25 min
Radical Living as God's Image Bearers - Matthew Narrabri Anglican Church
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- Cristianismo
Power, authority and… image. Over the past 7 weeks we have seen the increasing opposition to Jesus from the established rulers (Pharisees, elders, chief priest). This week it has reached the point where they are actively seeking to trap Jesus in His words.
And what better trap than the age old hot button topic of politic and religion. Like a cat among the pigeons, surely this question will unsettle Jesus forcing Him to alienate one side or another.
But Jesus, as He has previously done, turns the question around, forcing His accusers, and us reading today, to answer the uncomfortable question of ‘who’s authority do we recognise and sit under’ and ‘in who’s image do we live?’. If we as image bearers of God are called to “give back to God what is God’s”… what does that mean for our lives, here and now?
Power, authority and… image. Over the past 7 weeks we have seen the increasing opposition to Jesus from the established rulers (Pharisees, elders, chief priest). This week it has reached the point where they are actively seeking to trap Jesus in His words.
And what better trap than the age old hot button topic of politic and religion. Like a cat among the pigeons, surely this question will unsettle Jesus forcing Him to alienate one side or another.
But Jesus, as He has previously done, turns the question around, forcing His accusers, and us reading today, to answer the uncomfortable question of ‘who’s authority do we recognise and sit under’ and ‘in who’s image do we live?’. If we as image bearers of God are called to “give back to God what is God’s”… what does that mean for our lives, here and now?
25 min