Martes 27 de Febrero del 2018
\nAmos 7-9 | Apocalipsis 8
\n\u201cSe acercaron a Jes\u00fas algunos fariseos y maestros de la ley que hab\u00edan llegado de Jerusal\u00e9n, y le preguntaron: \u2014 \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 quebrantan tus disc\u00edpulos la tradici\u00f3n de los ancianos? \u00a1Comen sin cumplir primero el rito de lavarse las manos! – Mateo 15:1-2<\/p>\n
Tan trivial como pueda parecer lavarse las manos antes de comer, esta pregunta que le hicieron a Jes\u00fas en el verso de encabezamiento, es m\u00e1s importante de lo que parece. Representa el choque directo entre Jes\u00fas y el juda\u00edsmo ortodoxo. Incluidos en esta confrontaci\u00f3n, est\u00e1n los temas clave que separan a Jes\u00fas del juda\u00edsmo y que cristalizan los principios del Nuevo Pacto, sobre las suposiciones del Antiguo Pacto.<\/p>\n
Los fariseos y los maestros de la ley hab\u00edan viajado desde Jerusal\u00e9n a Galilea, con el prop\u00f3sito de investigar a Jes\u00fas, tratar de detener Su ministerio y prevenir el crecimiento de Su influencia. Jes\u00fas hab\u00eda deshonrado sus tradiciones, lo cual les daba razones para criticarlo y condenarlo. El asunto en juego era la purificaci\u00f3n ceremonial, la cual hab\u00eda sido instituida por la Ley de Mois\u00e9s. El inter\u00e9s primordial de la ley farisaica era el comportamiento externo y la actividad externa.<\/p>\n
La impureza era contra\u00edda al tocar o comer algo que fuera considerado impuro. Por ejemplo: tocar un cad\u00e1ver, tocar a una mujer despu\u00e9s del parto y durante su ciclo menstrual, tocar a un gentil y tocar ciertos animales que eran considerados no solo impuros sino contagiosos. Si un hombre tocaba algo impuro, se convert\u00eda en un hombre sucio e impuro, y si alguien tocaba a ese hombre, esta persona tambi\u00e9n se contaminaba. Lo anterior implicaba que uno pod\u00eda inocentemente llegar a ser impuro al tocar, en la calle, a alguien sucio e impuro. Para luchar contra esta posibilidad, ellos hab\u00edan establecido un sistema elaborado de lavado y limpieza dentro de la tradici\u00f3n jud\u00eda, lo cual era de obligatorio cumplimiento.<\/p>\n
Jes\u00fas dio un giro total a las creencias de los fariseos y maestros de la Ley, al exponer las impurezas de ellos y al declararles la naturaleza de la verdadera limpieza. Jes\u00fas respondi\u00f3 a sus preguntas, citando primero a Isa\u00edas, quien dijo de los fariseos: \u201cEste pueblo me honra con los labios, pero su coraz\u00f3n est\u00e1 lejos de m\u00ed. En vano me adoran; sus ense\u00f1anzas no son m\u00e1s que reglas humanas.\u201d (Mateo 15:8-9). Entonces Jes\u00fas llam\u00f3 a la multitud y les dijo: \u201c\u2014Escuchen y entiendan. Lo que contamina a una persona no es lo que entra en la boca sino lo que sale de ella.\u201d (Mateo 15:10-11).<\/p>\n
La verdadera limpieza no llega al coraz\u00f3n desde el exterior de la persona. El buen comportamiento puede llegar a ser impuesto externamente por medio de un conjunto de leyes que exigen y recompensan el comportamiento correcto, pero esto no producir\u00e1 la verdadera bondad. La verdadera bondad viene de un coraz\u00f3n limpio y transformado, que es capaz de expresarse en un buen comportamiento, el cual es el resultado de una verdadera limpieza y no la causa. Si un sistema de premios y castigos del comportamiento, es lo suficientemente fuerte, terminar\u00e1 induciendo la conformidad del patr\u00f3n de comportamiento esperado, pero la verdadera limpieza es la del coraz\u00f3n y es \u00fanicamente derivada de Dios.
\nORACI\u00d3N: Amado Se\u00f1or, crea en m\u00ed un coraz\u00f3n puro y limpio que se traduzca en bondad y amor hacia los dem\u00e1s. Gracias Se\u00f1or.
\nPARA REFLEXIONAR: \u00bfMi comportamiento est\u00e1 reflejando la verdadera limpieza de coraz\u00f3n?<\/p>\n
THE NATURE OF THE REAL CLEANING
\nThusday February 27th 2018
\nMasters 7-9 | Revelation 8
\n\u00abSome Pharisees and teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem came to Jesus and asked him:-why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders?\u00bb They eat without first complying with the rite of washing their hands! -Matthew 15:1-2<\/p>\n
As trivial as it may seem to wash your hands before eating, this question did Jesus in verse of heading, is more important than it seems. It represents the direct clash between Jesus and Orthodox Judaism. Included in this confrontation, are the key issues that separate Jesus from Judaism and that crystallize the principles of the new Covenant, on the assumptions of the old Covenant.<\/p>\n
The Pharisees and the teachers of the law, had traveled from Jerusalem to Galilee, in order to investigate Jesus, trying to stop his Ministry and prevent the growth of its influence. Jesus had disgraced their traditions, which gave them reasons to criticize and condemn it. The issue at stake was the ceremonial purification, which had been instituted by the law of Moses. The primary concern of the Pharisaic law was external behavior and external activity.<\/p>\n
Impurity was contracted to the touch or eat something that was considered impure. For example: touching a corpse, touching a woman after childbirth and during their menstrual cycle, touch a Gentile and touch certain animals which were considered not only impure but contagious. If a man touched something unclean, it turned into a dirty and unclean man, and if someone hits this man, this person also polluted. This meant that one could innocently become unclean by touching, in the street, someone dirty and impure. To fight against this possibility, they had established an elaborate system of washing and cleaning within the Jewish tradition, which was enforced.<\/p>\n
Jesus took a turn total to the beliefs of the Pharisees and teachers of the law, by exposing the impurities of them and declare them the nature of the real cleaning. Jesus answered their questions, citing first Isaiah, who said of the Pharisees: ‘this people honors me with lips, but their heart is far from me. In vain I love; his teachings are just human rules.\u00bb (Matthew 15:8-9). Then Jesus called the crowd and told them: \u00ab-to listen and understand.\u00bb What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth but what comes out of it.\u00bb (Matthew 15:10-11).<\/p>\n
Real cleaning does not reach the heart from outside of the person. Good behavior can be imposed externally by means of a set of laws that require and reward correct behavior, but this will not produce true goodness. The true goodness comes from a clean and transformed, heart that is able to express themselves in a good behavior, which is the result of a real cleaning and not the cause. If a system of rewards and punishments of the behavior, is strong enough, it will end by inducing the conformity of the expected behavior pattern, but true cleaning is that of the heart and is only derived from God.
\nPrayer: Amado Se\u00f1or, create in me a pure and clean heart which translates into goodness and love towards others. Thank you Lord.
\nTO reflect: Would my behavior is reflecting the true heart cleaning?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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