RiverTigress
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Luke 9:51-56
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
In the realm of human relations, how much more inclined are we to be of the disciples' point of view than Jesus'? But there is a reason scripture includes the verse later on that without love, even faith is nothing, because even having faith enough to call down fire from heaven will set you against God's purposes if you don't have the right heart and spirit behind it.
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
In the realm of human relations, how much more inclined are we to be of the disciples' point of view than Jesus'? But there is a reason scripture includes the verse later on that without love, even faith is nothing, because even having faith enough to call down fire from heaven will set you against God's purposes if you don't have the right heart and spirit behind it.
