The Fullness of Time Gal
04 04-07
04 04-07
30-31
Dec 2017, Christ Mountain Top
Dec 2017, Christ Mountain Top
Christmas 1, New Year’s
Call
to Worship, Psalm 148, with sung response
to Worship, Psalm 148, with sung response
Lighting
the Advent wreath: Isaiah 61.10 – 62.3
the Advent wreath: Isaiah 61.10 – 62.3
Children,
Luke 2.22-40
Luke 2.22-40
Message,
Galatians 4.4-7
Galatians 4.4-7
Fullness
of time
of time
Both a reference to stepping out of
eternity, filling time
eternity, filling time
And to a pregnant moment in history, full
of potential
of potential
“God’s
time” – Kairos, kronos
time” – Kairos, kronos
Special times and seasons, pregnant with
possibility
possibility
Sabbath as God’ time
Solstice, equinox
Christmas, Easter
New year’s
Resolutions – spiritual
practices
practices
Goodbye 2017, glad to see you
go
go
Born
of a woman, born under the law
of a woman, born under the law
What it is to be human (born of woman) is
to be “under law”
to be “under law”
Our hearts thrill at rules, policies, and
performance evaluations!
performance evaluations!
They are not bad, in themselves
Just entirely unsatisfying
Respond with obsession
Compliance or Defiance
Compare with others:
Are the rules applied equally?
Are they properly followed,
the way I do?
the way I do?
Respond with dread
Keep something in the closet
Getting
pulled over for a traffic violation
pulled over for a traffic violation
Grandma Irma, “I was just keeping up with
the traffic”
the traffic”
“Because of your record”
From
my personal reading:
my personal reading:
Isaiah
57:12 I will concede your
righteousness and your works, but they will not help you.
57:12 I will concede your
righteousness and your works, but they will not help you.
Fullness
of time
of time
Hebrews
4:7 he sets a certain
day– “today”– saying through David much later, in the words already
quoted, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
4:7 he sets a certain
day– “today”– saying through David much later, in the words already
quoted, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
