Let me say that again.
Personal salvation is a poor motive for faith.
As I was thinking about this Sunday and the scripture passage, those were the words that came to mind. There are people who would describe Christianity as achieving personal salvation. I think that personal salvation is a poor motive for faith. The scripture passage today, in the Gospel of Luke, is drawn from a collection that Luke and Matthew share in common. They seem to have gathered collections of Jesus teaching and pieced them together.