Post for 20th April; Contemplating Luke 22; 35-37

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ere's the passage, from Biblegateway; you can follow the link to read the full chapter, which is relating the events of The Last Supper

35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?”

“Nothing,” they answered.

36 He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. 37 It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’[b]; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”

The issue we had with this passage is that Jesus is now contradicting what he instructed the disciples to do when he sent them out earlier in the gospels. 

Footnote [b] takes you to Isaiah 53;12

12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[g]
    and he will divide the spoils with the strong,[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,
    and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
    and made intercession for the transgressors.

Post for Thursday 13th April - Contemplating Isaiah 30:15, 30:18

 We are starting a new series now that our travels through Narnia are ended.

The idea is to contemplate a passage from the Bible for five minutes, and then share, note down, follow any thoughts, ideas, paths that come from this.

This is a bit close to reading random verses without any context... but we can deal with any problems as they arise. 

On Thursday 13th April we considered these two verses from Isaiah;

(some context is needed; the people of Judah have asked Egypt to save them from the Assyrians, instead of trusting in God)

15 This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
    in quietness and trust is your strength,
    but you would have none of it.

1!18 Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
    therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
    Blessed are all who wait for him!

Here are the two pieces of music that came to my mind; 'I Waited for the Lord' by Mendelssohn

and, in recognition of how difficult it is to keep one's mind focused; 'Lady in Church', Joyce Grenfell