The Truth of Self-Insufficiency ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The Truth of Self-Insufficiency ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The madness of our self-sufficiency comes to the fore in the discourse of Jesus at the Last Supper. There, we see that our path of perfection is in point of fact a path towards union. Not only does Jesus promise to dwell with the Father in those who love Him, He also affirms that we are only the branches to His vine. Matthew 5:17-37 presents us with a series of injunctions from Jesus who places His demands at the centre of the new law. Be perfec…