Jeremiah 7:23-28 / Luke 11:14-23
When we say that someone is our good friend, it means that there are certain things in common between us and that person.
Good friends have these in common: honesty and sincerity, trust and understanding, listening to each other, accepting correction, loyalty and respect, among other things.
When there is trust and respect, when friends listen to each other, then the friendship will grow and deepen into a good friendship.
When God made a covenant with His people, He wanted to be their God and He wanted them to be His chosen people.
All that God asked of His people is that they listen to Him and follow His ways.
But as we heard from the 1st reading, the people did not listen to God, nor paid attention to Him.
They didn’t even respect God and they didn’t even treat Him as a friend.
Jesus came to be our Saviour, our Brother and as a friend so as to lead us to a relationship with God, a relationship that is deeper than just being good friends with God.
Let us have respect for Jesus because He is our Saviour and Brother, and who died on the Cross to save us from our sins.
Let us listen to Him as He teaches us the ways of truth and love.
And by our response to Jesus, we will know if we are with Him or against Him
We will know if we are gathering others for Jesus, or going against Jesus by dividing and scattering.