The Tenth Sunday after Trinity

Today's Reading: Luke 19:41-48

Daily Lectionary: 1 Samuel 16:1-23; Acts 25:13-27

And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side (Luke 19:41-43)

In the name of + Jesus. Amen. Jesus was a serious pain in the neck for both the Jews and the Romans! He was disruptive to the status quo. He didn't much care for how the Pharisees were interpreting God's Word. He was insulting to people who seemed to trust too heavily on their possessions. He healed on the Sabbath. He ate with sinners and tax collectors. He just didn't seem to get it.

That was just it. When Jesus came, He didn't come merely to blend in or simply to carve a comfortable corner for Himself. No, Jesus came with the most dangerous and disruptive thing