Maoni yangu binafsi juu ya masuala mbalimbali yanayoendelea duniani

Maoni yangu binafsi juu ya masuala mbalimbali yanayoendelea duniani

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Morning Reflection (QT) - Luke 18:15-30

Introduction.

Today’s reading begins with an account of Jesus blessing little children followed by Jesus’s encounter with a rich man who asks him what he must do to receive eternal life.

These two accounts are set side by side, perhaps as a way of intentionally conveying status reversal.

In Jesus’s day, wealth was associated with power, status, and social privilege and children were considered powerless.

Welcoming the powerless would normally bring no honor; but, in welcoming children, Jesus offers a new teaching about God’s Kingdom, turning upside down the status of children and the status associated with wealth.

Reflection

What did the disciples do when people brought their children to Jesus? How did Jesus respond?

Reread verse 17. What do you think it means to “receive the Kingdom of God like a child?”

How does Jesus respond to the rich man who asks Jesus what he must do to receive eternal life (verse 22)? What is the rich man’s reaction (verse 23)?

Reread verses 24 and 25. How do Jesus’s words in these verses compare to what he says in verse 17?

Pray.

Lord Jesus, in faith I seek to receive God’s Kingdom like a child.

Whenever I feel as if I don’t have as much as I need or as much as I want, remind me of your abundant blessings and to share my resources freely and lovingly as an expression of my trust and faith in you.

In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.

Luke 18:15-30

Luke 18:15

People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them, and when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.

Luke 18:16

Jesus, however, called the children to himself and said, “Let the children come to me and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Luke 18:17

Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.”

Luke 18:18

An official asked him this question, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 18:19

Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.

Luke 18:20

You know the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother.’”

Luke 18:21

And he replied, “All of these I have observed from my youth.”

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this he said to him, “There is still one thing left for you: sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have a treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Luke 18:23

But when he heard this he became quite sad, for he was very rich.

Luke 18:24

Jesus looked at him [now sad] and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 18:25

For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Luke 18:26

Those who heard this said, “Then who can be saved?”

Luke 18:27

And he said, “What is impossible for human beings is possible for God.”

Luke 18:28

Then Peter said, “We have given up our possessions and followed you.”

Luke 18:29

He said to them, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

Luke 18:30

who will not receive [back] an overabundant return in this present age and eternal life in the age to come.”

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