God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. Ephesians 1:22 Christ’s church, this body of people, benefit not only by what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross, but also that he has made us into a […]
Jesus doesn’t say, Being a disciple will be easy, or undemanding, but what he does say is that he will equip and be with us, he will give us all we need. The call to discipleship is the call to be like Christ, including being treated like Christ. So we need to hear Jesus saying to us “Don’t be afraid.”
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.
What does it mean to ‘grow in Christ’ ?