Greetings Dear Reader,
Jesus spoke of the way home being narrow. Many theologians have tried to further pin
down what he meant by this and there is much compelling reading about it. I am not trying to say that I have found some
new truth, but my perspective on this is different than most that I have read
about it.
I humbly ask that you walk through this reasoning with me as
it leads to our invincibility that allows us to be vulnerable. It may also divide others and that is never
my goal. Still, the Word is that which
divides the joints and marrow.
Simply put, I will adopt Paul’s reasoning chain used in
Romans 8. On two occasions, in Matthew
and in Luke, Jesus tells us that the way is narrow and difficult to find. He also says that he is “The Way, the Truth,
and the Life.” Let us then consider what
Jesus says about the greatest commandment.
When asked, Jesus said the first commandment, to love the
Father with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength, is the greatest
commandment. He added, that the second
is like it. We are to love our neighbors. This includes friends, family, actual
neighbors, acquaintances, and enemies.
We cannot keep the first command without keeping the second.
This thinking about love gets a great deal of argument when
applied situationally. Taken to a logical
conclusion, if we hope to follow Christ, we must love everyone no matter what
he or she has done to anyone. There is
no act that mitigates the command for us to love others. That, Dear Reader, makes the broad stroke to
love everyone a very narrow path to follow.
Since all the Law and the Prophets are built on the first and
second command, the path to righteousness is built on this very difficult
idea. The way home is through love that
is impervious to whatever has been done.
To me, it is the hardest teaching.
It is the most difficult path to follow.
If I rightly see that following Christ is the way home, then
I must obey his greatest commands. If
then, I strive to do that, I will be both impervious and vulnerable. I will see the needs of others and have
compassion for them. I will also be
protected from the hurt and attacks that besiege all humans. Impervious vulnerability through love is
very narrow thinking. I hope you can join
me in the way. It may be that
struggling against loving our enemies is what really causes most of the damage.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner.
He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”
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