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I am the Light of The world

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The claim that Jesus makes in verse 12 is an uncompromising one. He is the light of the world who alone reveals the Father of light. There is however a wonderful invitation inherent in Jesus claim, and that invitation is not based on anything we might do other that professing that Jesus is Lord, that invitation is that
If you follow me, whoever you are, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

A dead girl and a sick woman

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Here in these eight verses of Matthew’s account of the words and action of Jesus we find Jesus being interrupted, not once but twice. The first request is about as serious as it gets, the second in Jesus hierarchy of values just as much so. There is a very real dilemma here; well there might be if you or I were in the same situation. Two things come to mind. The first has to do with the authority that Jesus has and has given us, and the second, that God’s sovereignty is over time and the timing of these competing demands. That God is sovereign will result in glory to him even when from a human perspective it seems least likely.

Jesus questioned about fasting

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Reading this today, from a perspective of the whole story, we can see the parallel of Jesus as the heavenly bridegroom. There is a very real sense in which the life of the church is meant to model something of heaven on earth. Being a disciple of Jesus is not a compliment to being British or even C of E, it is a radical new identity. Salvation is not a patching up of an old garment but to receive a royal robe of righteousness, a seamless garment of eternal glory. Salvation is the best of all wines, the bringer not of the biggest hang-over you ever had but the fullest of everlasting joy.

The Calling of Matthew

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Jesus doesn’t just whisk Matthew away, as he had with Peter, James and John, the next we read is that Jesus is having dinner at Matthew’s house. We might guess who the guests might be —Matthew’s friends of course. As a tax collector he would have few friends. So here we are in Matthew’s house with his new rabbi not surprisingly there are tax collectors and sinners sitting down with Jesus and this growing band of his disciples.

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