human barriers Dear
from what I see there are among us who believe the taboos and prejudices that hinder access to a disclosing party of the gospel of the population in the previous post about the gospel to the excluded I have not had any feedback as I have poor response to the survey available on churches, other worrying thing is that the various conventions made Poggio Ubertini "Hnto" proximity to people with disabilities have failed to produce anything concrete yet in spite of having tried to make a contribution, having created a support group to the creation of a dedicated website:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gruppolavorositoaccanto/
Think about how many times in the last year we talked about the Good News of Jesus Christ or we gave our testimony to the people we met in our daily lives and on the margins of the civilized world has a bad reputation and endured as: drug addicts, thieves, criminals, HIV-positive ( the bride and lepers) prostitutes, transsexuals, and every other rom as a waste (according to the canons mundane) of society? I believe the answer for most of us are mostly negative, then what makes us different from the Pharisees?
Luke 18:9-14 9 He also told this parable to some who were convinced they were righteous and despised others: 10 "Two men went to the temple to pray, one Pharisee and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: "O God, I thank you that I am not as other men, thieves, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice a week, I pay tenth on everything I own. " 13 But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying: "O God, be merciful to me a sinner!" 14 I tell you, this came to his house justified, rather than that, because anyone who stands will be humbled, but he who falls shall be exalted. "
There are many other times when Jesus was not afraid to defile and get their hands dirty as we see in the following examples :
Matthew 9:10-13 10 While Jesus was at table in the house it happened that many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 11 The Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples: "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 12 But Jesus, having heard, said: "I'm not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick . 13 But go and learn what this means: "I desire mercy and not sacrifice: for I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Luke 7:36-50 36 One of the Pharisees invited him to dinner; and he entered into the Pharisee's house, sat at the table. 37 And behold, a woman who was in that city, a sinner, heard that he was at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster jar filled with scented oil, 38 and, according to his feet, back, crying, rigargli began to tear my feet and dries them with her hair and kissed and ribaciava feet and anointed them with oil. 39 The Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself: "This man, if he were a prophet, would know that this woman is touching him, because he is a sinner." 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have something to say. " He said, 'Master,' pure '. 41 "A creditor had two debtors: the one owed five hundred denarii and the other fifty. 42 And it had nothing to pay forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him more? "43 Simon answered," I think it is one to whom he forgave more. " Jesus said, "You have rightly judged." 44 And turning to the woman and said to Simon, "You see this woman? I came into your house and you do not you give me water for my feet, but she has striped feet with tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 Thou gavest me no kiss, but she, since I entered, has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 You did not pour the oil on his head, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins are forgiven, for she loved much, but one to whom little is forgiven, loves little. " 48 Then said the woman, "Your sins are forgiven." 49 Those who were at table with him began to say to themselves: "Who is this who even forgives sins?" 50 But he said the woman, "Your faith has healed you should be 'at peace'.
Chapter 9 of Matthew there are several examples of how to follow Christ's approach to marginalized :
1 Matthew 9 Jesus entered a boat, went to the other side and was in his city. 2 And behold they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. Jesus saw their fede, disse al paralitico: «Figliolo, coraggio, i tuoi peccati ti sono perdonati». 3 Ed ecco alcuni scribi pensarono dentro di sé: «Costui bestemmia». 4 Ma Gesù, conosciuti i loro pensieri, disse: «Perché pensate cose malvagie nei vostri cuori? 5 Infatti, che cos'è più facile, dire: "I tuoi peccati ti sono perdonati" o dire: "Àlzati e cammina"? 6 Ma, affinché sappiate che il Figlio dell'uomo ha sulla terra autorità di perdonare i peccati, àlzati», disse allora al paralitico, «prendi il tuo letto e va' a casa tua». 7 Ed egli si alzò e se ne andò a casa sua. 8 Visto ciò, la folla fu presa da timore e glorificò Dio, che aveva dato tale authority to men.
