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We were watching “The Raven in the Foregate” (a Cadfael mystery) last night and something struck me as insightful. The head monk said (paraphrase) that when the letter of Christianity and the spirit of Christianity clash, we rely on Christian compassion to resolve the conflict. It is something to think about.

This takes me to the role of Christ’s love in the whole scheme of things;. maybe we need to start further back.

Before one can deal with the letter of the “law,” one must know it. I have met people who in essence are very legalistic about their religion, yet have not read the whole Bible. How can someone claim to speak for the letter of the law when they do not really know all of it and the interactions, contexts and perspectives the entire Bible provides? Without the foundation of the entire Word, how can anyone claim to be an expert or authority particularly with respect to the subtler or more sensitive issues of theology? I am not saying that these people cannot be correct. I am asking how can they be sure if they do not have firsthand knowledge of all that God has said? Examples of these issues might include the role or necessity of baptism and the potential for losing salvation.

Moving past that point, how is the genuine theology intended to be delivered? Is it to be with an iron fist, or, is it to be with love and compassion? Obviously the latter, but it is more than that. Love and compassion are part and parcel of the theology. It is not like taking a bitter medicine and adding sugar to make it more pleasant. Its sweetness comes from inside Christianity itself. There are hard truths contained in some of its messages, but even these hard truths cannot be divorced from His love.

We are told not to add or subtract from what He has told us. When we do, it is not of Him. Paul made it unambiguously clear that no matter what else he had, if he did not have love, he was nothing. When the love is missing from His Word, it is no longer His Word.

The Bible teaches us to test everything we hear and see against what His Word says. If there is a conflict, we know it to be false. When we see the “letter” of the law raised without the love of Christ, the Spirit is absent and the law is just human words.

Sometimes churches forget this. It is up to each one of us to be vigilant. OK. That’s it for this morning, and…”Hey, let’s be careful out there.” (Sergeant Phil Esterhaus)

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June 21, 2009

Do you ever get confused by the use of medical terms? Some are hard to understand. Here are some definitions of some medical terms.

     Artery – The study of fine paintings
     Barium – What you do when CPR fails
     Caesarean Section – A district in Rome
     Colic – A sheep dog
     Dilate – To live long
     Fester – Quicker
     G I Series – Baseball games between teams of soldiers
     Grippe – A suitcase
     Hangnail – A coat hook
     Medical Staff – A doctor’s cane
     Morbid – A higher offer
     Nitrate – Lower than day rate
     Organic – Church musician
     Outpatient – A person who has fainted
     Post-Operative – A letter carrier
     Secretion – Hiding anything
     Serology – Study of English knighthood
     Tablet – A small table
     Tumor – An extra pair
     Varicose Veins – Veins that are very close together
     Benign – What you are after you be eight

     I have been doing a little series of messages on the will of God and what it is. We have seen that God’s will is that everyone have a personal relationship with Him through Christ. We have seen that God wants us to so live our lives that when people look at us, they will see how God behaves.

     Our Scripture text finds Jesus traveling from Judea to Galilee. His ministry had already been successful and had caused some problems for His enemies in Judea because of His popularity and His teaching.

     What is God’s will for us? That we worship Him, and not in just any way. We are to worship Him with sincerity and only through Christ. The priority of every Christian and of every church is the worship of God. Then comes bringing other people into a worshipping relationship with God. Then comes meeting the needs of a hurting world. The ultimate priority is right worship.

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June 14, 2009 

 

Anyone who knows me knows that I love to climb mountains. I live in a condo and pay someone else to mow the lawn, so I can clean hiking trails in the White Mountains. Our own White Mountains are unusual in that they’ve had their tops lopped off by a glacier moving over their peaks. Because of this action, climbing mountains in New Hampshire is like climbing a big rock pile. Actually, that’s Mount Washington’s nickname. If you’ve ever been to Pawtuckaway State park, you can see enormous boulders in the middle of the woods, and seemingly far away from any mountain. But that is all that is left of the mountain that used to be there. These boulders are called ‘erratic’ and they are remarkable.

 

If the mountain is treeless, you have a marvelous view. I have stood on many mountaintops in awe of the power of creation. The Osceola’s, a group of New Hampshire Mountains, if viewed from above, appear to have at one time been an ancient volcano. So, not only do we have an example of the power of land being pushed upward to heights of 10,000 feet or more, we also have the power of the glacier knocking down the volcano to 3-4,000 feet

 

Certainly, when we speak of natural power and beauty, we speak of what God has created for us and left in our care. Yet I wondered, why are mountains mentioned so often in the Holy Bible?

