Archive for the ‘Luke 11’ Tag
Above: Eyes
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Eyes
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
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Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them,
that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of life,
which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
—The Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 236
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Joshua 6:1-5, 15-25
Psalm 135:1-7
Acts 10:1-28
Luke 11:34-36
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Hallelujah!
Praise the Name of the LORD;
give praise, you servants of the LORD.
–Psalm 135:1, The Book of Common Prayer (1979)
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The themes of light and of the liberation of Gentile people, present in the post for the previous Sunday, are obvious her also. Rahab and her family find deliverance. Also, St. Cornelius the Centurion and his household join the Christian fold formally. In the same story St. Simon Peter learns the difference between separatism and holiness.
The reading from Luke 11 requires some explanation. The erroneous physiological assumption at work is one common at the time. That assumption is that the eyes allow the light of the body to go out, hence
Your eyes are the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but if it is not healthy, your body is full of darkness.
–Luke 11:34, The New Revised Standard Version (1989)
(Jesus was the Savior of the world. He was not an optometrist.)
Nevertheless, the issue of inner spiritual light and darkness is a true and timeless one. Gentiles can have light within them, just as Jews can have darkness within them. (Read Luke 11:37-54.) Indeed, each of us has both inner light and darkness. The question is, which one is dominant? Just as good people commit bad deeds, bad people commit good deeds too.
May God liberate us from our inner darkness and our inability and unwillingness to recognize the light in others, especially those different from ourselves.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
MAY 3, 2017 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF SAINT MARIE-LEONIE PARADIS, FOUNDER OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY
THE FEAST OF WILLIAM WHITING, HYMN WRITER
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https://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/eyes/
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Above: Icon of Mary and Jesus
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In Jesus’s Name
DECEMBER 24, 2023
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Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them,
that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of life,
which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
—The Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 236
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Ecclesiastes 5:1-20 or 7:1-14 or Ezekiel 33:23-33
Psalm 21
Philippians 3:1-4a; 4:10-21 or James 1:17-27
Matthew 12:22-50 or Luke 11:14-54
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Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength!
We will sing and praise your power.
–Psalm 21:13, The New Revised Standard Version (1989)
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Sincere praise of God is a virtue and insincere spiritual speech is an affront to God. Often such insincere speech, externally pious, disguises willful and/or institutionalized social injustice, especially that of the economic variety. The mercy and judgment of God coexist. Often we prefer to hear of the mercy yet not of the judgment. That is at least as bad an error as committing the opposite fallacy.
That is a concise summary of several of the elements of the lections for Christmas Eve (Year D). One might recognize my summary as being accurate while wondering what it has to do with Christmas Eve, however. That is a legitimate question. Timothy Matthew Slemmons, in Year D (2012), acknowledges the challenge of selecting germane and neglected texts for December 24 and 25. He explains that his suggested readings contain relevant themes, such as the universality of sin.
The world that the Second Person of the Trinity, incarnated as Jesus, entered was dangerous and corrupt. That description still applies to the world, does it not? Jesus continues to come to us in the guise of the poor, the lame, the exploited, the young, the middle-aged, and the elderly. Do we content ourselves with pious platitudes while we do little or nothing to help them (as we are able, of course) and/or to justify systems that harm them? And, as we enjoy hearing about divine mercy, do we give proper attention to God’s judgment on those who exploit the vulnerable?
The celebration of the birth of Jesus, linked to his death and resurrection, is more than a time to celebrate. It is also an occasion for us to commit or recommit ourselves to living according to the incarnational principle. God is present all around us intangibly in tangible elements of creation. These tangible elements include the defenseless and the exploited. May we commit or recommit ourselves to recognizing the image of God in them and to acting accordingly, in Jesus’s name.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
AUGUST 22, 2016 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF JACK LAYTON, CANADIAN ACTIVIST AND FEDERAL LEADER OF THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY
THE FEAST OF JOHN DRYDEN, ENGLISH PURITAN THEN ANGLICAN THEN ROMAN CATHOLIC POET, PLAYWRIGHT, AND TRANSLATOR
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https://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/in-jesuss-name/
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Above: Flowering Herbs, 1597
Image Source = Library of Congress
Reproduction Number = LC-USZ62-71911
A Difficult Commandment
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
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The Collect:
Living God, in Christ you make all things new.
Transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives make known your glory,
through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
—Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), page 24
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The Assigned Readings:
Jeremiah 22:11-17
Psalm 120
Luke 11:37-52
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Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips
and from the deceitful tongue.
What shall be done to you, and what more besides,
O you deceitful tongue!
–Psalm 120:2-3, The Book of Common Prayer (1979)
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A callous heart is at least as bad as a deceitful tongue.
