The teaching of Jesus was very clean and elegant. It spoke not against the teachings of his Jewish heritage, but in completion of them. To Jesus, his faith community had missed the mark, and had lost their way in terms of what they were making as the object of their devotion. He was sent to show the way, the truth, and life that God would have us know. And that way, truth, and life was Jesus himself. Jesus was God manifest in a human body. He loved purely and deeply. He modeled what it was to love God and to love each other, and that was the essence of his teaching. This was (and is) truth. Even today, we can find freedom in the simple message of Jesus. And by following him and his teaching, we will be free.
Readings: 1 Samuel 18:5-19:24; John 8:31-59; Psalm 112:1-10; Proverbs 15:12-14
