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I want to thank my good friend Paul00:00:08
Maxwell before you before you run out of00:00:10
here Paul every time I hear Paul speak I00:00:13
feel like I'm at home00:00:15
with that New England Flair that he00:00:18
possesses00:00:19
I've decided and don't quote me on the00:00:21
theological correctness of this00:00:23
statement that if I'm wrong and when we00:00:26
get to heaven we don't all speak Spanish00:00:28
then for sure we will speak English with00:00:32
a New England or accent00:00:36
I find00:00:37
a challenge addressing you today and00:00:40
that is00:00:41
that I want to talk about an issue that00:00:43
perhaps is a bit thorny00:00:45
and all morning I've been I've been00:00:47
thinking what the best way to enter into00:00:50
the space is00:00:52
in a few moments ago I had this00:00:55
beautiful experience that I want to00:00:57
share with you this just happened right00:00:59
now I walked in to the office back here00:01:03
in the church and amidst the hustle and00:01:06
bustle00:01:07
that is our campus on a Sabbath morning00:01:10
it was completely silent and quiet00:01:14
and I find it so fascinating that there00:01:16
is this space of Silence in the midst of00:01:20
our campus As we sing beautiful anthems00:01:24
and we celebrate with prayer and praise00:01:28
reminds me a little bit about the Book00:01:30
of Revelation00:01:31
you know that well and oftquote passage00:01:33
Revelation chapter 400:01:36
Jesus is being magnified the whole choir00:01:40
of Heaven is singing Holy Holy Holy00:01:43
they're singing Worthy is the Lamb and00:01:46
as they conclude this beautiful00:01:48
enthronement celebration00:01:51
John says that there's silence in heaven00:01:53
for half an hour00:01:56
and I'm often puzzled by that statement00:01:58
and then it just struck me as I was00:02:00
walking into church that there is00:02:03
something00:02:04
renewing about silence00:02:08
there is something that reorients00:02:11
us about in silence00:02:15
and so I think and you get to be the00:02:19
guinea pigs because this is the fourth00:02:20
time we do this today I think that the00:02:23
best way to start today00:02:26
is by00:02:28
holding some space00:02:30
for silence00:02:32
just for the briefest of moments00:02:34
and really allowing the presence of00:02:37
Christ to be embodied in this place00:02:51
that was my gift for you introverts in00:02:53
the congregation today those extroverts00:02:56
of you you can now breathe we're back in00:02:58
conversational mode00:03:00
now I want to start our time together by00:03:03
telling you two things the first one is00:03:05
we are going to be living and00:03:07
experiencing the text today as it is00:03:10
found in the first epistle that John00:03:12
writes to his church we're going to be00:03:14
looking at verses one through six of the00:03:17
third chapter as so was marvelously read00:03:20
by by Paul the second thing that I need00:03:23
to tell you is that in order to do this00:03:25
Faithfully we perhaps need to spend just00:03:28
some brief time talking about well00:03:31
talking about you and me and what I mean00:03:33
by that is that we often spend a lot of00:03:37
time debating about these questions and00:03:40
answers that we are 100 sure about00:03:45
I'm not00:03:47
I'm gonna guess that00:03:49
at some point in your life you've had a00:03:51
debate or a discussion with somebody and00:03:54
you are so sure that you are correct00:03:56
that that debate drove a wedge in the00:04:00
relationship now I'm not talking about00:04:02
issues of preference or these quirks00:04:06
that we all have or maybe these00:04:09
well these obsessions that make you00:04:11
uniquely you now I'm talking about the00:04:13
real questions the questions that you00:04:15
are sure you know the answer to00:04:18
at questions like00:04:20
is it better to open your gifts on00:04:23
Christmas Eve or Christmas morning00:04:27
those of you who do it on Christmas00:04:29
morning sorry to say you are wrong it's00:04:32
