"When you know that your brother has something against you, go first, get reconciled and then offer your gifts at the altar."
Going by this dictum of Jesus, He Himself would have never been eligible to offer gifts at the altar. Certainly He did have his share of 'offended brothers', the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Jewish elders, the tax collectors and so on. Yet He offered Himself as the sacrifice.
In our times, if this is the case, no parent can genuinely come anywhere near the communion line! How many times do children get 'offended' and sulk. Do that mean, parents have to ask pardon of their children for preventing them from putting their fingers into the electrical sockets of the house? Or has the mother to seek pardon for forcibly feeding her child, in spite of and through the river of tears flowing from her eyes?
Going by this dictum of Jesus, He Himself would have never been eligible to offer gifts at the altar. Certainly He did have his share of 'offended brothers', the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Jewish elders, the tax collectors and so on. Yet He offered Himself as the sacrifice.
In our times, if this is the case, no parent can genuinely come anywhere near the communion line! How many times do children get 'offended' and sulk. Do that mean, parents have to ask pardon of their children for preventing them from putting their fingers into the electrical sockets of the house? Or has the mother to seek pardon for forcibly feeding her child, in spite of and through the river of tears flowing from her eyes?
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