Earthly Road, Heavenly Walk

We live in a world where people like to do what they want when they want. There they do not like to believe there is a God because then they would be accountable.

The reality is that we live in a sinful world and ignoring the Lord or pretending He isn’t there doesn’t make His judgments disappear. There we are all, believer or unbeliever, accountable for our transgressions. But in the blessings of the Lord and His divine mercy that isn’t the whole picture. Blessedly and thankfully we have Christ who sacrificed all for our sins.

Ours then must be to push back the atheist wisdom of this world and preach the good word, that though we are convicted in the law, we are set free through the Gospel.

Readings:

Psalm 51 Isaiah 51:1-8 Galatians 3:15-22 Mark 6:47-56

Sermon:

“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:1-6

Grace, Mercy and Peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.

Who amongst us is righteous? Who amongst us has the strength and the perseverance to walk according to all of the precepts of the Lord? Who amongst us can keep the law purely and wholly within our souls and our bodies and our minds?

None… no one… not one…

It’s a hard, harsh truth, a grim reminder of our mortal flesh and the weakness of our resolve. In sin we were born, and once more in sin, for the iniquity that does rip at our soul, we do die, fallen, our life but the short days of this earth, one breath taken, one step taken, until one day they are all taken from us and we no longer walk among the living.

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How do we value life?

There is a sanctity to human life that begins at conception, that begins in the womb. Each of us, we are woven, knitted together by a loving God, who breathes life into, creating us in His image. There, it must be ours to protect the integrity and the dignity of life.

God, He knew about abortion even at the time of Isaiah, a practice that dated back to during the Egyptian captivity. Yet here he choose His words carefully, to tell us when life began and where He even us since. There ours must be to protect the sanctity of life, to protect the weakest in our society, showing love to His creation.

Readings: Psalm 53 Isaiah 49:1-12 Galatians 2:11-21 Mark 6:14-29

Sermon:

“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.” The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 1, Verses 5 through 7

Grace, mercy and peace, from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.

How do we value life?

It can rightly said that God, our Heavenly Father… He never chooses his words lightly, nor does He select them without a full understanding of the implications that they hold. Rather, what He offers is divine truth that transcends the ages, that transcend time and place, to find themselves just as applicable, just as right, as they were in that moment when He first spoke them.

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