As I have been reading through the Gospels lately, I have noticed that very often Jesus will issue a warning to his followers. These warnings usually take the form of "woe to you...," or "beware...," or "be on your guard...," or "watch out...," or something of this nature. As I looked at these warnings more closely, I noticed that most all of them fall into one of three catagories:--Warnings against a love or strong desire for money and material possessions (such as Luke 6:24 – 25, Luke 12:15, Matthew 23:25)
--Warnings against a love or strong desire for fame, reputation, honor, prestige, and the praise of man (such as Matthew 6:1, Luke 6:26, Luke 11:43, Luke 20:46-47)
--Warnings against forgetting those below you...those in poverty, widows, orphans, etc. (such as Luke 11:42, Matthew 25:34-46)
It seems to me that Jesus' repeated warnings about these things should land quite strongly on us Westerners today because these seem to be exactly the things that our culture and society offer to us as things worthy of pursuit. This deserves quite a bit more meditation by each of us.
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