Feb 2 2019 Morning Service
We live in a very narcissistic age.
Although I don't know if you're the only one we I grew up beside the me generation, and then I only talked about Mimi millennials.
a lot of times
this is bothering me. So I'm going to What time is even or even on the religious and you appeal to people come to our congregation, you know what you can get out of it or somebody doesn't if they're fresh for the coloration off and still not being fed there. I'm not saying there aren't legitimate concern. consider yourself your own nutrition spiritual as well as physical but some people we don't want to paint a totally negative picture because
Some people know they're part of something bigger. They don't have peanuts. They religious about it some people on whether you agree with with the specifics what to do about it. Some people concerned about the environment or about the the budget deficit because I'm doing the Legacy I leave how is this going to affect the community? So if we want to have a sense of servanthood sense of how are we going to be Servants of Hashem any realistic expectation in Servants of God and not just Servants of ourselves? improper subjection to his revealed will We do know better than look at how much she serves in subjection. intuos Jam first thing we have we're looking at them the Simone kfs first epistle are 1st Peter 2:21.
We have a calling you. Look at first k for 1st Peter 2:21. It is indeed. This is what you were called to because Messiah to suffered on your behalf leaving an example. So you should follow in his steps this calling that he refers to its a theme if I address is it a number of times in his first epistle in 115. He talks about God's call a call to privilege and light in chapter 2 verse 9 and 390 says the call which is purpose is blessing in the cold in 5-10 the end of which the goal of which is eternal glory several times. He is the greatest sense of the importance of calling until the invention of the cell phone. But three in his writings this a little higher than probably a little higher purpose we serve here but in his writings seems to have a preference for frying to the death of machine by simply saying that he died statement of fact or two, of course he did. Field trip he in this attribute. He writes more like Luke in the third gospel rights more specific emphasis. Not just upon the fact he died but suffering Messiah show had to endure. The reason for this emphasis on kforce part may include the fact that suffering on behalf of others. Part of the calling which we have received.
Like it or not one of our links to the side may include unfair suffering. K4 precedes to tell us The Messiah was in Masai was in his precarious suffering and his suffering for others for the greater. Good leaving behind to you. And it's the plural to you all and model. See you again. It's a plural you all may follow his footsteps.
Of course, no suffering which we endure. In this life will serve as an atoning sacrifice for the sins of others in any literal sense. However, You sure you're sure if not, Sarah did set an example example that we can emulate.
And much less trying circumstances than he faced. He faced opposition. He faced hardship opposition and hardship. Which was the quite unfair nature? He was perfectly obedient to us.
That's a model an example for us to strive to follow. What's I did not receive the Crown of Glory without the crown of thorns. This call is calling also means following the example for us the Messiah. in Injustice and suffering at times Fisher play such a big role in God's calling Upon Our Lives if he's going to serve as our Prime model in life, let's learn a bit more about the example that he set for us in our main text the first give a 222 in verse chapter 2 verse 22 and said he committed no sin nor was I need to seat found on his lips? Are the sorcerer that says no. No sender no deceit was founded on his lips The Source here is from Yahoo, Isaiah. 53:9 Isaiah. 53:9 says he was given a grave among the wicked and his death. He was with the rich man. Although we had done no violence and it said nothing deceptive. Riverfield tempted to conclude that we have arrived in an ideal level of Holiness or an ideal level of spirituality that we have realized our sanctification. Let's compare yourself to your shoe a whole fulfilled of line standard a Define standard of sinlessness. That's a goal that we can all sit there. None of us have achieved. In the letter to the Hebrews 7:26 and following Hebrews 7:26 through 28 says this is the kind of Cohan God all time of the high priest that meets our needs whole without evil without staying set apart from Sinners and raised higher than the heavens one who does not have the daily necessity like the other Co hunting good olim of offspring of sacrifices first for their own sins. And only then for those are the people because he offered one sacrifice once for all by offering up himself for the tour of points is call honey. I'm good on the menu at weakness, but the text which speaks about the swearing of the old text written later than the Torah points a son who has been brought to the Gold forever. Messiah she was innocent regarding human laws and he was innocent before God. What's 22 of where she bone cafo back to our main text or city committed? No sin nor was any deceit found on his lips. It's part of its part of Campus testimony regarding issue of this verse provides a testimony took the complete sinlessness of usual. Buy one of those closest one of his closest friends closest Tom eating closest followers.
In terms of intimacy with him you sure your shoe a field starts Kayfun neither indeed nor in Word.
It was not guilty either of error or deceit this means in a way. In a way, which is true of no one else. Did you shoot did not deserve to suffer if you ever? You ever suffered any even though piso melodramatic and any level and unfairness something you didn't feel you deserve.
But I'm level no one else without sin indeed or in thought or an error issue a Stihl saw the first 23. I remain text it says when he was insulted, he didn't retaliate with insults when he suffered he didn't threaten but handed them over to him who judges justly.
When we concern ourselves with ethical issues. They're specific do's and don'ts. When you sure the most ethical man to walk the face of the Earth lived his life. His life was characterized by certain kids and didn't. This first Cape address a few of the deeds and didn't see what he did what he didn't do. First of all, it says you sure being reviled was not revealing in return.
