Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Kingdom Thinking

John 2:4

And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come."(NASB)

"Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come." (NIV)

Jesus said, "Is that any of our business, Mother—yours or mine? This isn't my time. Don't push me."(Message)

“Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”

T. Austin Sparks says this, a far better translation is "Woman, you and I are thinking in two different realms; we have at the moment nothing in common" Thus throughout the lives of those around Jesus they sought to impinge upon im with their mentality. No, all the time He was putting them back and showing them how different were His thoughts, His ways, His ideas, His judgments, altogether different. 1

Sources:
1 The School of Christ, T. Austin Sparks p 10

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