Christmas Eve00:04:35
or what about this one this how this one00:04:37
happens at my home a lot um to use what00:04:39
do you do with ketchup00:04:42
do you store ketchup in the fridge00:04:45
there's one person two people a couple00:04:47
of you how many of you store ketchup in00:04:50
the cupboard00:04:52
for shame00:04:55
well if that's caused the wedge in your00:04:57
relationship just know this Heinz just00:04:59
tweeted this this week ketchup is00:05:02
supposed to be kept00:05:04
waiting ready for it00:05:08
in your fridge00:05:10
those of us those of you who keep it in00:05:12
your cupboard enjoy food poisoning00:05:17
but perhaps no issue that is hotly00:05:20
contested at home has created more00:05:23
wedges more strains more frayed00:05:26
relationships than the following00:05:30
I would venture to Guess that you are00:05:31
one of two people if you identify with00:05:34
the picture that is going to appear00:05:36
behind me in a moment congratulations00:05:38
you are a righteous man or woman00:05:44
you are a true son or daughter of God00:05:48
well done you are a person after my own00:05:51
heart00:05:53
this is the right way to live00:05:57
the problem is not all of us are that00:06:00
type of person they're sadly this other00:06:02
kind of creature living out there it is00:06:05
my feeling that some of you might be00:06:07
even in this Sanctuary that identify00:06:11
with this00:06:18
and if that's you00:06:20
you've come to the correct place00:06:23
there is forgiveness00:06:27
there is Grace00:06:29
we're going to pray for you00:06:32
and we're not going to touch you because00:06:35
that's just nasty but we're going to00:06:37
pray for you00:06:40
as I started thinking about these things00:06:42
that I was so sure about these answers00:06:44
to questions that I am 10000:06:47
convicted of I started to think that we00:06:50
spend a lot of time worrying about these00:06:52
things00:06:53
you know just this last week my son and00:06:56
I went to run some errands00:06:58
and my eldest is really into reading00:07:00
right now and so he turned the light in00:07:04
the cabin of my car and he started00:07:07
reading a book00:07:08
you know we're driving through down the00:07:10
street and I turn and I tell them son00:07:12
you need to turn the light off00:07:14
he says why I said well it's illegal to00:07:16
have the light of your cabin on as you00:07:20
drive00:07:22
he tells me no it's not00:07:25
I tell them yes yes it is00:07:28
and so as any civilized00:07:32
pair of people we settled our debate the00:07:35
only way you can we we went to the00:07:37
internet00:07:39
turns out it's not illegal00:07:42
to have your light on as you drive00:07:45
my parents were either just cheap or00:07:48
they didn't want me to read while they00:07:49
were driving00:07:50
because I grew up believing this00:07:53
you know what else I grew up believing00:07:56
100 percent sure00:07:59
that if you ate a watermelon and you00:08:02
swallowed the seeds00:08:05
ah you too00:08:09
that a watermelon would grow in your in00:08:11
your stomach00:08:14
and I was so devastated by this church00:08:17
because I realized that I have spent so00:08:20
much time of my life worrying about the00:08:24
seeds that I haven't enjoyed the00:08:26
sweetness00:08:29
and that has robbed me of some marvelous00:08:32
moments00:08:34
you know what else was really overrated00:08:37
since Salman this are on this already00:08:39
and I just thought about it00:08:43
quicksand00:08:46
so if you read a if you read a book or00:08:49
you watched a cartoon you watched a00:08:51
movie00:08:52
you knew that the great threat to people00:08:54
that were adventurers in the forest or00:08:57
the jungle wasn't malaria or animals the00:09:01
big chaos of the time isn't hate speech00:09:04
or global warming it was00:09:07
quicksand00:09:09
and I can't tell you how many Sabbath00:09:11
hikes I had that were interrupted by00:09:14
this petrifying fear that somehow I00:09:18
would step into quicksand00:09:22
