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The Cost of Discipleship
Hospitality is one of the principal ways of demonstrating righteousness. We see this clearly exhibited for us in Genesis 19, when Lot showed himself to be the only righteous man in Sodom, or when the man in Gibeah of Benjamin sheltered the levite in Judges 19. Both Sodom and Gibeah were marked by God for destruction as a result of their wickedness, which was shown in their inhospitable behavior. And note that Sodom was destroyed by fire from heaven, which…
Mary Counts the Cost
The news would be a boon to Zechariah, but would cost Mary dearly. The contrast between the Zechariah story and Mary’s is unmistakable. While they have enough in common to make it so, Luke ensures that we see the contrast by setting the stories next to each other. Incomparable John would be the greatest man to ever live. But that is only so because Jesus is incomparable. Jesus is unique. The Son of God, the eternal second Person of the…