Context:
could
 large
ly
 do
 
whatever
 he
 
wanted
 to
 do
.
 Most
ly
 he
 
wanted
 to
 collect
 tax
es
,
 both
 to
 
fuel
 his
 own
 
appetit
es
 and
 to

 appea
se
 his
 Roman
 over
lord
s
.
 And
,
 on
 the
 side
,
 if
 he
 felt
 the
 urge
 to
 divorc
e
 his
 
wife
 and
 mar
ry
 his
 brother
 Phillip
s
 

wife
,
 Hero
dias
,
 just
 
because
 he
 
could
,
 who
 
could
 stop
 him
?
 The
 
gospel
s
 tell
 
us
 that
 John
 the
 
Baptist
 
spoke
 out
 
against

 Hero
d
,
 particular
ly
 
because
 Hero
d
 stole
 his
 brother
s
 
wife
.
 For
 that
,
 John
 the
 
Baptist
 was
 
throw
n
 into
 
prison
,
 and

 later
,
 on
 
a
 w
him
,
 beh
eaded
.
 John
 the
 
Baptist
 was
 Jesus
 c
ousin
.
 Jesus
 
knew
 who
 Hero
d
 was
 for
 
a
 long
 time
.
 He
 
knew
 exact

ly
 what
 Hero
d
 
could
 do
.
 But
 he
 was
n
t
 af
raid
 of
 him
.
 Jesus
 know
s
 Hero
d
,
 but
 more
 important
ly
,
 Jesus
 know
s
 him
self
.
 He

 know
s
 what
 he
 is
 about
,
 what
 his
 life
 is
 about
,
 and
 for
 all
 of
 
their
 pomp
,
 power
 and
 position
,
 the
 Hero
d
s
 of
 life
 will

 not
 win
 
anything
.
 Interest
ing
,
 is
n
t
 it
,
 that
 it
s
 is
 
a
 group
 of
 Phar
ise
es
 who
 come
 to
 warn
 Jesus
 that
 Hero
d
?
 What
 do

 you
 think
 –
 do
 you
 think
 
these
 are
 friendly
 Phar
ise
es
 who
 are
 
thinking
 about
 the
 health
 and
 well
 
being
 of
 Jesus
...
or

 are
 the
y
 mere
ly
 sav
vy
 Phar
ise
es
 who
 have
 so
 accommodat
ed
 
themselves
 to
 the
 
places
 of
 power
 that
 Hero
d
 
allows
 them
 to

 have
 that
 the
y
 don
t
 want
 Jesus
 
raising
 
a
 ru
c
kus
 and
 spoil
ing
 
a
 good
 thing
?
 Yea
h
,
 that
s
 what
 I
 think
 too
.
 So
 it
 
makes
 

us
 wonder
 –
 to
 what
 
degree
 have
 we
 sold
 out
 to
 the
 
safety
 and
 security
 to
 our
 place
 in
 the
 
political
/
economic
/
class

 world
 that
 we
 fail
 to
 miss
 the
 revolution
ary
 voice
 of
 Jesus
 on
 be
half
 of
 the
 
broken
,
 the
 
hungr
y
,
 the
 
least
 and
 the
 lost

?
 Let
 
us
 pray
:
 Gra
cious
 Lord
,
 even
 in
 the
 face
 of
 
opposition
 and
 
threat
,
 Jesus
 never
 wave
red
 from
 his
 mission
 in
 life
.

 All
 the
 way
 to
 the
 humili
ation
 and
 the
 tortur
e
 of
 the
 cross
.
 Never
 let
 
us
 
settle
 for
 the
 kind
 of
 
faith
 that
 promis
es
 an

 easy
 life
 for
 
us
,
 but
 help
 
us
 str
ive

Input:
broken
 world
.
 That
 is
 what
 is
 right
.
 That
 is
 right
 the
ology
.
 That
 is
 right
 exerci
s
ing
 of
 
grace
.
 That
 is
 what
 you

 demonstrat
e
 here
.
 Help
 me
 live
 it
 too
!
 Jesus
 
knew
 what
 Hero
d
 was
 cap
able
 of
;
 he
 
built
 two
 
cities
,
 Tib
erius
 and
 Sep
phora

s
.
 He
 collect
ed
 tax
es
 to
 satisf
y
 his
 own
 w
him
s
 and
 that
 of
 Rome
.
 He
 was
 moral
ly
 bank
rupt
,
 he
 
wanted
 to
 divorc
e
 his
 
wife

 and
 mar
ry
 his
 brother
s
 sister
.
 He
 also
 had
 Jesus
 c
ousin
 John
 
throw
n
 into
 
prison
 and
 
because
 he
 
could
....
 he
 beh
eaded

 him
.
 It
 was
 also
 Hero
d
s
 father
also
 
called
 Hero
d
who
 had
 all
 the
 male
 babi
es
 of
 Beth
lehem
 massa
c
red
 
when
 Jesus
 was

 born
.
 Jesus
 
knew
 Hero
d
 and
 what
 he
 was
 cap
able
 of
,
 but
 more
 important
ly
 Jesus
 
knew
 him
self
,
 His
 ministr
y
 and
 
why
 He

 came
.
 Jesus
 was
 not
 
going
 to
 be
 manipulat
ed
 and
 
controlled
 by
 
political
 pressure
 or
 
opposition
.
 He
 determin
ed
 His
 walk
 

based
 on
 the
 will
 of
 God
 and
 by
 do
ing
 so
 He
 
would
 ful
fill
 His
 
entire
 ministr
y
.
 
s
 it
 that
 the
y
 did
n
t
 want
 Jesus
 up

setting
 the
 status
 quo
 and
 spoil
ing
 
favour
s
 the
y
 had
 w
ran
gled
 from
 Hero
d
?
 Have
 we
 sold
 out
 to
 the
 
political
 correct
ness

 of
 our
 world
,
 or
 do
 we
 miss
 the
 voice
 of
 Jesus
 on
 be
half
 of
 the
 lost
,
 
broken
 and
 the
 
hungr
y
?
 
When
 Jerusalem
 
reject
ed

 Jesus
,
 the
y
 set
 
themselves
 up
 for
 de
struction
.
 Jesus
 long
s
 to
 bring
 
us
 under
 the
 
wings
 of
 His
 protection
 and
 bless
 
us
 

beyond
 what
 we
 can
 imagine
.
 
When
 people
 
reject
 Jesus
 
grace
,
 the
y
 bring
 
s
orrow
 and
 de
struction
 into
 
their
 lives
.
 
When
 we

 are
 face
d
 with
 
opposition
,
 my
 
prayer
 is
 that
 I
 never
 wa
ver
 from
 what
 God
 has
 
called
 me
 to
 do
.
 That
 I
 
would
 follow

 Christ
 with
 
courage
 and
 integrit
y
 and
 that
 I
 
would
 serve
 Him
 with
 
a
 
confidence
 that
 my
 today
 and
 my
 
tomorrow
s
 are
 in

 the

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