Title: Faith and Service
Contents
Subject: Faith and Service
Bible text:
Lamentations 1:1-6 Zion's Funeral Lamentations
Luke 17: 5-10 Unpretentious Serving and Forming Faith
Lamentations 1:1-6 Zion's Funeral Lamentations
The main subject of the book's content is B.C. 587, mourning the destruction of Jerusalem in the dead history of the Jews being imprisoned in Babylon. The text is clearly divided into but not divided into acrostic structures. This is because, if you put the Hebrew letters at the beginning (aleph, bet, gimmel, dalet, he, waw) and put them together, it becomes a linguistic poem.
The text vividly and in detail describes the exile that humanizes Zion in a poem alluding to the funeral lamentations. Verse 1 contrasts three forms of a cry accompanied by a cry and a wailing. Jerusalem was overcrowded, great among the nations, the ruler of the provinces, but now contrasts with widows and slaves. The consequences of the situation of the ruined city of Zion gave humanity to the weeping city in verse 2. The basis for Lamentations was again provided through this contrast. Without comfort from her loved ones, Jerusalem had to accept the rebellion of her enemies. The Lamentations of Jeremiah records a special history because of the exile that finally mourns Zion. Verses 4-6 contrast prosperity and destruction through the recollection of the prosperous city of Jerusalem, and continue to personify the emotionally destroyed city, and the enemies of Zion and those in power who lack power in Zion because of exile rather than festival travel. mourn It provides theological basis for reference to God's judgment and the progress of change in Zion. However, the text provides a stronger picture of the exile route that must leave Zion rather than the importance of theology.
Luke 17: 5-10 Unpretentious Serving and Forming Faith
Luke describes Jesus' travels to Jerusalem in three parts (9:51-13:21; 13:22-17:10; 17:11-19:27). At the end of the second main part, it deals with the subject excellently to find the lost. Luke examines the faith of the disciples responding to Jesus' attention and admonition. Jesus answers the disciples' questions, teaches the apostles in metaphorical language about the power of faith, and continues preaching about the priority attitude of serving in faith. And even though there are various words that compare the duty of a servant, in the tradition only seen by Luke, by emphasizing the evangelist, he is the first to teach us about faith the size of a mustard seed, which is sufficiently different from any other seed, so that we can believe in Jesus Christ. to follow Christ.
The composition of texts 5-6, conclusion 7-10, is to have an interest in reflecting on the faith of the apostle and the parable of the unworthy servant, and to see the faith regardless of the metaphorical or metaphorical change between the Lord and the apostles. Jesus preaches the dangers of the temptation to sin and the unbounded need for forgiveness for repentance. The teachings of Jesus prepare questions that concern faith (5) and follow their answers (6) to preach the power of faith. Faith that seeks obedience, which defines the attitude of faith, will result in powerful service. So, since some responses do not arrive by chance, we see the need to connect by faith with our Creator God. Even if we challenge the false creative proclamation of training preaching, we may have to choose preaching from another oratory practice or from only one part of the Bible.
The disciples were transformed by the purpose for which they served, the ability for which faith was generated. God, working through Jesus Christ, who transforms human lives by faith, gives new life to those who take the form of humble service. There is no arrogance in that person's new life, knowing that his/her life is the result of the power of faith. So Jesus goes on to tell them about the humble service of the minister, which he immediately hides from the perspective of his disciples' questions, teaching them about the quality of life of service in faith. The parable of the worthless servant is a study of the disciples. We should not try to find the image of God, the Lord of the servants. The master seems more tyrannical than a man of love and grace. Rather, the purpose of the parable is to deflect people's expectations about the Christian life of service. In the sense of service translated in this parable, the sign that tells us that they are faithful servants, becoming servants of pure faith, indicates that they themselves are unworthy and come to Jesus.
Jesus teaches us to understand ourselves in a relationship of doing the will of God. We imitate God's work of praising or thanking God, guiding us outside those expectations. The faith that leads to service does not expect great nurture for ourselves, and for the commission of service and faith, the service of that faith is a good gift from God.
The starting point of faith is the reality in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, which contemplates the presence of Christ, God. God was separated from Zion. And the church is in the mindset of waiting for the Lord's last day of victory. In that faith, the Eucharist, the Christian community, which is Holy Communion, gives the assurance that the body of Christ is built up. Faith allows us to enjoy heaven in anticipation with the same feeling that we have been through it before. And we learn that faith is formed through unpretentious service.