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Br. James Koester

Luke 6:1-5

One of the problems with God, and if I am honest, there are many problems with God, is that God does not always act or behave like God. This is especially true of Jesus. And that’s a problem. It was a problem for many in his original audiences. It was a problem for the others as well, whether they were followers of Thor, or Baal, or Zeus, or any number of contemporary secular gurus. Indeed, it was and is such a problem, that many did, and continue to reject, not only the idea of God, but the person of God, just as Jesus was rejected, for “many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him” (John 6:66). We see inklings of this today, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” (Luke 6:2).

Because Jesus does not behave the way we think God must or should, some reject him. Others recreate him, and we get Christian nationalism or the prosperity gospel. We cannot bear to have a god who does not follow the rules. Yet that is the point of Jesus. He forces us to come to terms, not with how we think God should or must act, but how God does act. Read More