Reflections
October 12, 2011, 10:13pm
Luke 11:47-54
Jesus said, “Woe to you! You build the memorials of the prophets
whom your ancestors killed.
Consequently, you bear witness and give
consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do
the building. Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them
prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ in
order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the
prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel
to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple
building. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their
blood!
Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of
knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to
enter.” When He left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with
hostility toward Him and to interrogate Him about many things, for they
were plotting to catch Him at something He might say.
Reflection
They were plotting to catch Him. Here is a clear case of people
killing the messenger and missing the message. We hate people who speak
the truth and tell us things as they are, not the things we like to hear
or are afraid to hear. We silence prophets and shoot critics.
What is the best approach to critics? It is to prove them wrong, to
live lives without reproach, to act in such a way that people cannot say
anything against us, and to do things in an upright manner that justice
and truth may always surface. Then, no one can say to us, “Woe to you,
Pharisees!”
Speak well of an enemy today.
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