I Reasoned with Religious Teachers

Meditations based on readings from

The Story of My Life As Told by Jesus Christ

July 26, 2019

I Reasoned with Religious Teachers

Page 31

Luke 2:41-52

The way Jesus tells this story has an interesting similarity to the story he will tell about the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. (Pages 321-22) In both stories, there is a period of three days where Jesus was ‘lost’ and then found again. In both stories Jesus used an imperative to explain what happened: “I must be in my Father’s house”; “the Messiah would have to suffer all these things.” From Jesus’ perspective in both stories, he is not the one who is lost; he is just doing what was necessary for the Messiah to do.

Jesus’ perspective creates a dichotomy for me. On the one hand, I know from the Apostle Paul that nothing can separate me from Christ, because Christ lives in me. (Romans 8:35-39 & Colossians 1:27) But on the other hand, from this story that Jesus tells, he is going to be doing what he needs to do, and it is possible that I might lose sight of him.

My Takeaway: This dichotomy reminds me that I cannot go off in any direction I choose and assume I will always be aware of Christ in me. However, I can rest in the knowledge that if I do lose sight of Jesus, he can be found again. I just have to look in the right places: the sacraments, prayer and the Bible.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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