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GO, AND TELL JESUS

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Today’s gospel (Matt 14:1-12) is about the martyrdom of John the Baptist.   Herod had a party with many distinguished guests.  His daughter danced beautifully before the guests, and in his delight Herod promised to give her anything she asked including half of his kingdom.  Then following her mother’s advice, she asked for the head of John the Baptist whom Herod was holding in prison.   And that was the end of John the Baptist.

There are many lessons to be learned from this short incident.  But for us, today, I want to focus on what happened next.  In verse 12, Matthew reports that:  “John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it.  Then they went and told Jesus.” 

So here’s my question.  I wonder what was going on in the minds and hearts of the disciples of John after they buried him.

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COME TO ME

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In the passage from Matt 11:25-30, we read of the invitation of Jesus who said:  “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

About forty years ago, I was just in my mid-30s when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior.  I came to Jesus, not because I was looking for “rest” of any kind.  My life was OK, I had a good job, a promising career with an excellent company, I had started a family of my own, and we were happy.  I had a solid religious upbringing and strong faith.  I was raised as a Catholic, and was in fact devoted to daily Mass.  Oh yes, I was very good at religion. 

So, when I got an invitation to attend a prayer meeting and to attend a seminar, I declined politely thinking I was okay with the religion that I knew.  

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WHO AM I TO YOU? (Jesus)

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In today’s gospel from Matthew 16, Jesus has a private conversation with his disciples and asks them what people have been saying about him.  “Who do people say that I am?”, He asks.  To appreciate why Jesus wanted to know this, we can refer to how Luke describes the same private conversation.  Apparently, according to Luke chapter 9, Herod had been hearing stories about Jesus, about his incredible miracles and his controversial preachings.  And in verse 8 and 9, Herod is perplexed, saying: “I thought I beheaded John already. Now, who, then, is this person I hear such things about?”  And so, Herod must have started asking around about Jesus. 

And that’s why, now, Jesus wants to know, what people are saying about Him. 

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