I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and
eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.
It was Paul who said in 1 Corinthians 2:16 “We have the mind of Christ.” He put into practice the example of Christ when reaching out to the masses. Jesus was radical in His way, but it was all grounded in the Truth because He is the Truth. Jesus healed a sick person during Sabbath and He allowed His disciples to eat during Sabbath. He wasn't trying to be irreverent, He was just showing that above all else, people are what's important. When the disciples asked Him to teach them how to pray to God, He told them to begin prayer in this manner, "Our Father." Just uttering those words wasn’t even possible for the common Jews of that day. They couldn't even mumble "God," not to mention that they would need to be completely cleansed before saying “God.” Also, just to make their hallowed approach clear, even a pen that would be used for writing "Yahweh" couldn’t be used for writing any other words. When Jesus arrived and began teaching the disciples to pray to God as their “Father,” it becomes even more evident that people were the most important thing to Jesus. Whatever the cost may be, we must do everything for every person to become a child of God. After all, Jesus paid the ultimate price for every person to come to salvation in reconciliation with God the Father.
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