“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...
A person who is loved
and respected by his neighbors
King Ahasuerus seated
Mordecai in the highest position.
The king elevated
Mordecai to a position
next to himself, making
him prime minister,
and Mordecai received
the love and respect of all the Jewish people.
This was because he
worked tirelessly
for the welfare and
prosperity of his people
(Esther 10:2-3).
When I reflect on these
words,
I believe that those who
work diligently
for the benefit and
well-being of their neighbors
will inevitably receive
love and respect from them.
Moreover, those whom the
Lord exalts
should humbly lower
themselves even more
and serve their
neighbors as Jesus did.
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