2014/01/05
Christ Church
Covenant Prayer, Holy Communion
Prayer,
Psalm 72
Psalm 72
Children,
Matthew 2.1-12
Matthew 2.1-12
Message,
Isaiah 7.10-16
Isaiah 7.10-16
Announcing
a pregnancy — Baby brain
a pregnancy — Baby brain
Paul’s brain: Jesus
Paul’s trigger word: “Gentiles”
In
Greek, 2 very long run-on sentences!
Greek, 2 very long run-on sentences!
Verses 2-6
Verses 7-12
Abolished the dividing wall of hostility
Made both groups into one (2.14-15)
The Berlin
Wall
Wall
Race in America
Gentile & Jew forming a new community!
Wise Men
The Dynamics of Hostility (2) & Grace (3, indented):
Scarcity : Surplus
Scarcity of resources – musical chairs
“There can be only one”
Winners & losers
Fellow
heirs of “the riches of his grace” (1.7, 1.18, 2.7)
heirs of “the riches of his grace” (1.7, 1.18, 2.7)
Connected
to Jesus
to Jesus
The more who share, the more it grows
(mission)
(mission)
Inclusion for Jesus’ sake
Exclusion (Rejection) : Embrace
(Miroslav Volf)
(Miroslav Volf)
Differences > Similarities
Ignore the image of God in one another
Rejection (race, class, gender, party)
Fellow
members of the same body (1.23, 2.14-16, 4.4, 4.16, 5.32)
members of the same body (1.23, 2.14-16, 4.4, 4.16, 5.32)
Connected
to one another through Jesus
to one another through Jesus
Organ transplant and rejection – DNA
Jesus’ disciples: Matthew the tax
collector, Simon the Zealot
collector, Simon the Zealot
Fellow
sharers of the promise (1.12-13, 2.12)
sharers of the promise (1.12-13, 2.12)
Connected
to a common future through Jesus
to a common future through Jesus
Hope
Bob Goff & family, 9/11 follow up
Book, Love Does
Have them over for dinner
Holy
Communion – Jesus invites us over to dinner
Communion – Jesus invites us over to dinner
Old social structures are lost
hate father, mother, sister, brother
(Luke 14.26)
(Luke 14.26)
All relationships defined by our
connection with Jesus
connection with Jesus
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, chapter 5)
Paul’s
trigger word: Gentiles
trigger word: Gentiles
Paul’s
brain: all about Jesus
brain: all about Jesus
