Jonathan Chute - "Testing, Testing"

Jonathan Chute - "Testing, Testing"
Matthew 21: 23-32. This Sunday’s gospel portrays a tense encounter between Jesus and some local religious leaders. They see him, as they saw John the Baptist, as a troublemaker. They ask who gave him the authority to speak and act as he does. Jesus responds with a question of his own, which they refuse to answer. They had hoped to trap him, but find themselves cornered instead. Then he tells them a story of two brothers with very different approaches to life. It seems that God is more interested in what we actually do than what we say we will do. It is a lesson that applies across the centuries, to people of faith from every tradition.