Initial thoughts, mostly on chapter 10....
Who is Jesus? As he is the blessed one who blesses us, here he is the sent one who sends us.
Where is Jesus? He's where he was sent.
What then shall we do? Go where he sends us, as he sends us, and do what he tells us to do—just as he went where he was sent, as he was sent, and did what his Father told him to do.
He sends us to the lost ones as he was sent to the lost ones. He sends us poor, as he was poor. He sends us to bless as he blessed us. He sends us to preach, teach, and heal as he preached, taught, and healed. He sends us to give freely as we have freely received. He sends us as sheep amidst wolves as he was a lamb among the wolves of this world. He fearlessly sends us and we are to go without fear as he went without fear.
The church is not gathered in, huddled in fear; the church is sent out, generous and fearless. As Jesus is.
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