DEPART FROM ME - YOU LEFT ME THIRSTY
And Jesus walked into a village that had no clean water and he said, "Where are those who bathe and shower and wash their cars and water their gardens?"
And the disciples answered, "They are busy about their lives."
He was called to the house of a child, sick with fever from the dirty well water, and he said. "Where are those whose taps are full and whose baths are hot?"
And the disciples answered, "They are exulting in their plenty."
He came upon a newly dug mound of earth, and asked,"Who lies here beneath?"
And the disciples answered, "Yet another who was thirsty and no one offered them a drink."
Then he said to those who stood on his left, "Depart from me, for I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink."
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And the disciples answered, "They are busy about their lives."
He was called to the house of a child, sick with fever from the dirty well water, and he said. "Where are those whose taps are full and whose baths are hot?"
And the disciples answered, "They are exulting in their plenty."
He came upon a newly dug mound of earth, and asked,"Who lies here beneath?"
And the disciples answered, "Yet another who was thirsty and no one offered them a drink."
Then he said to those who stood on his left, "Depart from me, for I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink."
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I AM PROUD OF MY WRITING, FOR JESUS’S SAKE, THAT HAS HAD ME FOUND INNOCENT IN HEAVEN, BUT TWICE A CRIMINAL ON THE EARTH. THE FIRST IN 1990 WHEN I WROTE A BIBLICAL TEXT ON THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN PEACEFUL PROTEST ABOUT THE BOMBING OF YOUNG IRAQI RECRUITS DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. THE SECOND, IN 2016 WHEN I WROTE ON MY BLOG, TO ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT A PAEDOPHILE, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FORCING THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HIM HAVING ACCESS TO CHILDREN. THERE WAS ALMOST A THIRD! IN 1997, WHEN I WAS ARRESTED FOR NAILING MY PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ON THE DOOR OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. WORDS ARE POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT CHALLENGE CORRUPTION, CONFRONT THE WICKED AND CREATE A BETTER WORLD. JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED TO COMMUNICATE HIS WORDS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE COST.
"You brave, courageous and wonderful man. To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression is truly an act of a pure heart."
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