Panicked

"He was teaching them as one who had authority," Matthew 7:29.

Ya think? He taught like he knew what he was talking about? So. The Good Book says that Jesus went around the whole country preaching the good news of the kingdom. The kingdom in which God reigns. He started the preaching with the call: Repent! So. When he taught his teachings as in Matthew 5-7, the people were amazed. Astonished. They marvelled. Maybe were a little panicked! Why? because. really. he knew what he said was true. And that people of that day, and we people of today, if they didn't repent, and if we don't repent, if they didn't do, and if we don't do, the will of God, namely, the teachings Jesus gave them, and the teachings Jesus gives us, they would not be part of, and we would not be part of, the kingdom of God. But Jesus wants them, and he wants us, to be part of the kingdom. So he says: Repent. Sky kingdom!

As we visit with a brother or sister today we affirm the kingdom of heaven. And together we give thanks for the saving teaching of Jesus's good news.