Gospel: Matthew 10: 26-33
How often do we Christians think we are greater than the Lord Jesus! This statement may shock us, and we would never think or declare ourselves to be so, but consider the way in which we conduct our lives in comparison to the way in which Jesus lived his life. For the teaching is not in the words, but in the living.
Jesus lived a poor humble life in service to other people, caring for the sick and poor, eating with sinners of all types, residing in the poorest district of the poorest backwater land. He did not live in palace or wear regal finery. Now consider how we live: we aspire to palatial homes and the finest clothing; we avoid the company of those who make us uncomfortable, creating walls of division and excluding from our communion lines anyone different from ourselves. We seek power and live largely for our own self-interests, both as individuals and as institution.
If we are not a persecuted church it is probably because we ourselves have becomes the persecutors of others, aligning ourselves with worldly powers to protect our own self-interests and not that of the common good. No student is greater than their teacher. If we claim discipleship of the Lord Jesus, our lives in some way must reflect that reality.
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