Monday, February 6, 2017

The greatest is the servant of all

Morning: Psalm 80; Isaiah 58:1-12; Galatians 6:11-18
Evening: Psalms 77, 79; Mark 9:30-41
Those who practice religion often misunderstand it.  A recent study in England found that many who attend church are ‘heretics’ with a distorted understanding of Christianity. One common distortion is the notion that God needs to be appeased or satisfied in some way. So people do religious things – fasting, circumcision, baptism – because they think God needs them to.  God needs nothing from us. It seems hard for us to avoid a ‘commercial’ notion of faith - you do this, you get that.  But what you ‘get’ from following Jesus is the privilege of serving others.  Just that.

Graham
Graham Bland
Rector
St. George’s Anglican Church

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