and you chuckle00:09:26
but the reality is so many people of00:09:30
faith00:09:31
good people00:09:33
moral people00:09:35
who are attempting to follow God in the00:09:37
best way they can00:09:40
have failed to enjoy the journey because00:09:43
of the quicksand00:09:46
and to savor the sweetness because of00:09:50
the seeds00:09:52
and so we're starting a new sermon00:09:55
series this summer00:09:57
and the point of it is to go back to00:10:00
basics00:10:02
to these questions that you are sure you00:10:05
have the answer to00:10:07
to these Concepts that we are certain we00:10:09
understand00:10:13
and the hope is that somehow someway00:10:18
we can see the seeds00:10:21
and notice the quicksand00:10:24
through the lens of the life00:10:28
death and resurrection of Jesus00:10:32
at the outset I have to tell you this00:10:34
isn't to say that00:10:36
we are pollyanish00:10:40
it would be irresponsible for me to tell00:10:42
you that there is no Brokenness in the00:10:44
world00:10:45
that there is no suffering00:10:49
that pain doesn't exist00:10:53
what I can tell you though00:10:55
is that those experiences are felt in00:10:59
markedly different ways when you have00:11:01
the capacity to see them00:11:05
through the life and death and00:11:08
resurrection of Jesus00:11:11
so what are some of these stories that00:11:13
we tell each other00:11:15
well how about this one00:11:17
God created human beings and then gave00:11:20
us a list of things a list got ever00:11:23
bigger00:11:26
and the invitation in that list was to00:11:28
do some things and to avoid doing some00:11:31
other things and if we can get it right00:11:33
if we can accumulate enough points00:11:36
if we have a positive balance in our00:11:38
righteousness account at the end of time00:11:42
we will make it to heaven00:11:46
the sad reality however is when it comes00:11:49
to human beings00:11:51
the church follows more Augustine than00:11:54
it does Jesus00:11:56
you see Augustine used to believe that00:11:58
you and I were totally depraved00:12:00
creatures00:12:02
and that if left to our own devices00:12:06
we would spiral out of control and the00:12:08
world the world would implode00:12:11
now Augustine was partly right00:12:14
but nothing is ever that simple I think00:12:17
you know that already00:12:19
because human beings are paradoxes00:12:23
as was beautifully Prayed by my00:12:25
colleague Joey a few moments ago00:12:29
the church is both Meek and mighty00:12:33
human beings are both the Pinnacle of00:12:36
creation00:12:39
and its biggest threat00:12:42
now when we talk about the story of who00:12:45
we are and it comes to sin reflecting00:12:48
our Brokenness we typically go to a00:12:51
particular text in Scripture00:12:54
helpful text after all when we're doing00:12:56
a baptismal study it provides for an00:12:59
easy clean answer when attempting to00:13:01
develop our understandings of what00:13:03
sinner is00:13:05
I'm of course referring to First John00:13:09
chapter 3 verse 4.00:13:11
there John says sin everyone who sins00:13:15
commits lawlessness because sin is00:13:19
lawlessness some other version says00:13:21
everyone who commits sin transgression00:13:24
transgresses because sin is the00:13:27
transgression of the law00:13:29
and I think again that's partly right00:13:32
but there's a Nuance that needs to be00:13:34
understood00:13:35
and in order to understand the Nuance00:13:37
what I want you to do with me this00:13:39
afternoon is turn your Bibles00:13:43
to John chapter 3.00:13:45
we're going to be looking at verse 1.00:13:48
now verse 1 begins with this statement00:13:51
see what great love the father has00:13:54
lavished on us that we should be called00:13:56
children of God00:14:00
we're going to explain this whole00:14:02
concept of sin we have to start from the00:14:05
beginning00:14:07
and in order to do that I need a geek00:14:09
out with you on some Greek is that okay00:14:12
can we get geek out on some Greek00:14:14
together this afternoon00:14:16
there's like three people that are00:14:18
