The Passion of Jesus According to Matthew

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…from Worship at Good Sam on April 13, 2014

That Jesus is arrested, put on trial, punished and executed is certainly an injustice.  It is not a stretch to say that we all know that many forms of  injustice happen in our world all the time.  The bigger question is a harder question:  What is God’s response and what is God’s posture or approach to injustice?  It is a question we can ask about the suffering of Jesus, but it is also a question to ask about injustice and suffering in our lives as well.  Perhaps the events and experiences of the Christian community on the days following Jesus’ death are a partial answer to this question.  Think of the appearances of Jesus, think of the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost, think of the explosion of the church in the first century.  Perhaps God is not silent in the face of injustice, but simply responding in ways we didn’t expect.

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