Gospel

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.....be kind
to one another,
tenderhearted,
forgiving one another,
as God in Christ
forgave you.
[Ephesians 4:32]
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"I don't think Paul was
Jewish, Lord."

"How so, child."

"Well......what HAPPENED
to him, anyway?"

"Me."

"Yeah, I've read about
that road to Damascus;
I bet he wished he had
gone ANOTHER way,
THAT day!"

"Why, child."

"Well, it seems like in all
these Letters, he's always
writing from some PRISON!"

[PATIENT NOD.]

"Yeah, well........I just don't
think he was Jewish, is all."

[SMILE.]
"Tell Me, child."

"Are You sure he
was JEWISH?"

[SLOW NOD.]

"I just don't see it anywhere,
Lord. I mean, in this Part,
he keeps talkin' about
saints, and the Holy Spirit,
Christ, and the Son of God,
and JESUS...........are
You SURE he was JEWISH?"

[PATIENT NOD.]
"Yes, My beloved."

"Hm, hm.
(Squint hard.)
(Sip some A&W rootbeer.)
Neah.
I just don't see it.
(Bite on a fingernail
that's seen better days.)
Maybe, some uncle on
his cousin's side."

[PATIENT SILENCE.]

"BOTH his parents?"

[MORE PATIENT NODDING.]

"It wasn't just like some
AUNT, on his MOTHER'S
SIDE?"

[CHUCKLE.]
"No, My beloved!"

"But.......aren't, like,
CATHEDRALS NAMED
after this guy?"

[SOLEMN NOD.]

"And, eh......he
was JEWISH?"

[PATIENT SIGH.]

"I just don't get it.
I just don't GET it!
Are You SURE he
was JEWISH?
I thought he was
CATHOLIC?"

"Child...."

"But, I don't GET it,
Lord!"

"Kinder.....

"But, LORD!
Jews don't BELIEVE in
SAINTS! YOU know
THAT!"

"Yes, My precious."

"So.....what HAPPENED
with THIS guy?"

"Me, child.
Me."
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There is one body
and one Spirit.....
one Lord,
one faith...
one God and Father
of us all,
Who is above all.....
[Ephesians 4:4-6]

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