Sunday, June 2, 2002
Sunday, June 2, 2002
For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to
everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Later they moved to another part of Germany. One evening the father returned home from
work and announced that the family would no longer be attending the local synagogue.
Instead they would be attending the local Lutheran church. "Why?" asked the young son, who
was greatly disturbed by this change. "Because," answered his father, "I need the business
contacts. It will be very profitable for our family to make the change."
The young man became angry and later bitter. He left Germany and went to England. Later he
would write, "Religion is the opiate of the people." Today millions of people believe his atheistic
philosophy. His name? Karl Marx--the founder of Communism.
I have known people who have moved to a different church in order to get better business
contacts. That, of course, is not the way of Christ.
When we faithfully following Jesus' ways and love as he loved, then the rest of life will fall into
its rightful place.
(Romans 1.16
NRSV)
One hundred fifty years ago there was a devout Jewish family in Germany. Their lives revolved
around their life as Jews. They were active participants in all the activities of their local
synagogue.
Loving God, help me to have an authentic faith. Amen.
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