YHWH’s criticism of King Jehoahaz (a.k.a. Shallum) of Judah (reigned 609 B.C.E.) was that he cared about himself, not justice. King Josiah (reigned 640-609 B.C.E.), of whom biblical authors approved, had died in battle against the forces of Pharoah Neco II of Egypt. Shallum/Jehoahaz succeeded his esteemed father as King of Judah and reigned for about three months before the Pharaoh deposed him. Shallum/Jehoahaz died in captivity in Egypt. For full details, read 2 Kings 23:30-35 and 2 Chronicles 36:1-4, O reader.
More than once in the canonical Gospels Jesus condemns Pharisees for obsessing over minor regulations while neglecting commandments requiring social justice. There is some repetition from one synoptic Gospel to another due to duplication of material, but the theme repeats inside each of the Gospels. That theme is as germane today as it was when Jesus walked on the planet. Keeping certain commandments, although difficult, is easier than obeying others. The proverbial low-hanging fruit is easy to reach, but keeping other commandments proves to be inconvenient at best and threatening to one’s socio-economic standing at worst. This is one reason, for example, for many socially conservative Christians having emphasized individual holiness while doing little or nothing to oppose racism, slavery, sexism, child labor, and other social ills in the history of the United States. Yes, many Christians worked to end these problems, but many others accepted them or even used the Bible to justify them. Yet, as the Bible testifies again and again, God desires holiness and social justice.
YHWH and Jesus call for proper priorities. Love your neighbor as you love yourself, they command us. That is a difficult order.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
OCTOBER 14, 2015 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF ALL CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES
THE FEAST OF SAMUEL ISAAC JOSEPH SCHERESCHEWSKY, EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF SHANGHAI
THE FEAST OF THOMAS HANSEN KINGO, DANISH LUTHERAN BISHOP, HYMN WRITER, AND “POET OF EASTERTIDE”
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https://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2015/10/14/a-difficult-commandment/
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Above: Baal
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Idols and Icons
FEBRUARY 12, 2022
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The Collect:
Living God, in Christ you make all things new.
Transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives make known your glory,
through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
—Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), page 24
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The Assigned Readings:
Jeremiah 17:1-4
Psalm 1
Luke 11
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Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked,
nor lingered in the way of sinners,
nor sat in the seats of the scornful!
Their delight is in the law of the LORD,
and they meditate on his law day and night.
They are like trees planted by streams of water,
bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither;
everything they do shall prosper.
It is not so with the wicked;
they are like chaff which the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked shall not stand when judgment comes,
nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked is doomed.
–Psalm 1, The Book of Common Prayer (1979)
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The theme of idolatry unites the main two pericopes. It occupies the core of the reading from Jeremiah 17, where idolatry will lead to destruction. The lesson from Luke 11 concludes a narrative in which some critics have accused Jesus of being in league with Satan, prompting our Lord and Savior to respond with his “house divided” discourse. Christ’s critics in that account could not recognize God incarnate in their presence.
An idol is anything–a thought, a practice, an object–which prevents one from recognizing God where God is present. One person’s idol might be another person’s icon–through which one sees God. The difference between an idol and an icon is how one uses it. Among my favorite words is bibliolatry, which means treating the Bible as an idol. That is an unfortunate reality for many who seek God. Their desire for something concrete leads them astray as they seek the invisible God.
May we, as we seek God, avoid all idols, by grace.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
OCTOBER 14, 2015 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF ALL CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES
THE FEAST OF SAMUEL ISAAC JOSEPH SCHERESCHEWSKY, EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF SHANGHAI
THE FEAST OF THOMAS HANSEN KINGO, DANISH LUTHERAN BISHOP, HYMN WRITER, AND “POET OF EASTERTIDE”
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https://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2015/10/14/idols-and-icons-2/
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Above: The Death of Simon Magus
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Grace, Demanding Faithful Responses, Part I
JANUARY 13-15, 2022
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The Collect:
Lord God, source of every blessing,
you showed forth your glory and led many to faith by the works of your Son,
who brought gladness and salvation to his people.
Transform us by the Spirit of his love,
that we may find our life together in him,
Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
—Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), page 22
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The Assigned Readings:
Jeremiah 3:1-5 (Thursday)
Jeremiah 3:19-25 (Friday)
Jeremiah 4:1-4 (Saturday)
Psalm 36:5-10 (All Days)
Acts 8:18-24 (Thursday)
1 Corinthians 7:1-7 (Friday)
Luke 11:14-23 (Saturday)
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Like a generous host you give them their fill of good food from your larder.
From your lovely streams which bring such pleasure you give them water to drink.
–Psalm 36:9, The Psalms Introduced and Newly Translated for Today’s Readers (1989), by Harry Mowvley
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That is true, of course, so idolatry is especially galling. Marriage, a literal matter in 1 Corinthians 7, is a metaphor in Jeremiah 3 and 4, where whoring becomes a metaphor for idolatry. A relationship with God is intimate, this language tells us.