excited about Greek fantastic00:14:21
okay so for you three that are excited00:14:22
about Greek in this whole passage that00:14:25
was read as our scripture reading this00:14:27
afternoon00:14:29
there is only one command00:14:32
and the command appears at the very00:14:34
outset of the passage that word that00:14:37
your Bible translates as see00:14:40
is actually an imperative00:14:43
it's a command00:14:45
so what God is requesting his church to00:14:48
do through John is to00:14:51
see00:14:53
and it's not C and considering this00:14:57
mushy00:14:58
kind of sentimentalistic way where00:15:01
you're like yeah I see you00:15:05
rather what John is trying to say is hey00:15:08
Church wake up00:15:12
pay attention00:15:14
forget everything else this is what you00:15:16
need to focus on focus on this late with00:15:20
laser-like precision00:15:23
and now that he has our attention the00:15:25
church turns and says what are we00:15:27
supposed to focus again what is the00:15:29
command00:15:32
the love that God has lavished upon us00:15:40
when I read that this week I was00:15:45
moved00:15:48
because all that God is asking me to do00:15:52
is to take some time to consider how00:15:55
much I am loved by him00:15:59
by him and then he says00:16:02
that we should be considered children of00:16:09
my status as a child of God is a direct00:16:13
result00:16:14
of God's love for me00:16:17
and I know you've heard it that before00:16:19
but I want that to sink in00:16:24
to become part of your sinews00:16:29
you are a child of God because God loved00:16:33
you first00:16:37
and I don't know how we missed this00:16:43
I don't know how we continue to preach00:16:46
message after message where we say God's00:16:51
grace is the response to our sin problem00:16:55
as if God had this issue of sin that00:16:57
came up and said well I guess I have to00:16:59
be graceful00:17:01
Grace isn't God's response to the sin00:17:04
problem Grace is who God is00:17:10
and he says consider that that you are00:17:13
my child00:17:15
and what is truly revolutionary is that00:17:18
in the economy of Heaven00:17:20
the perf the reward it precedes the00:17:23
performance00:17:27
the reward precedes the performance that00:17:31
doesn't happen anywhere else00:17:34
if you're a student00:17:36
your grades will reflect how much you00:17:38
study00:17:41
if you work for someone your salary your00:17:43
salary will be reflected by how many00:17:45
hours you work00:17:47
but in the economy of Heaven the reward00:17:50
your status as a child of God is00:17:54
independent of what you do to achieve00:17:56
that status00:18:01
and I've been thinking all week of a00:18:07
analogy that I can use perhaps00:18:11
to illustrate that for you00:18:14
and the best thing that I could come up00:18:16
with00:18:17
is something that I know you have seen00:18:22
a picture of this we're all sitting at a00:18:24
table00:18:26
and were surrounded by children we're at00:18:29
a birthday party00:18:31
and that table is packed High00:18:35
with goodies00:18:38
you've got cake00:18:40
pie00:18:41
ice cream muffins brownies00:18:46
and every single one of those child00:18:49
children is salivating over the prospect00:18:53
of eating this amazing food00:18:56
and then00:18:59
Mom and Dad come into the room00:19:02
and they come in and you know Mom and00:19:04
Dad are carrying a tray full of00:19:06
vegetables and you know what's coming00:19:08
next as your heart sinks and you're00:19:10
deflated and you say to yourself00:19:14
because you see it you see that bro that00:19:17
wilted broccoli I'm going to turn over00:19:18
here because my health conscious friend00:19:20
is is on this side of the room00:19:23
you see this wilted broccoli00:19:27
these yellowish carrots00:19:32
and I still don't really know what kale00:19:34
is but it's there00:19:40
and mom and dad say you have to eat your00:19:44
vegetables before you eat dessert00:19:51
but on occasion00:19:54
not always00:19:55
but every so often00:19:58