I might be some of it, you know that I can take being hit or the insult but you know not being able to not being able to have the comeback, you know, whether it's literal or in or verbally, the the punching bag that can be one of the hardest things. He did not revile under sustained a repeated provocation. Never once did he break the silence. Well, they're definitely times to speak up. Absolutely. You're trying to know if we need to speak respected the model Messiah like Behavior not revealing not insulting not retaliating. in the Finn chapter 3 not our main focus, but in the first kefla in his third in his third chapter the first epistle 3 8 and following says finally all of you the one in mind and feeling love is Brothers can be compassion and humble minded not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. But on the country with blessing for this to this that you have been called so that you may receive a blessing for whoever wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking to seat turn from Evil. Do good seek peace and chased after 4. I don't like keeps his eyes on the right just in his ears are open to their prayers for the face of idolized against those who do evil things the What are things Winston Churchill was well-known for was how he could he could come back be insulted and haven't even clever one. I don't remember her name but the the wife he was very unpopular with especially some of the Upper Crust of society in Britain cuz he was calling for preparedness to deal with the Nazis and I'm a lot of the one of the more laissez-faire approach that if you were my husband I would poison your tea, and he said Madame if you were my wife, I would drink it. So then we appreciate the cleverness. But sometimes sometimes has to be that has to be not responding. Play Joshua did not retaliate reviler insult II didn't the second thing he did until you show up into is he didn't threaten the instinctive response of human beings? When so abused to try to get even or at least the threatened to get even at least, you know, will you'll be better watch your back. You better go eyes in the back of your head or people threatened to get even these responses are natural only to us if we depend on ourselves and believe that God does not have control of a situation. in addition to the two didn'ts there's a did that if it talks about guarding Misha entrust it says You sure wasn't innocent suffer. Yes by all means but there's more to it than just.
It's not just excited a righteous one in his willingness to suffer unfair suffering. It was a side ache in his in his reaction to that suffering as well. You sure reacted by entrusting reacted in faith and trust you to whom to God. in brace she to the Book of Genesis chapter 18 verse 20
It says I don't know I said the outcry against the Dolmen tamura's so great and their sin is so serious that I will now go down and see whether their deeds were at the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know the men turned away from there and went towards the dawn but I've remained standing before I don't I approached and said will you actually swim play the righteous with the wicked? Maybe there are fifty righteous people in the city. Will you actually sweep this the place away and not forgiven for the sake of the 50 right to Soulard? They're far be it from you to do such a thing to kill the righteous along with the wicked. So the righteous and the wicked are treated like far be it from you. And then the folk of the maple you shouldn't the judge of all the Earth do what is just out of my said if I find them so don't 50 or I just I don't forgive the whole place for her sake and you can see this this bargaining session of arm has continued read that some time but the latter half worst 25% the judge of the earth do what is just and traditionally hopefully on the presence of mind to do this when I have my blessed breath that the last thing a Jewish person for the pass away is bus God forming the just judge. So in the end putting our trust in Hashem for guaranteeing Justice is however Homestead shall not the judge of all the Earth to just lie. This was the one to whom your shoe and trusted and he'll we shouldn't trust we ride earlier from your me out who in The Hobbit are eating Susan silver red and Jeremiah. This is in chapter 11 another verse from that 1118 Jeremiah 11. 18 says, I don't know I made this known to me and then I knew you showed me what they were doing, but I was like a team landlord to be slaughtered. I did not know that they were plotting schemes against me. Let's destroy the tree with its fruit will cut off from the land of living. So this name will be four nights of a righteous judge tester of motives and thoughts. I've committed my cause to you, but I'm saying I'm going to come in my cause to you. So let me see your Vengeance on them.
If we feel that vengeance is due and there are times when vengeance is due. Let's trust in Hashem to bring it about. In the right way and at the right time. In the part of in the briefly to touch Lee service and Rosh Hashanah. There's the 13 attributes of God are recited and one of the reference one of the attributes the second of the Thirteen attributes is from The Book of Micah 7 18 through 20. It says reference to God is one he who pardons iniquity regarding this attribute the common man should learn tolerance, even when the results of the offense is still in existence the victim of wrongdoing should not harm his neighbor the rather should wait patiently for the wrong to rewrite it. Now you may as well this isn't you know what I'm facing this isn't easy, but it absolutely is not easy. That's the point. It's not a bumper sticker answer. We just just just quote this phrase to someone. The point is it is not easier, correct? If we feel that bad, you just do like I said, we put our trust in Hashem to make right the rock it first k for 223 there is a lack of absolute certainty regarding somebody to show up and there's some technical points. Was he entrusting handing over himself, or is it free mainly to his hand over his enemies to God? There's no direct object. So it's an interesting technical point if you look at some type of but either way his Reliance was to entrust to trust the situation to God not terribly critical, you know the answer that question, but we do know she literally writes and verse 23. It was interesting to the one judging just lie. May we do likewise and Hebrews 10:30 10330 that is 3013 way we know is the one who said vengeance is my responsibility. I will repay and then set out and I will judge his people does a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the Living God. We have the additional option of entrusting ourselves to God specifically through the Messiah gastro.
