The Avenger
Summary
Whether fighting for your values or fighting for justice, Matthew’s gospel begs the question: who are you fighting? In human narratives—egotistical by nature—you are the good guy, fighting your enemy. This compelling personal narrative, born of ego and shaped by your experience, is a rejection of God. In Scripture, you, yourself, are the Lord’s enemy. Instead of trying to bring the Bible to your life—to make it relevant for today—so that you can judge your neighbor, you must transport yourself into the Bible’s world, where you are judged, where you are the hypocrite of Matthew 23. To borrow a line from Brian Morton: “We’d all be better readers if we realized that it isn’t the writer who’s the time traveler. It’s the reader.” Richard and Fr. Marc discuss Matthew 23:33-36. Episode 368 Matthew 23:33-36; Music: Heroic Age by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3870-heroic-age License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseWhether fighting for your values or fighting for justice, Matthew’s gospel begs the question: who are you fighting? In human narratives—egotistical by nature—you are the good guy, fighting your enemy. This compelling personal narrative, born of ego and shaped by your experience, is a rejection of God. In Scripture, you, yourself, are the Lord’s enemy.
Instead of trying to bring the Bible to your life—to make it relevant for today—so that you can judge your neighbor, you must transport yourself into the Bible’s world, where you are judged, where you are the hypocrite of Matthew 23.
To borrow a line from Brian Morton: “We’d all be better readers if we realized that it isn’t the writer who’s the time traveler. It’s the reader.”
Richard and Fr. Marc discuss Matthew 23:33-36.
Episode 368 Matthew 23:33-36; Music:
Heroic Age by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3870-heroic-age
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Instead of trying to bring the Bible to your life—to make it relevant for today—so that you can judge your neighbor, you must transport yourself into the Bible’s world, where you are judged, where you are the hypocrite of Matthew 23.
To borrow a line from Brian Morton: “We’d all be better readers if we realized that it isn’t the writer who’s the time traveler. It’s the reader.”
Richard and Fr. Marc discuss Matthew 23:33-36.
Episode 368 Matthew 23:33-36; Music:
Heroic Age by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3870-heroic-age
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license