mom or dad mom and dad will put the tray00:20:00
to the side00:20:02
and say today because it's your birthday00:20:05
you get to have dessert first00:20:10
what matter of love the father has00:20:13
lavished upon us00:20:16
that he lets you have dessert first I00:20:19
know the analogy breaks down if you00:20:21
don't like sweets if you in your case00:20:24
the Lord lets you eat quinoa first and00:20:28
then the rest of your meal00:20:32
so then the question becomes what is sin00:20:37
well I'd like to propose you to you that00:20:39
sin is three primary things first and00:20:41
foremost sin is our refusal to recognize00:20:46
the relatedness that exists between God00:20:50
and us and between each other00:20:54
you see not only is it tragic that the00:20:57
church has more in common with Augustine00:20:59
than it does with Jesus what is also00:21:03
tragic is that our understandings of00:21:07
performance and the Christian Life are00:21:10
more in line with the Greeks than were00:21:12
than they are with the gospel00:21:14
now let me explain that to you00:21:17
in Greek thought Perfection was an00:21:20
attribute that you could ascribe00:21:23
to an individual or an object00:21:26
in other words you had to strive00:21:30
to be perfect00:21:33
and in order to strive to be perfect you00:21:36
needed to00:21:37
prepare00:21:40
but in the Hebrew mindset the idea of00:21:42
perfection is a little bit different00:21:45
you know back in the beginning of time00:21:47
when God creates and he makes the00:21:49
heavens and the Earth and all that is in00:21:51
them and he says it was tov it was good00:21:57
what he is actually what the author is00:21:59
actually talking about00:22:02
isn't perfection as something that00:22:05
exists inherent within us rather for the00:22:09
authors of scripture Perfection and00:22:11
goodness are related to the spaces that00:22:14
exist between us00:22:17
Perfection and goodness live in the00:22:20
spaces between us00:22:22
and what does that mean well that means00:22:25
that Perfection is not something I00:22:27
strive in Perfection is something I live00:22:30
out in community00:22:33
and when you think about that it makes00:22:35
sense because ultimately what sin does00:22:38
is it frays your relationships with God00:22:40
and with each other00:22:43
what sin does is it isolates you00:22:46
what sin does is it makes you feel00:22:49
inordinate amounts of Shame and shame00:22:52
causes you to separate00:22:55
sin is your refusal to recognize the00:22:59
relatedness that exists between you and00:23:02
God and between each other00:23:06
but the text continues so it's really00:23:08
interesting because if you read the00:23:10
grammatical construction of verse one00:23:12
you'll see something you'll see the00:23:14
imperative which is the primary cause00:23:17
behold what matter of love God has00:23:20
lavished upon us then you have a00:23:22
subordinate clause and a result as a00:23:25
result of this love00:23:27
you are called a child of God but then00:23:29
you have a conjunction and adverbial00:23:32
conjunction and that means that as a00:23:35
result of you being a child of God00:23:36
something else happens00:23:38
and it's right there in the second part00:23:40
of that text you you can read it in00:23:42
front of you it says because of this the00:23:45
world will not know you for the world00:23:47
did not what00:23:49
know him00:23:53
well if God wants to be known00:23:56
and wants to know you then it makes00:23:59
sense that this idea of to be of00:24:03
knowledge and to be known is set in00:24:05
opposition to the world's idea of what00:24:08
it takes to be known00:24:10
so how do you get known in the world00:24:12
will you amass more you consume more you00:24:14
gain more influence and God is saying no00:24:18
your status is independent of all of00:24:21
that because00:24:23
the reward precedes the performance00:24:28
but that's not where the text ends00:24:33
verse 3.00:24:36
all who have this hope00:24:39
I.E the hope of Jesus in him purify00:24:43
