Personnel Evaluations For Discipleship Positions

MEMORANDUM

TO: Jesus, Son of Joseph
The Woodrcrafter's Carpenter Shop
Nazareth, Israel

FROM: Jordan Management Consultants, Jerusalem
RE: Personnel Evaluations

Thank you for submitting the resumes of the men you have picked for managerial positions in your organization. They have taken our battery of tests, and we have not only run the results through our computers, but also arranged personal interviews for each of them with our psychologist and vocation aptitude consultant.

It is the opinion of the staff that most of your nominees are lacking in background, education, and vocational aptitude for the type of enterprise you are undertaking. We recommend that you continue your search for persons with proven capacity and experience in managerial ability. We have summarized our findings below:

Simon Peter is emotional, unstable and given to fits of temper.

Andrew has absolutely no quality of leadership.

The two brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, place personal interests above Company loyalty.

Thomas demonstrates a questioning attitude that would tend to undermine morale.

Matthew has been blacklisted by the Greater Jerusalem Better Business Bureau.

James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, have radical leanings. Additionally, they both registered high scores on the manic depressive Scale.

However, one of the candidates shows great potential. He's a man of ability and resourcefulness; he is a great networker, has a keen business mind, and has strong contacts in influential circles. He's highly motivated, very ambitious and adept with financial matters. We recommend Judas Iscariot as your Chief Operating Officer.

All the other profiles are self-explanatory. We wish you the utmost success in your new venture.

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If Jesus had chosen the twelve based on the modern methods of leadership selection, all but one would have never had a chance to participate. Aren't you glad that when Jesus looked at you he didn't take you for what you were (a sinner); but he took you for what you could be in him?

Jesus is still saying, "Follow Me!"

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