Psalm 109
Job 38:1, 18-41
Revelation 18:1-8
Matthew 5:21-26
Revelation 18:1-8
"Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you do not take part in her sins, and so that you do not share in her plagues."
Great advice from Revelation. If the place we are is not conducive to the following Jesus lifestyle we are trying to lead, it's a good idea to put ourselves in a better/different situation.
Matthew 5:21-26
Nice passage on anger and what to do with it. "So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift."(vs.23-24) Kind of a worship version of don't let the sun go down on your anger. Some of the same thinking that places the prayer of confession early in the worship service as an opportunity to confess our sins to God and be forgiven so that we may come to the Word and to the proclamation without those barriers.
Preached this morning on...
Psalm 14 and 1 Timothy 1:12-17. The fool says in their heart there is no God. There are some folks who may say flat out there is no God. But there are many of us who say very clearly there is a God and yet in our hearts say there is no God. How so? Intellectual assent is not all that is being asked for here. If we say there is a God, how can we possibly ignore that God has a will and a desire for our world and for our lives. When we are willfully disobedient we are acting in a way that says there is no God. Saying there is a God means living as though there is a God who cares about us and about the decisions that we make.
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