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"Before our story can begin, we need to first understand that Jesus wasn’t simply a Jew. Specifically, He was a Galilean. Not only that, Jesus’ disciples were all Galileans as well. They were Galileans from just about every walk of life. A fisherman, a tax collector, Jesus assembled these together. There is a great reason why. They would be spoken to (by Jesus) in the Galilean vernacular. Even though the region shared the same culture, the Galileans developed customs that were unique only to them.
Why is this important? Because Jesus used people’s cultures to more deeply communicate the spiritual nature of God. He used words and symbols and analogies and parables for them to understand.
You see the Sermon on the Mount. Speaking to them in ways they can understand. He is speaking to them about being fishers of men. Why would you use that analogy unless you knew these were fishermen?
Everything he said was based on the life he lived, the culture he belonged to.
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Everything he said was based on the life he lived, the culture he belonged to. Why?
When he talks to me, he talks to me where I am, in the life I live...what matters to me...whatever is going on in my life is important to him.
Nell