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** or when Jesus goes home and was rejected by the people he grew up with: [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/4:15 Luke 4:15] | ** or when Jesus goes home and was rejected by the people he grew up with: [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/4:15 Luke 4:15] | ||
** the Apostles, too, are blind to the Lord before them (many examples) | ** the Apostles, too, are blind to the Lord before them (many examples) | ||
* But the Lord himself warns us directly about not seeing him. In the "Judgment of the Nations ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/25? | * But the Lord himself warns us directly about not seeing him. In the quasi-parable of the "Judgment of the Nations" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/25?31 Mt 25:31-46]), Jesus tells of the Son of Man "upon his glorious throne," sorting out the goats from the sheep, and tells the goats, Jesus tells "those on the right" (the sheep), | ||
<blockquote>For I was hungry and you gave me | <blockquote>Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 'For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.'</blockquote>Then "the righteous" sent to the left (the goats) will protest <blockquote>‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ | ||
And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’</blockquote>The limits of their reason, they biases and sinful state kept them from seeing God in every brother and sister. | |||
=== Session recap === | |||
We did a little catching up for a new member, and so reviewed the ideas of the last couple weeks regarding "the Living God", "Childlike," and "Wings of Faith", all of which were the foundation of our discussion tonight, which I failed to take notes on, so will review here only generally. | |||
A big idea tonight was that God is everywhere, and puts no limits upon us -- only we places those limits upon ourselves. And like the sense of pain, which signals danger, God's "curses" are to correct and not punish us. | |||
== Friday, Aug 2: "Childlike" (Matthew 11:25) == | == Friday, Aug 2: "Childlike" (Matthew 11:25) == | ||