Recently I saw a post that mockingly depicted the Feeding of the Five Thousand with a caption that read something to the effect of asking if Jesus had required those people to submit to a urinalysis before he would give to them. The post had the intended effect (one of the many) of disturbing me for its gross irreverence but it also confused me for a bit in trying to determine how to respond because there are so many false premises. Let me just try to hit a few of the largest ones… Firstly, there is no church/religious organization that can or likely would require the people that they provide assistance to submit to a urinalysis. Secondly, the attempt to equate government assistance programs and the standards which they are regulated by to that of church welfare programs is absurd, obscene, and reprehensible. This is also an obvious ploy to supplant church welfare with government dependency. Thirdly, the cowardly misuse of this New Testament story attempts to abuse the unfortunate general lack of comprehension of the whole content and context of the lesson and not allow the opportunity for the audience to apply their own reasoning and understanding (which, by the way, are the devices of evil… the adversary). Expanding on this third point, after the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the multitude once again sought out Jesus (see John chapter 6): 26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. John 6:26-29
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:55:16 +0000
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