 

From Moses to Ezekiel and Joshua to Jesus, mountains play an important part in prayer and worship. Then again, why was this true? I have researched and found several viable explanations. The primary mention of worship on a mountain is Genesis 22 where Abraham was tested by God. He went to Moriah to sacrifice his son. After an angel stopped the slaughter, a ram was provided and sacrificed in the boy’s place. According to verse 14, Abraham called the place, “The Lord will provide,” and to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.” Moriah is also the place where God spoke to King David, and where the House of God was to be built by Solomon. This early text may have prompted many worshipers to the mountaintops for prayer and praise.

 

Another interesting suggestion originates from the Garden of Eden. An article written by Gregg Strawbridge, Ph.D. points out that Eden was the meeting place of God and man. “Worship environments were designed after the model of heaven into which man could ascend to the presence of God.” Thus, temples on mountains raised man closer to God’s level. If you couldn’t climb a mountain to worship; a higher elevation, or things of nature would do: for example, a mountain-shaped altar of uncut stone, trees, water, or the sky. Dr. Strawbridge states that, “Eden was a high place, apparently on a mountain,” and he gives Ezekiel 28:13 as an example. “You were in Eden, the Garden of God…you were on the holy mount of God.” Another example can be found in the ‘Mosque of Omar,’ there is a rock 60’ long and 50’ wide. It has been intact since Solomon’s temple was built, and has been the site of worship for many millennia.

 

Altars were also built beside trees, as in Genesis 13:18; “So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the lord. Trees also play an important part in the Bible. I will not go into detail here, but for ancient peoples trees project the image of reaching up to heaven.

 

Water also plays a part in Biblical imagery. Water provides refreshment and cleansing. I can tell you first hand, that there is nothing more refreshing on a hot summers day, than an ice-cold mountain stream.

 

We usually don’t consider the sky as part of our praise and worship as much as the ancients did. Today, lights from the city make viewing the stars difficult if not impossible, and space exploration has diminished much of our awe. Yet Abram looked to the starry sky as the symbol of God’s covenant to him

 

In summery to Eden’s place in worship, Dr Strawbridge refers to Ezekiel’s vision. “This place where God was enthroned was called ‘chariot’. Since the earthly tabernacle and temple were a copy of the heavenly reality. Ezekiel’s vision was of the actual throne-chariot of God borne by cherubim…Thus, these old covenant environments of worship in the Bible, [mountains, trees, water, and sky], ‘pattern, model, or copy’ the heavenly sanctuary wherein God the judge of all is seated.

 

God also acknowledges the importance of mountains as a place of worship in Ezekiel 36, where Ezekiel was told to prophesy to the mountains. The chosen people of Israel began to worship idols of other religions and not their sovereign Lord. After berating the adulterers, God renewed his promise to Israel in verse 8. “But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home.” God will find favor for those who return and worship him.

 

Anyone who has climbed a mountain knows the work involved and the dedication needed to summit. Did anyone stop to consider the sacrifice poor old Moses made to bring us the Ten Commandments? I know EMS didn’t exist back then. He couldn’t just go down and buy supplies. Can you imagine climbing a mountain in sandals and a robe? Moses did have that fantastic staff, however, and I’m sure he needed it.

 

Before writing my sermon, I looked at some of the mountains of Biblical times. For the most part they look dry, with vegetation that grows low to the ground. At the base the soil appears gravelly, which is difficult to walk on; you know, one-step forward then you slide two steps back. As you climb higher, the rocks become larger, and the higher summits are comprised of steep cliffs. Sometimes there is a path between them, other times they appear impassable.

 

The Bible states that Mosses simply ‘went up’ the mountain, but Mount Sinai is 6,888 feet. To give you an idea what that looks like, our own Mount Washington is 6,288 feet, so Sinai is 600 feet higher. “Went up” is an understatement. Climbing in sandals, Mosses probably stubbed his toes many times. He would have caught his robe in the low-growing shrubs and torn his garments.

 

Hiding in the shrubs were poisonous snakes, here’s where the staff comes in handy, he could use it to stamp the ground and scare them away or beat the heads of the more aggressive individuals. The second time Mosses was to ascend the mountain, the Lord stated that anything, man or animal that touched the mountain would not live. So, that took care of one problem.

 

Still, what did Moses do for food and water? I climbed a 3,000-foot mountain once without food and lost three pounds. Rain in the mountaintops certainly provides water, and the Bible states that, “on the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain…” I’m sure the storm provided mountain streams with cool, clean water, but we know there was little food. Moses ascended Sinai several times under these conditions. Only with the miraculous strength of God could he have succeeded. It makes his descent from the mountain with two stone tablets even more amazing, and his ire at the people below worshiping an idol, justifiable

 

Since Jesus reminded us of God’s omniscience, and that genuine worship is spiritual and does not rely on location, we no longer think of the sky as heaven and the dwelling place of God.People in Biblical times climbed mountains to get closer to heaven, but this notion is archaic in modern times. If God is everywhere, why did Jesus climb mountains to pray? What is the significance of his actions?

