*EXCELLENT LIFE KEYS* 🔑🗝️
Mon/13th/June/2022
*Francis Reign* (Ap & Coach)
_"Raising excellent agents of change and transformation, well equipped with Truth and Wisdom."_
*UNDERSTANDING THE ACTS AND WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST (107)*
_"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they malign those of his household"_ (Matt 10:24-25).
This statement comes as Jesus is warning His disciples about the possibility of them becoming persecuted. And Jesus is telling His disciples that if they follow Him, they will not be sorry in the end. Should they teach the truth to others as He has taught them, they shall be persecuted as Jesus was. Jesus' focus was not on His own comfort. If it was, He would have avoided the arrest. He would have escaped into the wilderness to avoid capture. Why didn't He? Because He wanted to please God more than He wanted to remain comfortable. This is also what Jesus was encouraging His own students to do. To be "like Him."
Jesus is speaking of three metaphorical relationships: teacher and student, master and servant, and head of household and members. The linking element here is following the teacher, master or the head of the household. But Jesus is not only referring to following them. He is also referring to them taking their example: being like them. This is because Jesus wanted His disciples to become like Him, in His dedication to God. He says that if the head of the household has been called Beelzebub, then "how much more the members of his household?" This refers directly to Jesus and His disciples or followers. He is saying that if they are condemning and accusing Him, certainly they will also do the same to His followers. It is not that they will see Jesus one way and His followers another way. And since they will be persecuting Jesus, He wanted them to be prepared to also be persecuted.
*EXCELLENCE KEY* 🗝️
_Jesus' focus was not on His own comfort. He always wanted to please God more than He wanted to remain comfortable. And we are to follow in His footsteps._
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*Excellence is within you. Bring it out >>*
#1483 ELK.
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