Who is my neighbour?
Last Sunday in my sermon I talked about how as proclaimed followers of Christ we are called to live our faith. It should be obvious that we are Christians by how we live our lives. This Sunday the we hear Jesus answer the question “who is my neighbour?” We know that Jesus calls us to love our neighbour ”as ourself”. The implied question being asked of Jesus is, can we choose our neighbour? Living as a follower of Jesus is not easy but we follow a God who cannot fail to love us. If we accept this, then we accept that we are called to join God in loving others.
We see this in this Sunday’s psalm (Psalm 25). The writer of the psalm fears abandonment, which is often one of our innermost fears. Alone we are afraid. But God does not forget us or fail to love us. God cannot abandon because God has chosen to be in relationship with us. God has chosen a relationship of love with humanity. We join God in this relationship of love for all of humanity.
I would like to being to your attention the six-week course/discussion titled “Jesus, John and the Trinity“ at Theology House in the Anglican Centre. It is a free course and even includes cheese and crackers! Follow this link theologyhouse.ac.nz/courses/theology-after-5/ or check out the Theology house website (https://theologyhouse.ac.nz). It looks like a great opportunity to look closer at the Trinity and the divinity and humanity of Christ.
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