    In reading the first three chapters of Luke this week, a question occurred to me, or something to consider. Why, when Zacharias questioned Gabriel was he struck deaf, but when Mary questioned the angel, she was not punished in any way or even chastised. She said almost the same thing and Gabriel merely answered her question and explained "how this would be."

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