Arulvakku

07.12.2013 GIFTS

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 9:35-10:1,5-8

Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.

One of the basic beliefs of the Israelites was that all what they had were gifts given by God. Their lives; their faith; their land and all the produce were divine gifts. They had nothing to boast of anything of their own. In fact this was the basis for their offerings particularly of the first fruits.

Jesus communicates the same idea to his listeners and disciples. Added to their natural gifts Jesus also has given them authority over unclean spirits and sicknesses. Above all they were also given the gift of the kingdom. It was their duty to give all these as gifts to others.

நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: மத்தேயு 9:35-10:1>5-8

கொடையாகப் பெற்றீர்கள்@ கொடையாகவே வழங்குங்கள்

உலகிலுள்ள அனைத்தும் இறைவனின் கொடைகள். இயேசு அவர்களுக்கு கொடுக்கும் அதிகாரம்@ தூய ஆவி@ குணமளிக்கும் ஆசீர் அனைத்தும் கொடைகளே. அவர்கள் இவற்றை கொடையாக கொடுக்க வேண்டும்.