 

In the tradition of the prophets before him, Jesus also sought lofty places to pray. Yet this action may seem in direct contradiction to what Jesus professes in John 4 where he speaks to the woman at the well. She tells Jesus that her ancestors worshipped on the mountain, but the Jews insist she worship in the temple. He answered, “God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.

 

This being said, Jesus had just explained the difference between well water, and ‘living water’ at the beginning of chapter four, using the ancient tradition of relating elements of nature to God and the Garden of Eden. This is further evidence that Jesus did not come to change the meaning of the Old Testament, but to fulfill it.

 

Jesus may have climbed smaller elevations to be seen and heard when he preached to a large crowd. Climbing a higher mountain would guarantee his solitude when in prayer or during special meetings such as the transfiguration. The higher one climbs, the more likely fewer people will follow. This would also be a testament to the disciple’s willingness to trust and follow Jesus.

 

In closing, I’d like to innumerate the benefits of climbing a mountain as an act of worship. It is primarily a pilgrimage, and those who reach the summit, feel a sense of accomplishment and well-being. It is a perfect time to survey God’s creation, and marvel at all he has done. You can stand in the sun at the top of one mountain and see a rainstorm caught on the summit of a distant peak. Some days are hot and still, yet other days the wind is strong and threatening. I have trod through gravel, mud, rock and snow, and know that the Creator has entrusted this to me.

 

Let us pray:

 

Lord, we know that you are spirit, and through the Holy Spirit, you may dwell in us. Let us use the things in nature, water, trees, mountains, and the starry sky, as a reminder of your promise of life everlasting, until the day when we may return to you through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

 © 2009 Donna McCoy

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St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
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June 7, 2009

What is God’s will for your life and for mine? What does He want for us? We saw last week that God wants a personal relationship with us through Jesus, our Savior. Nothing less will do. The Bible says that Christians are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, God’s own people” (1Peter 2:9). We are God’s possessions, God’s property. The Apostle Paul prays that Christ will make His home in our hearts. That is the first thing God wants for us. For us to accept Christ as our Savior. The Bible says God does not want anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). It would be ridiculous for God to desire that no one perish, but then do nothing about it. God responded to His own will and made it possible for none to perish. Jesus came, died on the cross, and rose again. That is how much God loves the people of the world. He so strongly does not want anyone to perish that He did something about it. He sent Jesus. God’s will is that we trust Jesus as our Savior. Anyone who does not know Christ as Savior and Lord cannot fully know and do God’s will. It is that simple.

It is also God’s will that we be forgiven and guilt free through Christ. That is the important message of the Lord’s Supper. Christ paid the penalty for our sins.

A Christian was carrying a bag of potatoes on his back. He was asked by a skeptic how he knew he was a Christian.

The man dropped the sack of potatoes and said, “How do I know I have dropped the bag or I have not dropped the bag?”

The skeptic replied, “You can tell by the lessening of the weight.”

“Yes,” said the Christian. “That is how I know I am a Christian. I have lost the guilty feeling of sin and sorrow and have found peace and satisfaction in my Lord and Savior.”

God’s will for us is that we no longer carry the weight of guilt for past actions. God wants us to be at peace. That peace can come when we know Christ as Savior and know that we are truly forever forgiven.

This is the thought behind what Jesus said in Matthew 5:9, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.” Jesus is the supreme peacemaker. This kind of peace is between two people. It is a peace of relationship. Jesus has made peace between us and God. We tend to place the emphasis on making peace between people. But our concern as Christians is first for there to be peace between a person and God. Then peace among people may follow.

Jesus is known as the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6, 7). He came to bring peace between us and God and peace between people. God’s will for us is that we be peacemakers, that we do God-like work. That we help others find peace with God through Jesus. We call that evangelism.

A lot of people do not like to hear that kind of message. In 1981, a Minnesota radio station reported a story about a stolen car in California. Police were staging an intense search for the vehicle and the driver, even to the point of placing announcements on local radio stations to contact the thief.

On the front seat of the car sat a box of crackers that, unknown to the thief, were laced with poison. The car owner had intended to use the crackers as rat bait. Now the police and the owner of the car were more interested in apprehending the thief to save his life than recover the car.

So often when people run from God, they feel they do not need God. What they are doing is running from His rescue.

Only Christ can bring real peace between us and God. Only Christ can bring peace to the world. Diplomacy will always fail in time. Only Christ can bring real peace to the world, inner peace and world peace.

I have read that since the beginning of recorded time there have been only 286 years of peace in the world. Over eight thousand treaties have been made and broken. The average time they remained in force was two years. I am all in favor of diplomatic attempts for peace, but only Christ can bring permanent peace to the world, and one day He will.

