Bible
Study: Jude 1, 20 to 25 and Mark 11, 27 to 33.
One way
the devil tries to prevent us from realizing our maximum potentials as
Christians is by making us belief we are not good enough or that we do not have
the authority to let our light shine. This is what I call spiritual
intimidation. In a world where people are not afraid of referring to themselves
as “baddest guy”, in a world where people take pride in displaying their
indecency and evil tendency, you find Christians hiding their goodness or
simply trying to blend in at all costs.
In our
Gospel passage this morning, some people in an attempt to stop Jesus from his
ministry of salvation came to ask him who gave him the authority to do what he
was doing. In other words, they wanted to know where he got the audacity to be a
light to the world. We need to really understand what is going on here. By asking
for the authority behind the actions of Jesus, they were indirectly saying,
they do not believe that Jesus is God.
If only
they knew that Jesus is God, they would know that God does not authority from
anyone else. Very often, when God puts an idea in us, we act like these chief
priests and scribes, we begin to question whether or not we have the authority
to put it into action and too often we end up talking to people who will just kill
the idea completely in us.
Dear friends,
we do not need people’s approval to allow God act through us. We virtue of our
baptism, we are priests, that is, we are kings, prophets and teachers. We already
have all the authority we need to spread the word of God both by our words and
by our good deeds.
According to
St. Jude in our first reading, any attempt to get every single person on our
side is useless. Whether we like it or not, some persons will never believe in
our spiritual authority and they will do everything possible to stop us. So St.
Jude says, “try to convince some from their doubts, save some from the path
leading to hell, but for some others, just have mercy on them with fear, run
away from them, don’t even touch the cloth they are wearing.” Yes, even Jesus selected
the men whom he kept company with. There are some persons who do not deserve to
be close friends with you lest they succeed in putting out the light of God in
you.
Let us pray:
Lord Jesus, help me to live
and move in my authority as a child of God and give me wisdom to know what to
say to my accusers and those who try to intimidate me. Amen.
Good morning.
Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you.
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