“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
We must keep and
practice the heavenly commandment.
We have already learned
the commandment of the heavenly kingdom,
where we will eventually
enter and dwell forever, as the Lord has commanded us
(Ref.: Deuteronomy 4:5).
This commandment of the
heavenly kingdom is
none other than the twofold
commandment of Jesus:
"Love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your
mind" (a vertical relationship with the Lord)
and "Love your
neighbor as yourself" (a horizontal relationship with neighbors)
(Matthew 22:37, 39).
We must diligently keep
and practice this twofold heavenly commandment
(Deuteronomy 4:6).
As we do so, our hearts,
homes, and churches will gradually become heavenly,
allowing us to
experience the joy and peace of heaven while living partially in heaven on
earth.
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