I’m wondering if the Greeks totally perceive what they’re asking for once they say to Philip, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
In The Imitation of Christ, Thomas á Kempis says,
“Jesus has many who love his kingdom in heaven, however few who bear his cross. He has many who want consolation, however few who want struggling. He finds many to share his feast, however few his fasting. All want to rejoice with him, however few are prepared to endure for his sake. Many observe Jesus to the breaking of bread, however few to the ingesting of the cup of his ardour. Many admire his miracles, however few observe him within the humiliation of the cross.”
After we hear others say, “We want to see Jesus,” what can we present them? We who’re in Christ are additionally charged with being ambassadors, following within the line of Philip and James as we interact with the world. We’re to dwell in order that the world might even see Jesus in us. After we converse of Easter, we don’t fail to recount Good Friday. After we level to the Resurrection, we embody his Ardour, demise, and tomb. After we search by the lives we dwell and phrases we converse to indicate them Christ, we present them his cross.
For in laying down our lives, we take them up anew by means of that when provided excellent obedience of our Lord willingly giving up his life in order that he can take it up once more for eternity. For within the Ardour, the instrument of demise turns into the instrument of salvation by which Jesus attracts all folks to himself: the glory of the cross revealed within the resurrected Christ and all those that dwell in him.
The Rev. Benjamin Hankinson serves as Director of Neighborhood Life and Operations for his alma mater, Nashotah Home Theological Seminary. He additionally serves as Priest-in-Cost of St. James Episcopal Church in West Bend, Wisconsin.
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