themselves just as he is00:24:46
pure00:24:48
so after he settled out who we are after00:24:52
he's given us our Mark or marching00:24:54
orders he says okay now this is what you00:24:57
need to do and he talks about00:24:58
purification but again purification is00:25:02
the result of possession00:25:04
you possess a hope therefore you purify00:25:09
yourselves and here's the problem with00:25:11
churches we got it backwards somehow00:25:15
are you with me00:25:17
do you want to be a pure Church00:25:21
I should hear yes so we're going to try00:25:24
that again do you want to be a pure00:25:26
Church00:25:27
then make sure we're a hope-filled00:25:29
church00:25:31
because if we are not hope filled we00:25:34
can't be pure too often we focus on the00:25:37
purification when it's our job to live00:25:41
and breathe hope into people's lives00:25:43
that's the purpose of church00:25:51
sin is opposition to Grace00:25:57
you know Grace the best picture of Grace00:25:59
you know this00:26:01
it's the father waiting at the door00:26:05
tiptoes00:26:07
cloak in his hand Signet ring ready00:26:12
the whole staff at home is on standby00:26:16
because he might come today00:26:23
and then he sees them00:26:26
and he walks out and he hugs and00:26:28
Embraces him covered and00:26:31
the Slime of swine00:26:35
that's Grace00:26:38
sin is opposed to Grace00:26:42
because sin says you need to take a bath00:26:44
before the father will put the robe on00:26:47
you00:26:53
breaking down these relationships that00:26:56
we are to have with one another00:27:00
sin is ultimately opposition to Grace00:27:03
dear friends00:27:06
so you're asking well what about that00:27:09
oft-quoted text00:27:11
you know the text that we always hear00:27:13
when we're talking about Sin00:27:15
anyone who commits sin00:27:19
commits transgression because sin is the00:27:23
transgression of the law00:27:28
I have to geek out with you on Greek a00:27:31
little bit again00:27:35
the NIV probably isn't the best00:27:37
translation of that particular verse00:27:40
because the word that appears in your00:27:42
Bibles as commit00:27:45
is a Greek word that well it's a Greek00:27:48
word poyeo00:27:51
empolee doesn't really mean commit00:27:56
means to make00:27:59
or to create00:28:02
o appears in the Greek translation of00:28:06
the Old Testament00:28:08
on the ver in the very first verse you00:28:11
know the you know the text in the00:28:13
beginning00:28:14
when God boyo the heavens and the Earth00:28:17
in the beginning when God created00:28:20
see God creates this world that is to be00:28:23
lived in harmonious relationships00:28:26
opposition to Grace also creates00:28:29
something00:28:30
it creates a world where I no longer see00:28:34
you as bearing the image of God rather I00:28:38
see you as a thing that I can exploit00:28:45
to sin then is to attempt to create an00:28:50
alternate reality that differs from the00:28:53
reality that God has called us to live00:28:56
in00:29:01
and when we do this we lose our capacity00:29:05
to adeptly reflect what the body of00:29:09
Christ is I mean look around you folks00:29:14
we are so diverse00:29:19
I was racking my brain this week trying00:29:21
to think how I could describe00:29:25
our congregation00:29:29
and I've realized there is no way00:29:33
and it is that diversity that wealth00:29:38
that allows us to more appropriately00:29:41
reflect what the image of God is00:29:45
we need all of you00:29:52
sin however ultimately00:29:55
isn't just our refusal to relate with00:29:58
God it isn't just our opposition to00:30:01
grace sin ultimately is your is our00:30:04
inability00:30:07
to go deeper00:30:12
Ronald rolheiser a writer of religion00:30:15
says that00:30:17
you and I living in this Society are00:30:20
currently hurrying ourselves into00:30:22
spiritual Oblivion00:30:26
Microsoft conducted a study in 2013 and00:30:30
it noted that our attention span is a00:30:33
whopping eight seconds00:30:36
those of you who are still with me thank00:30:38
you you've made it00:30:48
