As lambs Among Wolves
To follow the Lord Jesus Christ is not easy, which He well understood, so that He said beforehand that the His followers should be, so to speak, lambs in society full of dangerous people like wolves. But the Lord Jesus Christ also told His followers how to live lives:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.The world is full of people without faith in the God, acting like wolves to the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ who should look like lambs to wolves. It is very dangerous, since lambs life is always at risk. There should be no room for lambs to enjoy their lives laughing, joking, and fooling around.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. (Luke 10)
But, there could be those who love peace without behaving like wolves. In that case, the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ are recommended to pray for peace for them and stay there with them to take foods they offer. In this way, the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ strengthened those with love to peace and spiritually helped them. And, as such work is a kind of labor, the followers should be allowed to accept foods they offer. In this way, Christianity prevailed over 2,000 years to the state we see today.
But, these passages tell what is the most important in a large scope should be peace and that at an individual level should be health. Peace and health are keys to well beings of people. In addition, promoting peace and health can be regarded as good and sacred work, so that those who provide them are worthy of receiving foods in return. Being Christians should mean to be such workers.
In this context, the world still needs such Christians. Especially in 2020s, the corona-virus pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza emphasize such needs. Even without going out to people in such needs, followers of the Lord Jesus Christ can perform such good and sacred work, since such work is essentially spiritual.
But, these passages tell what is the most important in a large scope should be peace and that at an individual level should be health. Peace and health are keys to well beings of people. In addition, promoting peace and health can be regarded as good and sacred work, so that those who provide them are worthy of receiving foods in return. Being Christians should mean to be such workers.
In this context, the world still needs such Christians. Especially in 2020s, the corona-virus pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza emphasize such needs. Even without going out to people in such needs, followers of the Lord Jesus Christ can perform such good and sacred work, since such work is essentially spiritual.
Conversely, the present situations in the world tell how small the number of true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ is. Indeed, if billions of Christians in the world prayed to the God for peace in Ukraine and Gaza, many children and women should be saved.
The situation also suggests that there are only few followers of the Lord Jesus Christ who need foods to be offered in return to their good and sacred spiritual work. Christians today look too rich to go out seeking foods in return to their good and sacred spiritual work. This situation is debased compared to that 2,000 years ago. Indeed, without such followers 2,000 years ago, we should not exist now.
We should abandon purses and bags with money in them so as to become followers of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Mark 5, King James Version
15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.