The second meaning of peacemakers is that Christians are not to be troublemakers. Christians are not to be complainers. Christians are not to be involved in quarrels or cause quarrels among others. A person who causes trouble has a spiritual problem and is doing the devil’s work. We are to be God-like, bringing peace, working for the highest good for other people.

God’s will for us is that we be peacemakers. God’s will for us is that we be sanctified. I’ll define that word in a moment. The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 4:3, “For this is the will of God, your sanctification.”

The word sanctification is a big word. It basically means separation. Separation from what? From sin.

The word sanctification comes from a Greek word which means holy. What do we mean when we say something is holy? If we look at the cover of the Bible it usually says, “Holy Bible.” What makes it holy? It has come from God. We call Israel the “Holy Land.” What makes it holy? It has come from God and it belongs to God. Jerusalem is called the “Holy City.” The Bible is God’s book, Israel is God’s land, and Jerusalem is God’s city. They all belong to God. They are His property. That is why they are holy.

The will of God is that we become His property through Christ. That is the first step. Then the will of God is that we live different lives. God wants us to live holy lives, pure lives. God is holy. God is pure. He wants His children to live the same way.

Christians are to be different, set apart for God. That is sanctification, that is holiness. A holy person is a different person. The Christian’s way of living is to be different from that of the people around him. It is not easy to live this way in a world that is trying to get us to conform to its ways. We are to maintain a different lifestyle.

In the November 1987 Reader’s Digest, Betty Wein retold an old tale she heard from Elie Wiesel:

A just man went to Sodom hoping to save the city. He picketed. What else could he do? He went from street to street, from marketplace to marketplace, shouting, “Men and women, repent. What you are doing is wrong. It will kill you; it will destroy you!”

The people laughed, but he went on shouting, until one day a child stopped him. “Poor stranger, don’t you see it’s useless?”

“Yes,” the just man replied.

“Then why do you go on?” the child asked.

“I was convinced I could change them. Now I go on shouting because I don’t want them to change me.”

God’s will for us as Christians is that we live in such a way that when people look at us they see how God behaves. That is an awesome thought God wants people to look at us and see in us how God behaves. That is awesome!

© 2009 Richard W. Gray

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Just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean everyone isn’t out to get you. I think that some Christians are a bit paranoid, but they have reason to be. Many people are easily offended by Christians and some really hate us.

I don’t see this same attitude or treatment focused on any other religion or belief. In the case of Islam it is quite the opposite. In most cases, the true meaning of separation of church and state is acted out; the government shall not hinder the rights of Americans to worship as they wish. Our people should be able to worship as they choose whether it be Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Wiccan, or whatever. Yet, Christians, and I fear more and more the Jews, are often disrespected, their religious rights abridged and their observances invaded.

What beliefs are being assailed? The first that comes to mind is the sanctity of human life. Not only do many people want to provide unlimited and unconstrained access to abortion (making it available to minors without their parents consent or knowledge). They also want to force Christian doctors, nurses and pharmacists to perform abortions, participate in abortion procedures ( including not saving babies that are accidentally born alive which President Obama supports) and provide chemical abortion products to their clients. Laws are passed that are considered to be an offense to the God of the largest religious group in the United States, and then the offended are forced to participate in the offense. When Islamic prisoners were made to do things offensive to their religion, there was outrage. Doing precisely the same to Christians seems to be good sport.

We can talk about freedom of speech and expression, and a number of other unfortunate examples. Tell me something isn’t wrong here! You don’t have to be religious to see that this isn’t right and isn’t what America was founded on.

But, we still have not talked about why this is happening. Is it because we try to forgive and love as a way of life? Is it because we are against stealing and murder and looking at our neighbors with greedy eyes?

I think there are two reasons. First, we do believe that there is right and wrong. While you are free to make choices, we do not also say that all are free to be “right” in their own way. There are wrong choices, and, by the way, we make them, too. So, people don’t like the fact that Christians look at some things that are perfectly legal or tacitly accepted, and say they are still wrong or sins. But, why would this bother anyone? Why would one group’s view so enrage others in the population and government? It is kind of strange. If they think we are wrong anyway, who cares?

So, there must be something else, something deeper, behind this animus towards Christians. I believe it is the opposite of others thinking we are wrong. They are afraid we are right. That thought terrifies many people; and they are offended that they are terrified. The possibility that Christians are right is a nagging idea that just won’t go away. Why is that? I think that it’s because deep inside we are all aware of something greater than ourselves, and deep inside we all know that there is a right and wrong.

What these opponents of Christianity seem to forget is that taking on Christians won’t change anything. What is truth will continue to be truth. If every Christian on earth is put to death, any reality behind the Christian belief goes on. Whatever was going to happen when Christians were here will still happen. There is no running away. Just like in the movie Independence Day, there is a hidden countdown. We don’t know when, but someday it will be “times up”. I hope you are on His side before that.

Peace and grace.

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