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Wednesday of the 14th Week OT
St. Luke’s Institute
July 10, 2013
APOSTLE
VS DISCIPLE +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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They’re on job. The 12 Apostles are called & named
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The only occasion where Matt uses word “Apostle” “One Sent,” to
describe follower of J
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Whereas meaning of “Disciple” is “Learner”
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In gospel emphasis on sending out those J chose
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They’re individuals; we know some of their backgrnd &
circumstances of calling; others R named & then simply become part of “12”
WE have a chance to apply +++++++++++++++++++
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That’s enough to encourage us about possibility of becoming
community around J
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If fishermen (2 sets of brothers w/ family issues that might
involve, tax collector, hot-headed revolutionary Zealot, traitor, & rest
could B chosen & harvested by J as 1st laborers in field, then
surely there’s hope 4 disparateness that’s R Ch today
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J had 2 work hard & not always successfully w/ these
apprentices
ON-THE-JOB
TRAINING +++++++++++++++++++++++++
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As with all apprentices it’s on-the-job training
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You don’t go away & study & then apply it
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U work alongside master plumber, electrician, seamstress &
learn by watching, trying, failing, growing
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Initial hands-on work seems 2 B go out 2 those Jews J sees as lost
and show them compassion & shows them
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Avoid Gentiles and Samaritans for the time being; a mission 2 them
& 2 all nations comes 2 DD after Resurrection
APPLICATION
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So apprenticeship of compassion is urgent & local
Ø So too is ours: It’s
to be a “watch-how-I-do-this-Nicholas” apprenticeship that is urgent and local
Ø Compassionate: as in “Watch me; do
as I do”
Ø Urgent: as in now, today,
beginning at the breakfast table and
Ø local: as among ourselves
CONCLUSION
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Ø Let’s not take our
eyes off the master craftsman to see his skills for showing compassion
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