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This weekend I heard a great message from Mark 5 where Jesus heals the man with a legion of demons in him and cast the demons into a herd of swine and 2000 pigs plunge of a cliff into the lake and they drowned and I was so enthralled by the thought that I’m about [...]
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10 months ago
Great thought, Ben. An excellent job of thinking outside of the box and beyond the text. It reminds me of leaving the 99 to rescue one. I imagine that in the first century one sheep was worth more than one pig (perhaps 99 sheep were equal in worth to one pig) and yet Jesus basically told us that we need to abandon many so that we can search out and save one.
Jesus calls us to throw caution to the wind so that we can seek out the one. 100 is only an illustration, for I believe that Jesus would also tell us to let go of 1,000, 10,000, 100,000 or more so that one can be saved. I'm willing to put money on the belief that shepherds were not willing to jeopardize 99 sheep for the sake of saving one because of how much 99 were worth. Well, in both of these stories Jesus tells us to not look at the monetary or materialistic dimensions, but instead the eternal and spiritual.
Great thoughts.
10 months ago
Hey Ben
Like the new look. How is your family?
With the pigs and Legion, I think it's interesting that the pig owners(?) valued their pigs more than this person Legion. I can't remember if this was an original thought (since I have so few) but how many times does the church value their pigs more than people. Pigs such as- programs, location, comfort, convenience, etc.