Luke 10
To me, the absolute center of Christianity is embodied love. In my reading of the Bible and in my experience, that's it…hook, line, and sinker. In Genesis it is God's love embodied in Creation, with every part dependent on every other part for perfect function. When human beings couldn't seem to keep their part of the harmony going, God embodied love more specifically in human form, in the person of Jesus. Jesus thus becomes both the embodiment and the revelation of God's love.
Christians consider themselves to be the Body of Christ…those who try to continue to embody God's love in and for the world. If it is not done in love, it is a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. It matters even more than faith, Paul says. When Jesus is asked in Luke 10 what must be done to inherit eternal life, the answer is to love. Love is at the center of Creation, because God is love. Embodied love is at the heart of Christianity because that's who Jesus is.
—The Rev. Anne Robertson
Christians consider themselves to be the Body of Christ…those who try to continue to embody God's love in and for the world. If it is not done in love, it is a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. It matters even more than faith, Paul says. When Jesus is asked in Luke 10 what must be done to inherit eternal life, the answer is to love. Love is at the center of Creation, because God is love. Embodied love is at the heart of Christianity because that's who Jesus is.
—The Rev. Anne Robertson
Luke 10:41:
And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. |
The word "merimnao," is also translated as "worried" in:
Luke 10:41 (NKJV) And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. Jesus was not telling Martha she should not serve, but her anxiety was distracting her heart from serving in an acceptable way. She was overburdened and troubled about serving as though everything depended on her. This word, "merimnao," is translated, "care" in: 1 Corinthians 7:31-32 (NKJV) and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away. 32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord; how he may please the Lord. Over and over Paul tells the believers that he doesn't want them to be anxious. -Berean Bible Church |