One of the themes in the Gospel of Mark, no part of which we read today, is that those who think they are insiders might actually be outsiders. That theme applies to our Lord and Savior’s accusers in Luke 11; he was never in league with evil. The fact that a person who knew Jesus could not recognize that reality speaks badly of that individual. Jesus was no more in league with evil than Simon Magus could purchase the Holy Spirit, the offer to do which led to a quotable rebuke:
May your silver be lost for ever, and you with it, for you think that money could buy what God has given for nothing! You have no share, no part, in this: God can see how your heart is warped. Repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the LORD that this scheme of yours may be forgiven; it is plain to me that you are held in the bitterness of gall and the chains of sin.
–Acts 8:20b-23, The New Jerusalem Bible (1985)
From that incident came the word “simony.”
Grace is free yet not cheap. We can never purchase or earn it, but we can respond favorably to it. Grace demands concrete evidence of its presence, as measured in deeds, which flow from attitudes. Do we love our neighbors as we love ourselves? I prefer that standard to any Pietistic list of legalistic requirements.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 COMMON ERA
PROPER 21: THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST, YEAR B
THE FEAST OF SAINT LEOBA, ROMAN CATHOLIC NUN AND MISSIONARY
THE FEAST OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE CHURCH OF SOUTH INDIA, 1947
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https://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/grace-demanding-faithful-responses-part-i/
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Above: Eyes
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Justice
JANUARY 12, 2022
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The Collect:
Almighty God, you anointed Jesus at his baptism with the Holy Spirit
and revealed him as your beloved Son.
Keep all who are born of water and the Spirit faithful in your service,
that we may rejoice to be called children of God,
through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns
with the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
—Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), page 22
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The Assigned Readings:
Numbers 27:1-11
Psalm 106:1-12
Luke 11:33-36
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Happy are those who uphold justice,
who do what is right on every occasion.
–Psalm 106:2, The Psalms Introduced and Newly Translated for Today’s Readers (1989), by Harry Mowvley
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The reference to human eyes in Luke 11:33-36 might prove confusing. The assumption regarding eyes in that text was one common to the Hellenistic world in which the Gospel According to Luke originated. That assumption was that one’s inner darkness or light shone in the eyes. The concern of the text, therefore, is one’s inner life. Does light or darkness dominate? As Jesus said elsewhere in the Gospels, that darkness which comes from within a person, not that darkness which enters one from outside, defiles one.
The reading from Numbers 27 refers to the rebellion of Korah against Moses in Chapter 16. The perspective of the Book of Numbers is that Moses was God’s anointed, so to oppose Moses was to resist God. Numbers 16:31-35 describes the unfortunate fate of those rebels. Among those followers was Zelophehad, who had only female heirs. Other ancient cultures in the region had liberal inheritance laws permitting women to inherit even when male heirs existed. Ancient Israel was an especially patriarchal society, though, so an exception benefiting women, such as the daughters of Zelophehad, came into being.
Standards of justice are concrete, for particular cases define them. Does one seek to do the right thing? Does one succeed in that goal? Or does one create or perpetuate injustice? How one treats vulnerable people is a fine standard of justice.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF JOHN CAMPBELL SHAIRP, SCOTTISH POET AND EDUCATOR
THE FEAST OF PHILANDER CHASE, PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
THE FEAST OF SAINT THOMAS OF VILLANOVA, ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF VALENCIA
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https://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/justice/
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Above: The Destruction of the First Temple
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Repentance and Community
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
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The Collect:
Stir up your power, Lord Christ, and come.
By your merciful protection alert us to the threatening dangers of our sins,
and redeem us for your life of justice,
for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. Amen.
–Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), page 18
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The Assigned Readings:
Isaiah 1:24-31
Psalm 90
Luke 11:29-32
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So teach us to number our days
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
–Psalm 90:12, The Book of Common Prayer (1979)
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The readings for this day invite us to repent. Despite the clear testimony of scripture to the definition of repentance–changing one’s mind, turning around–the misconception that repentance is synonymous with apologizing continues. No, apologizing is much easier than repenting.
The text from Isaiah 1 is somewhat ambiguous. In verses 27 and 28 we read:
Zion shall be saved in the judgment;
Her repentant ones, in the retribution.
But rebels and sinners shall all be crushed,
And those who forsake the LORD shall perish.
—TANAKH: The Holy Scriptures (1985)
(That passage fits well with texts for the previous two posts–1 and 2— in this series.)
