Luke 5:27-6:12: Controversy and Choice

Our lives are always faced with a choice to judge or to love. Jesus always calls us back to the old ways, the ways of God, the way of sacrificial love and care.

So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy. [1 Peter 1:13-16]