The hit show The Chosen written by Dallas Jenkins has brought the story of Jesus to millions of worldwide viewers. The series started as a Crowd-Funded endeavor soliciting the public to donate funds to launch the show. Actor Jonathan Roumie depicts an outstanding Jesus and while watching and enjoying the series, it dawned on me why the show is so popular and successful. After years of religious schooling and training, the incredible story of Jesus is brought to life not in a scholarly or religious way but in a straightforward easy to understand manner.
Jesus, while being the Son of God, has to come to earth to share and teach the ways of God the Father and heaven. He chooses 12 apostles to help him spread his teachings and message. The word apostle is Greek meaning one who is sent out. The twelve were disciples or students of Jesus and were sent out as missionaries to spread the "Good News" teachings of Jesus.
The apostles were brothers Peter and Andrew, brother James and John, Andrew, Phillip, Thomas, Simon, Matthew, James, Bartholomew, Thaddeus, Judas and later Mathias. These common men were fishermen, political zealots, tax collectors, just plain everyday working men. Jesus purposely chose these men instead of the rabbis and high priests, the wealthy, or scholars like Nicodemus of the day. Perhaps Jesus knew their egos would not allow them to be good students and ultimately good teachers, or perhaps the message is that we are all welcome and exalted in the eyes of God even the least among us. Rabbis focused their attention of teaching those in the Jewish faith and were not interested in sharing their learning with Gentiles. Jesus wanted to expand his audience and share his teachings with the entire world both Gentile and Jew. And of course this ruffled a few feathers in the Jewish leadership and hierarchy.
The show depicts Jesus as a humble leader among the everyday people but with a powerful message of how to live a good life and find everlasting peace and joy in communion with God and his spiritual teachings and principles. The show is simply good entertainment but with an inspiring divine message of hope, faith, and love that is open and accessible to all of us to lead and live the God good life.
A good way to learn more about the teachings of Jesus is to focus on his actual words and what he says in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The words are so pure and true that they can transform you and the course of your life in an instant.
Jesus is here for all of us now. He is accessible and alive today as we was over 2000 years ago spreading the good news. As as Jesus instructs us,
"You can do all that I have done and more if you but believe"
God Bless.
With Love,
Coach K
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes. Blessed be the name of the Lord - Job
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