Jesus' life and message demonstrate His generousity, even to the undeserving, at the same time confronting the envy in our hearts
Matthew 20:1-16, Jonah 3:10-4:11
Like the One who forgave us and reconciled us to our Heavnly Father, we are called to forgive, not despise and to reconcile - this is our ministry of reconciliation.
Romans 14:1-12, Matthew 18:21-35, Matthew 5:23-24, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20
The Son's Bride was designed in the heart of God heart in heaven and made by Him on Earth. He modelled that in the making of Eve from Adam's rib, in the Passover when Israel was made into a nation, and again on the Cross when the Lamb died to make His Bride, the Church!
Psalm 149. Exodus 13:1-13, John 9:4
Jesus not only calls us to be His disciples, to pick up their cross and follow Him, but first, He models it to us with His own Radical Obedience
Matthew 16:21-28