Quick Summary:

We’re sitting at Jesus’ feet again today, and some of his words strike us as harsh and hard to swallow – no? We’re sitting at Jesus’ feet hearing him lay out a new way of being the community God has called us to be; a new way of seeing what’s important and how we are to live as his followers. When Jesus says, “I’ve come not to abolish the law but to fulfill it,” his purpose is not drive a wedge between the received tradition and his own revelation, but to rebind what has been separated—to reset it and in the process to strengthen the core; making one out of two.

Jesus invites us, as his community to walk the road he sets before us, and to see how walking that road will lead to life.

His is a way which leads us beyond ourselves. With very specific examples Jesus teaches us today that we are never disciples simply for our own sakes, but for the sake those with whom we share the journey.