Esta tarde empezamos a estudiar con los adolescentes el evangelio de Mateo. En el capítulo 01 cuando el ángel le anuncia a José que el embarzo de su prometida María no era producto de una infidelidad, sino que era obra del Espíritu Santo; él sintió un gran alivio al saber que la historia que su amada le había contado tratando de explicar su embarazo, era cierta, y no era una invención descabellada para no aceptar su engaño. Si nos ponemos a pensar en cómo cambió la vida de toda la familia cuando Dios les encargó el nacimiento de su Hijo, incluso para el mismo Jesús, nos daremos cuenta de que fue un cambio dificil. Por ejemplo, cuando María y José se casaron, era obvio que la barriguita de María ya había crecido un poco; tal vez no se notaba mucho, pero seguro que hubieron quienes hicieron números y cayeron en cuenta que María se había casado !embarazada! y según los rumores el hijo no era de José. María pasó a ser una de las menos invitadas a las reuniones sociales y siempre había quienes murmuraban a espaldas de José. Cuando Jesús nació y empezó a crecer imagino que no faltaron los rumores en torno a su nacimiento, y sus hermanos ni que decirlo; ellos tuvieron que soportar las burlas de sus amiguitos quienes decían que su hermano mayor era hijo ilegítimo; eso tuvo que haber deteriorado la relación entre Jesús y sus hermanos. Tal vez esta fue una de las razones por la que los hermanos de Jesús no llegaron a creer en él sino hasta que resucitó. Cuando sucedió esto ya no quedó duda de que todos los rumores habían sido sin fundamento.
Creo que es importante pensar en esto por un momento, ya que muchas veces nosotros como cristianos somos objeto de burlas, rechazos; nos volvemos menos "populares"; pero eso no debe afectarnos ya que nuestro Señor también lo experimentó. Jesús no fue objeto de burlas a partir del ejercicio de su ministerio; sino que las burlas y el rechazo fueron algo de toda su vida. ¿la gente se burla de tí?, anímate la recompenza es grande.
This afternoon, we started to study the Gospel of Matthew with the adolescents. In chapter 1, when the angel announced the pregnancy of Mary to her fiancé Joseph and that it was not the result of unfaithfulness, but a work of the Holy Spirit, Joseph must have felt relieved to know that the story that Mary had told him about her pregnancy was true and wasn't a wild story that she told him to cover for herself. If we think about how life changed for the whole family, even Jesus, when He was born, we can see that is was a pretty difficult change for them. For example, when Mary and Joseph got married, it was obvious that Mary's stomach had grown a little. Maybe it wasn't really noticable, but there were probably people who were good with numbers and figured out that Mary was pregnant when she got married and according to the rumors, it wasn't Joseph's child! Mary was probably almost never invited to social gatherings and there was always someone talking behind Joseph's back. When Jesus was born and started to grow, I imagine that there were no lack of rumors. Even his brothers had to live with a lot of jokes from their friends who said that their older brother was illegitament. This must have effected Jesus' relationship with His brothers. Maybe this is why His brothers didn't believe in Him until after He rose from the dead. When that happened, there was no doubt that all the rumors had been baseless.I think it is important to think about this for a moment. A lot of times, we, as Christians, are also laughed at, rejected and lose popularity, but that shouldn't affect us now that our Lord also suffered these things. People didn't start laughing at Jesus for the first time when He started His ministry, the laughter and the rejection was something that He had to deal with all of His life. Do people laugh at you? Don't worry, the reward is great!
Creo que es importante pensar en esto por un momento, ya que muchas veces nosotros como cristianos somos objeto de burlas, rechazos; nos volvemos menos "populares"; pero eso no debe afectarnos ya que nuestro Señor también lo experimentó. Jesús no fue objeto de burlas a partir del ejercicio de su ministerio; sino que las burlas y el rechazo fueron algo de toda su vida. ¿la gente se burla de tí?, anímate la recompenza es grande.
This afternoon, we started to study the Gospel of Matthew with the adolescents. In chapter 1, when the angel announced the pregnancy of Mary to her fiancé Joseph and that it was not the result of unfaithfulness, but a work of the Holy Spirit, Joseph must have felt relieved to know that the story that Mary had told him about her pregnancy was true and wasn't a wild story that she told him to cover for herself. If we think about how life changed for the whole family, even Jesus, when He was born, we can see that is was a pretty difficult change for them. For example, when Mary and Joseph got married, it was obvious that Mary's stomach had grown a little. Maybe it wasn't really noticable, but there were probably people who were good with numbers and figured out that Mary was pregnant when she got married and according to the rumors, it wasn't Joseph's child! Mary was probably almost never invited to social gatherings and there was always someone talking behind Joseph's back. When Jesus was born and started to grow, I imagine that there were no lack of rumors. Even his brothers had to live with a lot of jokes from their friends who said that their older brother was illegitament. This must have effected Jesus' relationship with His brothers. Maybe this is why His brothers didn't believe in Him until after He rose from the dead. When that happened, there was no doubt that all the rumors had been baseless.I think it is important to think about this for a moment. A lot of times, we, as Christians, are also laughed at, rejected and lose popularity, but that shouldn't affect us now that our Lord also suffered these things. People didn't start laughing at Jesus for the first time when He started His ministry, the laughter and the rejection was something that He had to deal with all of His life. Do people laugh at you? Don't worry, the reward is great!
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