Quest for Hope
The Kingdom and the Cross 3-12-16
Matthew 16:21-27
Yesterday, the gospel of Matthew guided us to reflect on what actually makes us clean on the inside before God by identifying the human problem. The real problem is we are dirty at the core of our being and outward religious observances cannot make us holy. Only the work of Christ can wash our internal being and make us pleasing to God. Today, on our quest for hope Jesus explains what is involved in following him to that cleansing: a cross for our will as we surrender to the eternal work of the Kingdom.