Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 7:36-50

If this man were a prophet

Everyone in the world has a code of behavior for others. Each one expects the other to behave according to his work he does. A prophet should be aware of other people and relate to them accordingly. Instead a sinner should behave in such a way that she does not associate with everyone openly etc.

Jesus was behaving like a person of God. He was seeing the faith of the person in her behavior. And he himself behaved like God in forgiving the sinner. Belief and forgiveness go hand in hand. Faith of the person is expressed in human actions. Faith is made visible and it always brings its reward.

நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: லூக்கா 7:36-50

இவர் ஓர் இறைவாக்கினர் என்றால்

ஒவ்வொருவரையும் அவரவர் அழைப்பிற்கேற்ப பணிக்கேற்ப செயல்பட எதிர்பார்க்கிறோம். கடவுளையும் கடவுள் குணத்தையும் எல்லாரும் வெளிப்படுத்த முடியும் அதற்கான நம்பிக்கையான சூழல்இருக்கும்போது என்று செயல்படுத்திக் காட்டுகிறார் இயேசு.

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 7: 31-35

The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’

The people of that generation were not serious about eternal things. They were not bothered about the things of the next world. They were like little children not taking things seriously. External activities were like playful activities. This was the reason Jesus considered them as playful children.

John Baptist was a reserved austere man, lived much in solitude, and ought to have been admired for being such a humble, sober, self-denying man, and hearkened to as a man of thought and contemplation; but this, which was his praise, was turned to his reproach. Jesus was open and friendly and he was eating with Pharisees and the sinners and this was not liked by the others. None must make themselves a standard to all others, nor judge hardly of those that do not do just as they do.

நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: லூக்கா 7:31-35

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