11/01/20

Sermon Notes:

This Sunday is the 22nd Sunday of Pentecost, Communion Sunday, and All Saints Day. The liturgy for the service will follow the lectionary readings for the season of Pentecost, but the short message before Holy Communion will center on the meaning of All Saints Day. 

Take a look at the readings for Sunday: Joshua 3: 7-17, Psalm 107, 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13, and Matthew 23:1-12.

All of these passages ask us the same question that so many Bible passages, in unique ways, ask us: how do you live the gospel?

It is one thing to understand or talk about the gospel, but how do you live it? It is one thing to study the teachings of a church or leader, but how do you live the gospel?

How do you encourage others in their faith? How do you live so that the way you live is encouraging rather than discouraging to yourself or others?

And perhaps more pointedly, do you live in a manner that your inner relationship with God shows through to your outer life?

For such simple questions, they are tough and go right to the heart of what we do every day: putting our trust in God when we are afraid, asking God to use us for his glory, to bless and to be a blessing. Simple words, lifelong path.

See you Sunday!

Jane