The stern tone in verses 29-31 raises some questions. Verse 29 begins:
Truly you shall be shamed…
Who is “you”? Does “you” include the repentant ones? A note in The Jewish Study Bible–Second Edition (2014) proposes an answer:
The prophet leaves the answer unclear, perhaps intentionally; it will be given by the inhabitants of Jerusalem themselves through their behavior, and they will lead God to decide whom to punish.
–Pages 769-770
One will know a tree by its fruits. What kind of tree are you, O reader? Do you seek to love your neighbor as you love yourself? We all stumble, for that is the human condition. Moral perfectionism is unrealistic, but the expectation that one will trust God and strive to improve on one’s performance for the glory of God and the benefit of one’s family, friends, community, and society is realistic. Grace is free yet not cheap. We cannot purchase or earn it, but accepting it imposes certain responsibilities upon us. The details will vary from person to person, but the principles to love one’s neighbor as one loves oneself, to respect the dignity of others (as bearers of the image of God), and to avoid the error that Christianity is a solely individualistic matter are constants. We human beings, depend entirely upon God and partially upon each other. We are responsible to and for each other and to God. We live in community, not to ourselves. None of us is an island. Will we be responsible members of our communities, for the glory of God and for the common good?
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
AUGUST 10, 2015 COMMON ERA
THE FEAST OF WILLIAM WALSHAM HOW, ANGLICAN BISHOP OF WAKEFIELD AND HYMN WRITER; AND HIS SISTER, FRANCES JANE DOUGLAS(S), HYMN WRITER
THE FEAST OF EUNICE SHRIVER KENNEDY, FOUNDER OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS
THE FEAST OF SAINT LAURENCE OF ROME, ROMAN CATHOLIC DEACON AND MARTYR
THE FEAST OF SHERMAN BOOTH, ABOLITIONIST
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https://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/repentance-and-community/
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Above: The Pool of Hezekiah, Jerusalem, Palestine, Between 1898 and 1946
Image Source = Library of Congress
Reference Number = LC-DIG-matpc-08508
Turning Toward the False and Illusory
FEBRUARY 26, 2011
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The Collect:
God of tender care, like a mother, like a father,
you never forget your children, and you know already what we need.
In our anxiety give us trusting and faithful hearts,
that in confidence we may embody the peace and justice
of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
–Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), page 25
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The Assigned Readings:
Isaiah 31:1-9
Psalm 131 (Both Days)
Luke 11:14-23
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O Israel, trust in the Lord,
from this time forth and for evermore.
–Psalm 131:4, Common Worship (2000)
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The Interpreter’s Bible, Volume V (1956), page 338 on Isaiah 31:1-3:
This oracle is a companion piece to 30:1-7, with its references to the Judean embassy seeking Egyptian help, to the illusory strength of Egypt, to the wisdom and the spirit of God, and to the inevitable discomfiture of a plan to seek foreign aid rather than to rely on God. The propensity of human beings in time of danger to grasp for material support at whatever moral cost, and to neglect the priority of spiritual realities because they are intangible, is here vividly set out. The grandiose dreams of the Judean leaders will come to nothing; instead, they will invoke the nemesis of history. For this the prophet gives two reasons: (a) their policy flouts the wise purpose of Yahweh, which alone governs the course of events; and (b) they are putting their trust in something as weak and transitory as themselves, which will perish with them.
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King Hezekiah, seeking defense against Assyria, had entered into an alliance with Egypt, whose leadership, as Volume V (1956) of The Interpreter’s Bible stated on page 330, made grand promises yet could do nothing more than talk. For this talking the Pharaoh received tribute from Judah. There was no security to find in that alliance.
A common belief in the Hellenistic Mediterranean world was that demonic possession caused a variety of conditions. Today we call them a range of terms, from stress to mental illness. In those days, however, the term for treating those conditions was exorcism. Some of our Lord and Savior’s opponents accused him of exorcising via a league with Satan. Even inside the cultural milieu the logic failed immediately.
The unifying theme this day is turning away from God and toward that which is false, illusory, and incapable of meeting the needs of the moment. We humans do this often. Related to this pattern is a constant–human nature, with its strengths and weaknesses. The weaknesses share the central seat with divine fidelity in this post.
Whenever we seek substitutes for God, whether they be sports, drugs, bad religion, or other idols, we attempt to force square pegs into round holes. We set off upon foolish and doomed errands. May we cease to do that, by grace and for the glory of God, the benefit of our fellow human beings, and the best interests of ourselves.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
OCTOBER 20, 2013 COMMON ERA
PROPER 24–THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
THE FEAST OF MARY A. LATHBURY, U.S. METHODIST HYMN WRITER
THE FEAST OF SAINT BERTILLA BOSCARDIN, ROMAN CATHOLIC NUN AND NURSE
THE FEAST OF JOHN HARRIS BURT, EPISCOPAL PRIEST
THE FEAST OF TARORE OF WAHOARA, ANGLICAN MISSIONARY
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