diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_10:25-37.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_10:25-37.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..76edaaf --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_10:25-37.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 10:25–37" +date = "2022-12-07" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk10.25-37) + +In this familiar story, an expert of the Law of Moses decides to test Jesus by +posing an important question. "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (_v. +25_) Jesus responds by asking the lawyer to answer his own question, which he +does. And then Luke tells us that the lawer wanted to justify himself, he asks, +"Who is my neighbor?" (_v. 29_) This is a case of someone knowing what is the +right thing to do, but not willing to do it, not completely. + +Jesus exposes his hypocrisy by telling a story of a man who is robbed on the +road to Jericho. Both a priest and a Levite, respected members of the +community, see the man lying on the side of the road, but pass by and do not +help him. In their defense, they may have thought the man was dead and didnt +want to become unclean by touching a corpse. However, we have learned that God +is less concerned about ritual cleanliness than about kindness and mercy. Now, +by this point the audience would be expecting to hear what a lay Israelite +would do with this poor man, but Jesus throws a massive curveball by +introducing a Samaritan. Samaritans and Jews did not like each other in the +first century. To hear that this Samaritan would show the robbery victim such +extravagant kindness would be even more astonishing to the Jews in Jesus's day. + +So, which of the three characters was a neighbor to the man? The answer is +obvious, and you can hear the reluctance in the voice of the lawyer when he +answers. Then Jesus pins him down by telling him to go and live his life in the +same way: loving your neighbor extravagantly, even when they aren't part of +your in-group, even when it's inconvenient, even if you are effectively in +hostile territory. Beloved, this is simple to understand, but oh so hard to do. +Even if you are thinking, "I've done heroic things, and helped people out of +real trouble. I'm good!" I would challenge you to not to look only at your +successes, but at all the times you failed too. No one is consistent with this +kind of radical love, every moment of every day, with every single person they +come upon. + +* * * + +Help us to love everyone around us with the same love You have showed us. diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_10:38-42.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_10:38-42.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9305131 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_10:38-42.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 10:38–42" +date = "2022-12-08" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk10.38-42) + +Luke doesn't tell us this, but Mary and Martha were the sisters of Lazarus of +Bethany, who was raised from the dead by Jesus. Bethany was about two miles +outside of Jerusalem, and it seems likely that Jesus stayed with this family +often while He was in the area. Because the text says "Martha welcomed Him into +her house", this is probably the first time Jesus has visited. + +We see two different responses from the sisters. Mary sits under Jesus's +teaching and Martha is busy trying to be a good hostess. We can't know exactly +how many of Jesus's disciples were there at the house at the time, but likely +more than a few, so it is reasonable&emdash;even commendable&emdash;for Martha +to want them to be comfortable and cared for at her house. Let's not take this +story to mean we shouldn't be hospitable. + +But Luke tells us that Martha is "distracted" with her efforts and tries to get +Jesus to tell her sister to help with her work. Jesus gives her a gentle rebuke +by telling her that she is trying to do too much, and what Mary has chosen to +do is a better use of her time. Food is good and necessary, but you only eat it +the once, and it's gone. Truths we learn from studying God's Word last forever. + +This sounds a lot like the lesson my wife and I learned over Thanksgiving this +year. In the weeks leading up to it, our family was hit with a stomach virus. +Each of us got it, one after another, and while the first day was the worst, +recovery was slow and it took several days before we felt normal and able to do +as much as we'd like. It was also the plan that we host Thanksgiving at our +house, as in every year. There were turkeys to smoke, clutter to put away, +floors to clean, tables and chairs to set up, and not enough time and energy to +get it all done. So we didn't. Not all of it, anyway. We were very close to +cancelling as I still didn't feel 100% better on Wednesday, but we realized +that being with family was more important than not letting them see an +imperfectly kept house. And God was gracious to us because the turkey and +everything was delicious, we enjoyed each other's company, and we all were +thankful for what the Lord has done for us. + +* * * + +Let us keep the main thing the main thing, with our eyes focused on You and on +eternal things that cannot be taken away from us. diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix index d8337c8..157959d 100644 --- a/flake.nix +++ b/flake.nix @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05"; inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils"; - inputs.flake-utils.inputs.nxipkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; inputs.hermit-zola = { url = "github:VersBinarii/hermit_zola"; flake = false; }; outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, hermit-zola }: