My brothers and my sisters today what most strikes
me is the fact to realize that people aren't understanding what Jesus says in
the Bible, much less what we say about him. It seems that each has a Jesus. A church says Jesus there worked
miracles and invites the people there in order to receive these miracles. Jesus
miracle worker. Hallelujah! I believe Fully. However He is not restricted to
places or groups which act. All this for me is the great evidence that Jesus is
talking about one thing and people are getting another very different. These
days I read on face book a word of the Rev. Euler de Oliveira very interesting
where he asks: what does Jesus speak to us today? It moved me and made me
think: that's right, what did Jesus tell me looking deep into my eyes now? wonder
what the master would ask me? The problem is that, like the Jews who were the
"religious" of the time, we even today we hear Jesus and react
according to our conveniences. What he says is here, before our eyes and we are
looking in other places. We know what to do, but we don't because we don't
understand what Jesus is telling us. In the time of Jesus was like that. When Jesus told his disciples
that he wanted John wouldn't die. They understood that Jesus had claimed that
John would not die and began to spread it. Jesus had to tell them I didn't say
that but if I want to. (John 21:22 -23) They get the speech of Jesus completely
the wrong way and spread it. The thing ran everywhere.
Brothers and sisters and we today? we understand
whom Jesus is talking about? We think so. But are we really? The Jews of our
text today heard Jesus say: where I go you cannot go now and understood that he
was thinking of killing himself. No is very different. You only have to look at
the context of speech of Jesus. But they weren't interested in the context and
yes in only to find that they had understood the intention of Jesus. Reread the
text indicated above. See the absurdity of the Jews the "religious".
Jesus speaks to his disciples: If I want him to stay till I come and they come
out saying that Jesus had claimed that the disciple in question wouldn't die.
Jesus needs to explain to them what they had to put an end to this rumor. Again
I ask: and we nowadays? We understand what Jesus is telling us in the Bible or through preachers? I speak as
a preacher. How many times do we preach a message and then, when we talk with
people that we heard we realized that there was no understanding about what we
talked about. How many sermons about make disciple, how many sermons about the
reasons We are the way we're how many sermons about relationships testimonies,
forgiveness, commitment to God, dedication and love for our Church, our
doctrines, our way of working. How many times we explain clearly the facts
saying why we are as we are and not get what we want how many times! How many
times! But people keep asking the questions for which we have given answers in
our messages in our sermons. What happened? Definitely
not understood or heard something else. It is even more likely to have
heard something else. I once heard a story that read like this: In a church
there was a great pastor who preached sermons uplifting. There was a lady in
the community gossip, spoke of everything and everyone. The pastor thought: I'm
going to do a series of sermons on this evil and with that I will achieve this
sister that is bringing so much harm to the community. Preached. Preached about
it and about the sin that represents whose consequences are harmful. The woman
as always when leaving the worship him saying: Reverend the you are awesome! As
the you preaches well! The big problem is that people don't listen to your
sermons and continues the same way. Disappointed the pastor continued preached
about it until one day it was raining very hard at the time of the cult and
only this sister was to the Church. The pastor said to himself: is today. I'll
preach the same way just for she and want to see what she's going to say after
when we go out. Well. When leaving the
sister said: Reverend! As I always say, you is great in your lines! Only that
today people don't came to listen. No
one heard it. Brothers and sisters do you understand me? Notice how the people
are? We preach numerous sermons with recipes for the development of the Church.
What needs to be done, Etc. all forms for the growth of the Church we have
taught in our sermons. How to do Discipleship. I usually burn them and see then
what I have asked what I ordered that and I worked and I urged, what were the
recipes given. But I am very sad when I talk to people and listen to questions
for which I've given guidelines many times, either in sermons or in messages
like this in bulletins. What they say about what they say, about the questions
they ask I told you, I already answered. I also said what is missing and this
in many different ways. But people keep asking what's missing. I've preached over and over again about what's going on.
But people keep asking: what's happening? What would that be my Dears? Of
Course. Is the lack of listening well and who is being preached the word from
the pulpit. I've said it once and I repeat: While we think only in Church
without her we never include to ourselves, what God is telling us. Think only
"in the Church", but we don't. Generally critics of the Church does
not have a practical suggestion to the problem to which they point. See guilty
and especially pastoralists. But don't deliver the real service. Do not bring
ideas that work. But when we present something difficulties are soon seen and
pointed.
We believe in
the hurdles. I conclude by asking: Brothers, for whom the pastors are
preaching? What and who are you talking about? As we're hearing those sermons?
What we are learning and seeing them
for ourselves? Don't be like the Pharisees and the disciples to hear Jesus
understood the message completely garbled. Amen?!
Rev. Jesué Francisco
da Silva.
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