tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177670423831600048.post4841688697316723333..comments2024-01-05T00:28:15.930-08:00Comments on Law & Gospel Everywhere: Members of the Family - the Final WordLaw and Gospel Everywherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487192341974039999noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177670423831600048.post-21774912568751232512020-11-16T11:31:16.667-08:002020-11-16T11:31:16.667-08:00Thanks for your thoughtful comments, John. In my ...Thanks for your thoughtful comments, John. In my experience self-righteousness is not a sin monopolized by any one type or body of believers. It comes to us all. We all need to hear the Law here calling us to repentance, and the Gospel calling us members of God's family. Blessings, GlennLaw and Gospel Everywherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487192341974039999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1177670423831600048.post-79799357856515129472020-11-16T10:58:56.379-08:002020-11-16T10:58:56.379-08:00Hi Glenn,
I think your third question is a really...Hi Glenn,<br /><br />I think your third question is a really good question for people today. How do you identify--as the sheep or the goat? We have our own standards of course and here's where the temptation to assume a self earned place in the kingdom meets Jesus word. Jesus just keeps blowing that understanding of God and grace completely away. <br /><br />For me this parable has been a go to in conversations with fundamentalists who talk about their righteous living. It's really something to have someone claim that they are right with God and then ask them to walk with me through this parable. Jesus' words are absolutely challenging.<br /><br />One man even tried to squirm out of this judgement by insisting that Jesus was only talking about our care for other members of the church--that the least of these only applied to fellow believers--not all people.<br />thanks for sharing your thoughts,<br />John Heille<br />Grace Lutheran Fairmont John, an unlikely pastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688838648252031328noreply@blogger.com