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Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - C
David Kalas
Literature is full of stories of mistaken identity. Sometimes the results are comic and other times tragic. But failing to recognize with whom you are dealing is never without consequence.
The pages of Scripture are filled with highest-order instances of mistaken identity. The residents of Sodom, for example, don’t know whom they are threatening. The Pharaoh of Egypt does not recognize the hand of Israel’s God at work. And the Jewish leaders who thought that Jesus was an agent of Beelzebul had it all wrong.
And the theme is not relegated to ancient stories. It is always contemporary. It remains an issue -- indeed, a sobering risk -- still today.
The pages of Scripture are filled with highest-order instances of mistaken identity. The residents of Sodom, for example, don’t know whom they are threatening. The Pharaoh of Egypt does not recognize the hand of Israel’s God at work. And the Jewish leaders who thought that Jesus was an agent of Beelzebul had it all wrong.
And the theme is not relegated to ancient stories. It is always contemporary. It remains an issue -- indeed, a sobering risk -- still today.
Ron Love
Mark Ellingsen
Bill Thomas
Bonnie Bates
Frank Ramirez
Bob Ove
Jeremiah 1:4-10
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