because relationships take digging00:30:51
deeper because understanding00:30:52
necessitates digging deeper00:30:56
because Grace needs00:30:59
deeper experiential00:31:03
realities00:31:07
now the problem is we don't like00:31:08
exceptions00:31:10
we actually do vary badly with00:31:12
exceptions00:31:15
this is why I used to hate the English00:31:17
language00:31:20
because any other sane language00:31:23
you start with the rules then you move00:31:25
on to the exceptions right00:31:27
Miguel isn't that right Miguel's shaking00:31:29
his head00:31:31
English that's not how it works00:31:34
English you start with the exceptions00:31:35
and you move over to the rules and00:31:38
really the rules don't really work00:31:39
because there's an exception to the00:31:41
exception to the rule00:31:43
which leads which lends English to be a00:31:47
very interesting00:31:48
for people who are not native speakers I00:31:51
mean think about this sentence the00:31:53
soldier deserted his desert in the00:31:55
desert00:31:59
that's an English word00:32:02
or how about this the physician00:32:06
bound the bound the wound around the00:32:12
wound00:32:17
or my personal favorite Chris you're00:32:19
gonna love this one00:32:20
the attorney objected to the object00:32:29
English is all about the exceptions00:32:33
and exceptions are great00:32:36
because see what what these exceptions00:32:37
do what exceptions and language do dear00:32:40
friends is they force us to recalibrate00:32:45
they force us to rethink they force us00:32:47
to reinterpret00:32:50
that's what digging deeper00:32:52
is about00:32:54
it's a bar it's about our capacity to00:32:56
hold within us the paradox00:32:59
or about our ability to deal with the00:33:02
exceptions the truth of the matter is00:33:04
universal laws which we love so much00:33:11
they're great for science00:33:14
they're really lousy for faith00:33:18
so you might be thinking00:33:21
okay00:33:25
so what do I do00:33:29
you know sin I get it it's about00:33:31
relationships I get it I don't want to00:33:33
be opposed to to Grace I understand I00:33:37
want to just meditate on how much God00:33:38
loves me but how do I do that00:33:43
you know C.S Lewis00:33:45
in that wonderful analogy about how the00:33:49
enemy thinks the screw tape letters00:33:52
has the senior demon00:33:56
reminding the junior demon that hell is00:33:59
a kingdom of noise00:34:05
and I've been thinking this week trying00:34:07
to figure out how it is that Jesus00:34:11
the ultimate exception00:34:15
that Jesus the prime Paradox how did he00:34:19
deal00:34:21
with sin00:34:24
and I realized that the way Jesus deal00:34:27
dealt with sin is in Scripture00:34:30
think about Luke chapter four right00:34:34
Jesus is there he hears the voice this00:34:37
is my son in him I am well pleased00:34:42
and then Luke tells us that he was00:34:45
driven by the spirit Into the Wilderness00:34:50
and he spent 40 days and 40 nights alone00:34:53
and without eating and then00:34:55
Satan came to tempt him and you know how00:34:58
I used to read the story I used to say00:35:00
man that's so like Satan right he's00:35:02
going to tempt Jesus at his weakest00:35:09
Jesus didn't go into the Wilderness to00:35:12
test himself00:35:14
Jesus went into the Wilderness to00:35:16
strengthen himself00:35:19
how do I know that because right after00:35:22
Jesus comes back to Galilee heals a00:35:24
bunch a bunch of people for a whopping00:35:26
one day and then goes back into the00:35:28
wilderness00:35:32
the way you confront sin00:35:36
is by engaging in a long forgotten00:35:39
Christian practice00:35:41
called solitude00:35:44
so as you came in this week this morning00:35:46
or this afternoon00:35:49
you've received a piece of paper that00:35:51
looks like this do you all have it00:35:55
there we go00:35:56
if not we have some extras00:35:59
and the point of this is taking from the00:36:03
writings of Stephen Covey Stephen Covey00:36:05
of00:36:06
Seven Habits of Highly Successful People00:36:09
