St. Matthew, Chapter 21, verses: 44b; The Powder.

Our paragraph topic is:  (Application of the parable) Part 6. 

Again Christ continues to talk about and forewarn what will happen to those who can not accept or believe in the Word that he brings to the people from God his Father.  He has given the priest and the elders every opportunity to hear the Word.  He has spoken to them several parables in the language of their time.  He has made every effort to break through their hardened hearts with no results.

The people heard the Word and believed.  The people saw the miracles and believed.  The people were in the presence of the Living Word and came to understand the truth of his teachings.  Why have not the leaders done the same?  So he tells them about the stone that the builders rejected will fall upon them.  He said:  "But upon whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder." 

Powder and ashes, will be the remains of what is left of those who oppose the word of God.  This is the message the Word brings to the people.  He wants everyone to know the truth of what they will get from the opposition of the Word.  So where does that leave us today.  We hear the word yet do not comprehend the hidden meanings in them.  We practice our weekly ritual yet do not come closer to the life that we are to live as a result of the word.  It is almost like we are programed to hear yet not hear.

Religion and the spoken word is everywhere in the world.  Though it is not as prevalent as the presence of the world itself.  For the world we live in is everywhere.  We hear, see, feel, it every day, every hour, every minute of the day that we live.  And then comes the word and we almost turn it off because it is something that we do not want to hear.  The religion that we have today is not what the Word is about.  The written words spoken by Christ have been taken and transformed into something that is used to bring the people to believe in something that is good for the membership that they belong to. 

We have every religious denomination imaginable in the world today.  And each one teaches a different variation of the true Word.  The Word is meant to transform.  It is meant to open the mind and the heart to the truth that lies within.  We were created in his image and his likeness and his likeness is not physical,  his likeness is not made of flesh.  His likeness and his image is spiritual.  It is light.  It is goodness.  It is love.  It is something that is within us and not outside of us.  The eye can see.  The ear can hear.  And the heart can know who we are if we stop and listen, if we stop and seek, if we get off the merry-go-round and ask for direction.

Christ Jesus is open to our calls.  Christ Jesus is available for us to speak with.  Christ Jesus is our hope and our dreams, our protection and our provision.  He is the truth that sets us free from the world and transforms us into a new life that is eternal.  The door is open.  The invitation is waiting on us.  The new life is ready for us to put on like a new and rich garment of kingly fashion.  Your rewards await.  Come!  Be a part of the new kingdom. 

Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ .   The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.