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Had the opportunity to be here last week as we talked about church revitalization and how we might be a stronger presence in the SM community through outreach and welcoming.
I know we’re excited about that conversation and eager to see how God might work through us to bring Good News to our neighbor.
Had the opportunity to be here last week as we talked about church revitalization and how we might be a stronger presence in the SM community through outreach and welcoming.
I know we’re excited about that conversation and eager to see how God might work through us to bring Good News to our neighbor.
Struck me last week about the power of the stories that Jon and James shared.
How we can make a difference in the life of one person.
How that one person can make a difference in the life of the congregation.
At various points, I’ve shared bits of my story
Commentators note that even though Jesus is teaching up on a mountain and there are crowds around him, he is teaching this “sermon on the mount” to his disciples.
When he says “you” it is in the emphatic sense and is meant to say “you, you disciples of mine.
You that follow me and want to take what I say seriously.”
Salt was a preservative of food/meat in this time, and would also be seen as a cleansing/healing agent.
And in it says that grain offerings are to be seasoned with salt.
Light of course dispels darkness bringing comfort, lighting a path forward.
In the ancient world to build a city on a hilltop was to proclaim a place of strategic importance.
To make a statement about power and prestige, to be noticed and to express influence.
To watch over the roads where travel and commerce could take place.
Nobody with those goals in mind builds their town down in the quiet, out of the way valley.
A city on a hill is a beacon and calls people to it.
Light of course dispels darkness bringing comfort, lighting a path forward.
In the ancient world to build a city on a hilltop was to proclaim a place of strategic importance.
To make a statement about power and prestige, to be noticed and to express influence.
To watch over the roads where travel and commerce could take place.
Nobody with those goals in mind builds their town down in the quiet, out of the way valley.
A city on a hill is a beacon and calls people to it.
So the disciples must have thought: Salt.
My job is to preserve the earth, to protect and uphold what is good, to remain in Jesus’ teaching and to make sure it is remembered and spread.
Light.
Like a city on a hill I am to beckon others, to show myself an example, to be a powerful presence and influence in others’ lives.
Started in 7th grade with Yee
Came to college a pretty experienced “party guy.”
Lived in large residence hall with 40 guys on a floor.
Continued party lifestyle.
Studying in the student center.
Approached by Navigators.
Four spiritual laws.
Went back to room and prayed “the prayer.”
Continued the partying.
Felt empty.
Bible Bob.
Had to pass by his room.
Always clean.
Playing the guitar.
Not a part of our cool group, but happy.
One night after a party, I asked him “what’s up with you?”
Bob said I needed to talk with his “friend” who happened to be the campus minister from the local COC
Became a Christian, interned with church.
Got married.
7 year ministry among college students.
College retreat planning.
Met someone who eventually hired me at Pepperdine.
This August 23 year anniversary at Pepperdine.
Preaching at SMCOC for about 6 years.
The rest of the scripture reading is:
I think about my life before and after Christ and I know you can do the same.
The old is gone, the new is here.
That doesn’t mean I’m perfect and never go back to old patterns, old ways of thinking, trying old solutions that don’t work.
But I am a new creation in Christ and so are you.
Now that we have been created new and reconciled to God, we have a ministry that has been given to us.
God’s plan is to reconcile the world to himself in Christ and has called the SMCOC to be a part of that plan.
Even though our friends and neighbors may not be able to articulate it, people want to hear that they can be made new, that they can start again in their families, their work.
That they can forgive and be forgiven.
That they can quit living in the past and they can throw off the chains that bind them whatever they are: shame, regret, addiction, emptiness, a self-focused lifestyle.
They can be made new.
Maybe they don’t use the language of “sin” but they can learn that they’re a big part of the problem, but they can change and be reconciled and be a part of a loving family.
And then they in turn can be a part of something bigger than themselves, a mission to reconcile others to God in Christ.
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