Fame who states that the way you achieve00:36:13
inner peace is by finding Harmony00:36:17
between your values and your schedules00:36:20
and so what I want to do with you this00:36:22
summer or rather what I want to invite00:36:24
you to do with me is to develop a rule00:36:26
of life00:36:29
so on one of the sides of your piece of00:36:32
paper you'll find the four ideas that00:36:35
we're going to be revisiting over this00:36:38
next summer and there I simply want to00:36:40
invite you to write some gleanings that00:36:43
you've had today we talked about Sin00:36:47
but then what I really want you to focus00:36:49
on is the other side of the piece of00:36:51
paper00:36:52
what I want you to do there is I want00:36:54
you to consider that which is most00:36:57
valuable to you00:37:01
and then I want you to think of some00:37:02
practices that speak to those values00:37:05
that you deeply have00:37:08
and this week I want you to consider the00:37:10
practice of Silence00:37:13
and Solitude now I know it's complicated00:37:15
I know it's difficult00:37:18
I have kids who walk into my room at 500:37:20
30 every single day00:37:23
Saturday Sunday Fourth of July National00:37:28
Day of Prayer it doesn't matter 5 3000:37:30
though they can go to bed at 1am in the00:37:33
morning and at 5 30 they'll be at my00:37:35
door saying Daddy we're hungry00:37:43
it's the way we connect and we are known00:37:46
to God and then available to know each00:37:49
other is through silence00:37:54
so before we close00:37:57
want to see if it's possible to have you00:38:00
close your eyes just close your eyes00:38:01
right there where you are00:38:06
and I want you to think what it means to00:38:08
you00:38:09
to be a daughter or a son of God00:38:16
and I want you to allow God's love00:38:21
to just wash over you just follow that00:38:23
commandment to consider How Deeply Loved00:38:26
You Are00:38:30
and then to those of you who are still00:38:32
struggling with this idea I simply want00:38:35
to remind you who you are is so much00:38:38
more important than what you do00:38:43
you know Ellen White00:38:47
Ellen White sometimes catches a bad rap00:38:49
I think Ellen White was an Adventist00:38:51
Mystic00:38:54
so I want to close with something she00:38:56
writes and testimonies to the church00:38:59
keep considering God's love00:39:02
stay in that space with God and listen00:39:04
to Sister White's words00:39:06
it would be well00:39:08
to spend a thoughtful hour each day00:39:12
reviewing the Life of Christ00:39:14
from manger to Calvary we should take it00:39:18
Point by point00:39:19
and let the imagination grasp each scene00:39:26
it's not just Calvary00:39:28
it's the empty tomb and the second00:39:30
coming00:39:31
it's your connection with Jesus00:39:36
consider00:39:37
how great00:39:39
the love of the father is00:39:42
let us pray00:39:49
the Protestant reformers the Lord said00:39:51
that we are00:39:53
simultaneously just and sinners00:39:56
both beautiful and broken00:40:00
we want to be known by you but yet we00:40:02
continue to hide00:40:05
as we hear you walking00:40:08
in the garden00:40:10
the coolness of day00:40:14
and then we realize00:40:17
we realize that your Grace isn't a00:40:20
response to our sin that your grace is00:40:23
our is your mode of being00:40:29
and that the command that truly matters00:40:32
at least in John's economy is that we00:40:35
pause and silently consider how much you00:40:39
love us00:40:42
that it is that love that emboldens us00:40:45
to call ourselves your sons and your00:40:48
daughters00:40:50
let this church be a wealth of Hope00:40:55
let this church recognize the value and00:40:58
Care in every single one of those whom00:41:01
we encounter for they bear your image00:41:05
but more importantly let us consider00:41:08
Jesus00:41:10
and Jesus crucified00:41:12
and Jesus resurrected and Jesus soon00:41:15
coming we pray in his name and all the00:41:18
people of God said00:41:20
amen00:41:25
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