Mark 4:24 … Hearing what is heard (09/05/16)
“Pay Attention to what you Hear — The measure you Give will be the measure you Receive … and still more will be Given You.” ~ unknown (Mark 4:24)
What so many Christians fail to do with this verse is read it in accordance with the teachings of Jesus Christ … Jesus was in no way a fan of the self-centered hoarding of pleasure or of comfort or of wealth, and he certainly never once meant for us to “love” others in order to be rewarded for doing so (an act which has nothing to do with LOVE at all) … No, what Jesus means here (if we are to read his words in a way that erases all contradiction & hypocrisy — and thereby harmonizes those words here with the rest of the teachings & the entirety of his ministry) is that when we serve others without desiring any personal benefit, then & only then do we receive the inner Bliss that awaits those who do so – and that once we do so, additional opportunities for further service and additional opportunities for self-sacrifice open themselves to us and become visible as well.
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