Honor – Page 2 – Three Minute Bible

Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

Yesterday’s post looked at the ultimate long life: Eternity. The challenge is that to keep eternal life we must give up our love for this life in the world. Jesus follows that statement with today’s instruction: The one who serves Jesus will follow Him and be with Him. Always.

This puts me in mind of the story in Matthew 19 about the rich man. Jesus tells him that to be “perfect” he needs to sell everything, give to the poor, and follow him. The rich man goes away sad, and the disciples, knowing that we all have “riches” of some sort, ask; “Who then can be saved?” I love the answer that Jesus gives them:

“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

In my lifetime I have lived an amazing number of places. Some of those places have been exceptionally nice. Others have been… well… Hicksville. In Jesus’ day, people who lived in Samaria were considered hicks by people who lived in Jerusalem.

Technically Jesus was born in Bethlehem just south of Jerusalem, so he was every bit as “pure” as the Pharisees who derided him. Of course, he was raised in Galilee north of Samaria in a town called Nazareth. Not the most prestigious place on the planet, but not in Samaria, either. To suggest that Jesus was a Samaritan was an insult coming from a Jew, and to say that someone was demon-possessed was far worse than just an insult.

The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?”
“I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.”

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