BECOMING DISCIPLES (20 OF 49)
Scripture: John 15:1-10
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Becoming Disciples (20 of 49)
Lectionary, Year B, Easter 05
Christopher B. Harbin
John 15:1-10
We often live somewhere amid being, claiming, and becoming. We make claims regarding faith, character, and purpose. We give evidence in our attitudes and actions that are in concert with and militate against those claims. We display a progression of growth and transformation that may or may not show progress toward becoming the people we claim and hope to be. Along the way, some pitfalls would run us off the road, send us in the wrong direction, or cause us to backtrack. While we would like to believe that becoming disciples of Christ Jesus is a process of continual progress, it is not always a straight path. How do we become the people of Christ amid the twists and turns of our lives?
John's gospel spends half its pages reflecting on events from the final week of Jesus' ministry. At this point, all the disciples would have been with Jesus for some three years. They would have traversed many a dusty road with Jesus. They would have been privy to many private conversations with Jesus. They would have experienced Jesus healing many people of all sorts of infirmities. They would have heard Jesus speak on all sorts of issues. They would have been stretched nine ways 'til Sunday as Jesus brought them to a closer grasp of God's full character, identity, and purposes. Yet even on that last night of Jesus' discussions with them before his passion and death, they were struggling to understand so many things Jesus was still trying to teach them.
These disciples had left everything to follow Jesus. They had given up their careers, families, homes, and circle of friends to follow Jesus. They had embarked with him on journeys, uncertain as to where their next meal would arise. They had faced opposition from religious and political leaders. They had risked abuse from friends who could not see the value in throwing away a secure existence to living a rather nomadic lifesty ...
Lectionary, Year B, Easter 05
Christopher B. Harbin
John 15:1-10
We often live somewhere amid being, claiming, and becoming. We make claims regarding faith, character, and purpose. We give evidence in our attitudes and actions that are in concert with and militate against those claims. We display a progression of growth and transformation that may or may not show progress toward becoming the people we claim and hope to be. Along the way, some pitfalls would run us off the road, send us in the wrong direction, or cause us to backtrack. While we would like to believe that becoming disciples of Christ Jesus is a process of continual progress, it is not always a straight path. How do we become the people of Christ amid the twists and turns of our lives?
John's gospel spends half its pages reflecting on events from the final week of Jesus' ministry. At this point, all the disciples would have been with Jesus for some three years. They would have traversed many a dusty road with Jesus. They would have been privy to many private conversations with Jesus. They would have experienced Jesus healing many people of all sorts of infirmities. They would have heard Jesus speak on all sorts of issues. They would have been stretched nine ways 'til Sunday as Jesus brought them to a closer grasp of God's full character, identity, and purposes. Yet even on that last night of Jesus' discussions with them before his passion and death, they were struggling to understand so many things Jesus was still trying to teach them.
These disciples had left everything to follow Jesus. They had given up their careers, families, homes, and circle of friends to follow Jesus. They had embarked with him on journeys, uncertain as to where their next meal would arise. They had faced opposition from religious and political leaders. They had risked abuse from friends who could not see the value in throwing away a secure existence to living a rather nomadic lifesty ...
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