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In the gospel, John the Baptist preaches to the different kinds of peoples; the crowds, the tax collectors and as well as the soldiers. First, John the Baptist tells the masses to sacrifice their extra cloaks to the ones that do not have as he also taught them the value of generosity. As for the tax collectors, John the Baptist tells them to receive what is expected and do not ask for more. He taught them the value of contentment for the tax collectors in his time were famous for their corruption. Lastly, the soldiers were told not to commit extortion and to never falsely accuse anyone. John the Baptist introduced to them the value of real humility. These values that he has taught to the peoples were basically a reminder for us to become better Christians. We may not have the same titles from this gospel such as tax collectors or soldiers, but we must admit that there are times when we tend to act differently. As millennials, we become magnets to our prized possessions such as our

The gospel is taken from the book of John where Jesus and Pontus Pilate had their confrontation when the chief priests brought Jesus to him. They talked about whether Jesus was the King of the Jews. Jesus in reply said “ Mine is not a kingdom of this world, if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. As it is, my kingdom does not belong here.” We can relate to the word of the lord by looking deeper on what Jesus said. He said that his place was not here but on heaven. We too are like Jesus, We are living in a life that is only just temporary because there is something to look forward on and that is, eternal life. Many people can’t see this because they are blinded by greed and power. People puts their money first before their dignity and what is commonly happening is that we focus more often on what we have and not on the things that we have done good. We care too much on things of this world but we must never forget