Via Church

This week, as we continue to think in terms of our global mission, we will be reflecting on the words of Jesus earlier on during his earthly ministry. In the Gospel of Matthew, our account for today centers around a confrontation that Jesus had with the religious leaders of his day. This was toward the end of his three years of public ministry here on the earth. During this particular day, Jesus had come to the temple and the religious leaders began asking him who gave him the authority to do what he was doing. Jesus doesn’t answer their questions but instead tells them about the wickedness and unbelief of their hearts by sharing three parables (stories with a point). As we think about our global responsibility to proclaim the Gospel and make disciples, we have to consider not only our commission as a church, but the commandment of God that centers our thinking concerning our mission.