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29.06.2016 PETER AND PAUL

Posted under Reflections on June 28th, 2016 by

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 16:13-19

Leadership of the Church is given by Jesus to Peter. Leader of the Church should be firm like a rock. He should be willing to be the foundation stone: unnoticed and unrecognized. He should also be ready to carry the weight of the whole structure. He should also make sure that the netherworld (evil) does not overtake the Church.

All these are done to him only when he openly declares that Jesus is the Messiah and the only son of the living God. Only when Peter declared Jesus as Messiah, he is given the role of a leader. Faith of Peter and public acknowledgement of Peter about Jesus makes Peter the foundation of the Church.

பேதுருவின் நம்பிக்கை அவரது தலைமைத்துவதிற்கு அடித்தளமாகிறது. நம்பிக்கை கடவுளின் வெளிப்பாட்டை மையமாகக் கொண்டுள்ளது. அடித்தளம் என்ற முறையில் அவருடைய பொருப்புகளும் பணிகளும் தீயோனிடமிருந்து திருச்சபையைக் காப்பாற்றுவதே.

28.06.2016 SEA

Posted under Reflections on June 27th, 2016 by

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 8:23-27

The Jews were not seafaring people. They were originally shepherds and later they concentrated on the land. The sea remained a place and power of evil and darkness. It was a symbol of wild and untamable power. The disobedient prophet Jonah was made to retrace his path by the wild power of the sea.

God created the beautiful world by subduing the wild sea (And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters Gen 1:2). Yahweh tamed the sea at Exodus. He let the people of Israel through the Red Sea (another creation of a new people). Here Jesus has power over the wind and sea. Jesus is creating a new Israel.

இஸ்ராயேல் மக்கள் மனதில் கடல் தீமையின் ஒரு அடையாளமாக இருந்து வந்தது. கடலிலிருந்து அழகான உலகை கடவுள் படைத்தார். செங்கடலை அடக்கி இஸ்ராயேலை படைத்தார். இயேசு இங்கு புது இஸ்ராயேலை படைக்கிறார்: கடல்மீது (தீமைமீது) தான் கொண்ட அதிகாரத்தால்.

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