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[930.36 --> 938.60] for the world for you and me and for his enemies praise the lord that is god's love |
[938.60 --> 947.64] that is agape sacrificial love and the reason we're here this morning don't let this be missed by any |
[947.64 --> 955.16] one of us is in some way god's love melted your heart and mine in such a way that we move from enemy |
[955.80 --> 961.40] to child in fact after the 9 a.m service someone came up to me and they said that's such a such a simple |
[961.40 --> 965.88] sermon but you know what that's how i became a christian my mom invited me to church and out of |
[965.88 --> 970.60] obligation to my mom i came to church i heard a message about how god is love and god worked in my |
[970.60 --> 977.96] life and if that's your story pursue this because what i'm saying is not just words it's god's love |
[977.96 --> 983.16] in reality through the person of jesus christ who has given everything for you and for me |
[984.76 --> 991.00] dale brunner a favorite commentator of mine he summarizes the love of jesus in this way and i just |
[991.00 --> 997.64] think this says it really well he says in god's single greatest act of self-disclosure ever greater |
[997.64 --> 1005.56] even than his continuous acts of creation god loved his enemy world so much that he gave his own son |
[1006.44 --> 1017.00] god the cross teaches us supremely is the greatest enemy lover of all time that's why we sing every |
[1017.00 --> 1025.24] sunday that's why we worship that's why we gather as the church god's love is has said it is gritty |
[1025.24 --> 1033.32] sacrificial committed faithful love even in the face of faithlessness and rejection and it shows up in |
[1033.32 --> 1039.64] and through the mighty power of jesus and the question i want to ask for the rest of our time together |
[1039.64 --> 1047.16] is what does our love look like we may know and have heard that this is the way god shows his love |
[1047.16 --> 1053.16] what does our love look like what's our love look like in the concrete realities of our families |
[1053.16 --> 1060.84] our friendships our co-workers and our neighbors does it look like god's love does it look like has said |
[1060.84 --> 1067.64] does it look like the sacrificial agape love of jesus i want to come back to quote dale brunner again |
[1067.64 --> 1073.40] where he says it this way and this gets at the second half of john first john 3 where he talks |
[1073.40 --> 1079.32] about how we are to mirror the love of jesus he writes what makes christian christians salty being |
[1079.32 --> 1086.20] the salt of the world different and useful in the meat of the world is they're breaking the world's code |
[1086.84 --> 1095.64] of love for love good for good and evil for evil reciprocity it is the christian counter grain |
[1095.64 --> 1102.44] counter-cultural love for the undeserving the unloving and even the positively hostile |
[1103.08 --> 1106.12] that makes them recognizably christian |
[1108.76 --> 1115.16] i love that quote and at the same time it is so hard to live into this isn't it because the way |
[1115.16 --> 1119.48] of the world and we know this this is in our bones so often when we are hurt we retaliate when |
[1119.48 --> 1124.12] someone speaks poorly of them we attack them with our words when someone cuts us off we cut them off |
[1124.12 --> 1129.16] when they hurt us we hurt them right that's the way of the world and the way of jesus breaks the code |
[1129.96 --> 1136.76] of the way of the world it is love for the unloving hospitable towards the unloving it is showing a |
[1136.76 --> 1142.20] different way of being towards even those who are hostile and unkind and here's my question for you |
[1143.80 --> 1151.16] who's coming to your mind as you hear this i've learned that usually doesn't take long for us to |
[1151.16 --> 1154.68] think about who are the people we struggle with maybe they're sitting around your dinner table |
[1154.68 --> 1158.60] over the christmas break right that family member who knows how to grind your gears |
[1159.16 --> 1164.44] that sibling who you just think oh or the co-worker maybe who's made this a very hard year |
[1164.44 --> 1169.64] for year who takes advantage of your work for their own gain the neighbor who mocks you for being |
[1169.64 --> 1175.32] someone who follows this jesus fable who's the enemy who comes up in your mind and then here's the |
[1175.32 --> 1183.40] question what does agape has said love look like in that relationship what might the spirit of the |
[1183.40 --> 1191.80] living god might be inviting you to do not just to say but to do as an act of loving your neighbor |
[1191.80 --> 1197.64] which includes your political enemy your social enemy your work enemy and all the rest |
[1197.64 --> 1205.48] i want to suggest number one that this is not easy it requires prayer and the power of the spirit |