9 And Jesus departed from there, passing by, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the tax office, and said, "Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
10 While Jesus was at table in the house it happened that many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 11 The Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples: "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 12 But Jesus, having heard, said: "I'm not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick . 13 But go and learn what this means: "I desire mercy and not sacrifice: for I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners "14 Then came to him the disciples of John and said," Why do we and the Pharisees fast, and your disciples do not fast? "15 Jesus said to them:" Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment, because the patch takes away something from the old garment and the rent is made worse. 17 Nor does it put new wine into old bottles: otherwise the skins burst, the wine is poured, and the skins are lost, but they put new wine into new bottles and the one and both are preserved "18 While he was telling them these things, a leaders of the synagogue, came and bowed before him and said: "My daughter is dead just now, but come on, laying his hand on her and she will live." 19 Jesus got up and followed him with his disciples.
20 And behold, a woman suffering from an issue of blood twelve years, approached them from behind, touched the hem of her dress, 21 for she said to herself: "If I can just touch his garment, I shall be healed." 22 Jesus turned and saw her, and said, "Take heart, daughter, your faith has healed you." From that hour the woman was healed.
23 When Jesus came to the house of the synagogue and saw the minstrels and the crowd was that loud noise, "said Their 24 "Get away, because the child is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him. 25 But when the crowd was put forth, he came in, took the child by the hand and she stood up. 26 And he popularized the reputation for all that paese.27 Like Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, saying aloud: "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" 28 When he had entered the house, those blind approached him. Jesus said to them: "Do you believe that I can do this?" They answered: "Yes, Lord." 29 Then he touched their eyes saying, "Let there be made according to your faith." 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus gave them a strict prohibition saying, "Look, no one knows." 31 But they come out to spread the news about him for all that paese.32 While those blind came, they brought him a dumb man possessed. 33 chess was the devil, the dumb spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, "It was never so seen in Israel." 34 But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."
35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every disease.
36 saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field. "
then think "What would Jesus do '?" when we encounter people who despise or we do not like and act accordingly to do the good works that God has prepared for us
Have you ever met people with psychological or psychiatric problems which have suggested a way out in faith in Christ without the injury, who could not understand and there is no chance for them to salvation? I fear that our response (I, for one) and this time not thinking about the negative parameters manifestati dalle scritture alternativi a quelli mondani.
1Corinzi 1:20-31
20 Dov'è il sapiente? Dov'è lo scriba? Dov'è il contestatore di questo secolo? Non ha forse Dio reso pazza la sapienza di questo mondo? 21 Poiché il mondo non ha conosciuto Dio mediante la propria sapienza, è piaciuto a Dio, nella sua sapienza, di salvare i credenti con la pazzia della predicazione. 22 I Giudei infatti chiedono miracoli e i Greci cercano sapienza, 23 ma noi predichiamo Cristo crocifisso, che per i Giudei è scandalo, e per gli stranieri pazzia; 24 ma per quelli che sono chiamati, tanto Giudei quanto Greci, predichiamo Cristo, potenza di Dio e sapienza di Dio; 25 poiché la pazzia di Dio is wiser than men and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For, brethren, see your calling, there are among you many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong, 28 God chose the ignoble things of the world, and things despised the things that are not, to bring to naught things that are, 29 so that no one should boast before God 30 And it is thanks to him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written
«Chi si vanta, si vanti nel Signore».
Matteo 18:3
«In verità vi dico: se non cambiate e non diventate come i bambini, non entrerete nel regno dei cieli.
Matteo 19:14
Ma Gesù disse: «Lasciate i bambini, non impedite che vengano da me, perché il regno dei cieli è per chi assomiglia a loro».
Matteo 21:14-16
14 Allora vennero a lui, nel tempio, dei ciechi e degli zoppi, ed egli li guarì.
15 Ma i capi dei sacerdoti e gli scribi, vedute le meraviglie che aveva fatte e i bambini che gridavano nel tempio: «Osanna al Figlio di Davide!», ne furono indignati 16 e gli dissero: «Odi tu quello che they say? "Jesus said to them:" Yes. Have you never read: "From the mouth of babes and infants you have drawn praise '?" 1 Peter 2:2
as newborn babes, desire the pure spiritual milk, because it may grow to salvation, then brothers
and sisters think of any taboo, prejudice, partiality that we have (there is nobody who is immune from humans) and presentiamoli in prayer to the Lord so that we correct, and so with the guidance of the Holy Spirit can be used where the worldly mind prevented us in our imperfect discernment and spread efficiently in land in what we thought was barren and bear the fruit of Glory Lord, we need to be a vital tool not a hindrance or barrier to the gospel of Jesus Christ and I hope your membership in fraternal greetings to Robert Barnabè
