Luke 10
The chapter begins with Jesus sending out of 72 disciples.
Jesus charges them to share the Good News for “harvest is plentiful, but the
laborers are few…” (Lk. 10:2). He instructs them to greet the homes where they
are going to stay with peace. If the owner of a house is a “son of peace” – the
peace with double, if not – it will “bounce back” and stay with the disciples.
Then there is a story of their return. 72 are SO excited
that even demons were subject to them in the name of Jesus. But instead of
saying, yes, my name does mighty things, Jesus changes the trajectory of their
evaluation of the mission. He re-directs their attention to the fact that their
names are written in heaven.
This is a good reminder for us that our acts are important, important for the church, neighbors, even ourselves, but they are not essential for our salvation. Our stairway to heaven is built solely by Jesus.
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