[1205.48 --> 1209.00] nor does it mean you have to have soft mushy feelings towards that person you struggle with |
[1209.96 --> 1215.64] but you don't even have to like them to love them but you're probably gonna have to get close to them |
[1215.64 --> 1219.48] i've learned at least in my own experience the experience of many people in our church that it's hard |
[1219.48 --> 1226.36] to love someone at a distance and concrete love often takes showing up being present speaking and |
[1226.36 --> 1231.56] living in a way that's going to be noticed and seen it takes strategizing prayerfully about how |
[1231.56 --> 1236.52] they need to hear the love of jesus through your action in this concrete reality in this meal in this |
[1236.52 --> 1243.08] workplace situation in this neighborhood what might the spirit of god be inviting you into over the |
[1243.08 --> 1249.48] christmas season i know for many of us the christmas meal is a complicated one i know for some of us we |
[1249.48 --> 1253.72] dread the holidays or there's grief and pain and we don't want to be with people but perhaps this is |
[1253.72 --> 1262.12] precisely the time where we prayerfully strategically pray and ask god to make us people who demonstrate |
[1262.84 --> 1270.84] the sacrificial gritty committed selfless love of jesus christ the same love that we have received |
[1270.84 --> 1276.52] in abundance that has turned us from enemy into child that love might be the way that we show for the |
[1276.52 --> 1283.64] first time what jesus love looks like in our families in our neighborhoods in our workplaces |
[1284.52 --> 1289.48] and trust me when i say when you invite god to give you the strength to do it when you ask him for the |
[1289.48 --> 1296.52] ability and the creativity and the guts to show love in the hard places he shows up with strength opens up |
[1296.52 --> 1304.52] opportunities because it is his desire that the love of jesus christ be made concrete in our lives in such a way that it points |
[1304.52 --> 1310.60] our world to the love of jesus that has come would you let me lead us in prayer |
[1320.68 --> 1328.68] father we thank you that you are love and it is because of your love that we are here we thank you that |
[1328.68 --> 1333.88] you did not give up on us in our rebellion you did not give up on your world and its rejection |
[1334.76 --> 1341.80] and we praise you that you have come in and through your son jesus we thank you for the way that his love |
[1341.80 --> 1349.72] in some way continues to melt us and change us and affect us and our prayer this morning is that we would |
[1349.72 --> 1356.76] reflect that love in concrete ways i pray that you would already now go ahead of us this week in the meal |
[1356.76 --> 1363.88] sharing and the time spent with family and friends and co-workers and use us as a source of agape chesed |
[1363.88 --> 1371.88] love so that people would see us and in and through us they would see your love and give their lives to you |
[1373.00 --> 1379.88] we pray this in the mighty name of jesus amen would you stand and sing with me our song of response |
• Discussion of thanking God at various timestamps |
• Mention of "Amen" and "Thank you" |
• Reference to a resurrected king and resurrection from the dead |
• Explanation of Paul's use of language in 1 Corinthians, specifically mentioning "firstborn" |
• Example of Latin phrase "resurgam" meaning "I shall rise" |
• Reflection on what one would want written on their tombstone |
• The importance of faith and resurrection life through Jesus Christ |
• Paul's statement that Jesus is the firstborn of creation and has supremacy over all things |
• The dangers of placing hope or worship in human leaders, such as Caesar, instead of God |
• The role of Christ in bringing healing to creation and reconciliation with God |
• The significance of Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection, including forgiveness and the defeat of death |
• The importance of worshiping Christ as the King and Lord |
• Jesus Christ is referred to as Emmanuel and the Prince of Peace |
• The hymns "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" and "O Holy Night" are sung during the service |
• The importance of Christ's light in the world is discussed, referencing John 8:12 and Matthew 5 |
• Candles are lit symbolizing Christ's light and the hope of redemption |
• The themes of love, peace, and redemption are emphasized throughout the service |
• Proclamation of God's power and glory |
• The light of Christ shining through ordinary acts of love and generosity |
• Being sent to bear witness to Jesus Christ as the light of the world |
• Request to sing "Go Tell It on the Mountain" one more time |
• Singing of the hymn with full lyrics |
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