I have always told my children not to confuse religion with God. In the New Testament, Jesus seems like he must continually correct things being said by his disciples, and they were listening to him every day. What would Jesus have to say to today’s religious leaders, who are more than two thousand years removed from his presence?
In his very day he had to deal with their failed "expertise", because they already "knew" and had decided everything, such as:
1. Only God can forgive sins
2. "Son of God" is a claim of deity
Ergo, he was "obviously" claiming to be God and needed to be destroyed because he was turning people away from the faith (the establishment).
Guilty of going directly to the people, and getting stuff done directly without the middlemen and trusted names in news - opening the eyes of the oppressed, healing and comforting them, and giving them hope and reason to get up and go.
Now there's a man to lead the way up and out -- having a real Can-Do positive spirit of a big dreamer. Impossible? Ha! Let me show the way is the message he kept trying to get across...
But oh no...
His attempts at reason and his prompings to inspire the self-serving teachers to rethink their positions were not going to change their minds, because consensus settled dogma kept the folks in line. And besides, there would go all the power and influence of the "big names".
Same as it is today, which is why a big surprise with the big reveal coming soon.
Egypt by any other name is still Egypt.
Time for a mighty rescue! If people really wanted to leave the place of bondage, they'd get up and walk out the door and join the Messiah. Great guy!!! He's got plenty of fun and rewarding projects for everyone, designed especially for everyone's particular talents and interests. It's no work at all if it is love.
That's his operating manual, the Book of Love. It teaches how to seek the good. The Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of Good.
How to spot the people determined to head to the other way? They refuse to *yield*. Not only are they demanding the right-of-way and must be first, they yield (produce) nothing. No yield. Empty suits.
Compare the dove, who returned to Noah with a freshly plucked olive leaf the first chance she got to produce something.
Instagram? Hand-wringing over Instagram flirting? Yikes.. let the dead bury their own dead.
Instagrave.