Why am I on? What basis do we have this option? What's 24 / main text says he himself bore our sins in his body on the steak. So we might die to sins and live for righteousness by his wounds. We are healed.
Where do I catch the Jewish New Testament by Stearns translation or if you have it in the larger form in the complete Jewish bible translated steak could also be rendered as Gallows or cross. It's commonly rendered in the First Gospel in chapter 26 couple times its clubs and stocks in 1624. Is Tree in revelation 22. there seems to be an allusion to
2122 if someone is committed a capital capital crime and it's put to death than hung on a tree is body is not remain all night on the tree. You must bury him the same day because a person who has been hang has been cursed by God's do you will not defile your land, which I don't know your God is giving you to inherit. So you're sure indoor this punishment, which is ordinarily reserved for those who committed a transgression worthy of death. Enduring this punishment in order to take up our sins in his body. even though it was clearly mentioned in verse 22 He was not only innocent of any transgression worthy of death. He was simply put without sin without guilt of any. Take up with a bear. Send means nothing to be answerable for it. into interest penalty what you missed cases death this role of this suffering servant of God is what gets her Yahoo, Isaiah dresses and Isaiah 53 53 12. It's is therefore I will sign them Sheeran with the great you will divide the spoil with a mighty for having exposed himself to death and being counted among the sisters actually bearing the sin of many and intercede. for the offenders That's a why did why did Michelle go to such trouble for us? Nor is it having having dye to the sins? We might live to righteousness. The term for having guide to Sims. mention nowhere else in the entire Bible
Means to be to be away from her and be removed from who have departed from. What did she say is? It sure is our proxy enabling our removal from our sins. Why the removal so that we might live?
Points that sense of humor bore our sins are now dead to them but no longer to live that way. stutter lives be characterized by righteousness the ethical lifestyle out with K4 has so much to say in his epistle. It's not just a freedom from future judgment or from guilt which sometimes you'll hear that emphasis in religious circles about, you know, you'll avoid that terrible place in the future. Are you going to leave this is your life fire insurance policy?
But it goes beyond that its freedom from the life of sin and freedom to live as God intends for you to be a servant to him. What did dr. Amin what did Rabbi Zimmerman say about the about that's also known as Bob Dylan about service?
So we were free to live a life of service to him.
Affected by his wound you all were he'll write the last verse I want to look at the main thing is the last verse in chapter 2, I believe it's for you. used to be like sheep gone astray, but now you'll turn to the shepherd Who Watches Over You Now we have turn the shepherd Who Watches Over You. She won't pay for this Emissary this Apostle this shaliyah to the Jewish people which is which he mentions in Galatians 2:7 RI says to seven the nailery says they saw that I've been entrusted with the good news for the uncircumcised Justice. That's which old-time up just as K5 been for the circumcised since the one work in K4 to make him an emissary to the circumcised and worked in me to an emissary to the Gentiles. So would be expected audience in traditional Jewish ways. Adjust how Jewish is this sheep imagery? It says you like sheep have gone astray. What's the first day for 2:25 or calls, Isaiah? 53:6 Reese's we all like sheep have gone astray. We turn each one to his own way. I don't I laid on him the guilt of all of us or an in fellowship with him. Certainly am it's about to help a Wanderer get turned around to a proper Halo a proper walk. A turning a true repentance as occur. Might not always properly acknowledged God's role hero of it. Verb for repentance here is passive which in fact may not be as clear in some translations over real Italy not have you all been you have not all it would not say you all have turned around but actually been you have been turned around. What is the point of this having been turned around set straight their lives of cease to be aimless Our Lives cease to be a homeless wandering and redirect and redirected and dominated by new personal attachment just a sheep wandering in the Lost condition. They're wondering is ended and restored in a relationship to the shepherd. This Shepherd is also our overseer the overseer of Our Lives. And Rabbi sternin is commentary with Chihiro 2 commentary on the text. He said the Hebrew way of thinking Caitlin's way of thinking does not separate Souls from persons therefore to say that you should watch over your soul simply means he watches over you. You yourself?
Desires to redirect Our Lives who is Yeshua not sarin looking on 1011 happen to read from Johann on in the shop today. An 11 and following the 4th gospel says I am the Good Shepherd the Good Shepherd lays down his life for the Sheep The Hired Hand since he isn't the shepherd and the Sheep are in his own sees the wolf coming abandon the ship and runs away and the Wolf drags them off and scatters them hired worker behaves like this because that's all he is a hired worker. So it doesn't matter to him what happens to the home I own and my own no meat just as the father knows me and I know the father and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheet. Also, I have other sheep, but you're not from this pain. I need to bring them and they will hear my voice. There will be one flock one Shepherd. This is why the father loves me because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it away from me on the contrary. I lay it down of my own free will I have the power to lay it down and I have the power to take it up. Again. This is what my father commanded me to do. So Perhaps Perhaps, you've been 7 going the right direction in your life or need some correction and the proper path of that today would be to invite the shepherd into your life and who submit the following the direction he has for you shabbat shalom.