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Opening:
Good morning!
I hope your 2022 is off to a great start.
Mine sure is!!! Do you have any resolutions?
I do.
I’ll share two of them.
Be more grateful.
Gratitude journal.
Treva’s healing:
2. Shared Sabbaths.
26 intentional interactions, many of which are meals that we will host.
We’ve done a lot of meals over the years.
Hospitality is a big deal in the Scriptures and I believe is a fantastic tool for the kingdom of God.
Illustrations:
Hosting at UMass.
Stir Fryday.
7 years.
Good and inviting, but not as intimate.
Hosting at home.
Inviting students over, they see a different side of us.
Pictures on the wall, homemade stuff, likes and dislikes, art, books, etc.
It is more intimate.
Hosting with friends.
I might wear my sweats or even my Dr. Pepper pants.
There are very few people who have seen me in those.
This kind of hosting is more comfortable and more real.
I let my guards down.
I am more myself.
The Greek word for being the receiver of hospitality is frequently translated, abide or stay or continue in.
It carries all the connotations of connection, attention, and staying with someone.
I want to call our attentions, today, to hosting Scripture And the truth of God.
We want to look at both it hosting us, and us hosting it.
Let’s read:
Sermon Title: Hosting Scripture
Text: Jn 8:31-38
Closing Hymn:: I Have Learned the Wondrous Secret
https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/564
Tough words here.
Here Jesus addresses those who believe Him, but not in Him.
They aren’t really His disciples.
His disciples will not only be hosted by His words, but will host His Words in their hearts.
Firstly, let’s look at the concept of how...
Scripture Hosts Us
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, (John 8:31)
The word abide is a hospitality term that denotes being hosted and staying in someone’s house and being entertained, fed, etc. by the host.
The Scripture, welcomes us to its table to come and delight, feast, and enjoy its benefits of wisdom, protection, and joy.
It opens its arms to us and values our questions, our seeking, our desire to know the God of whom it speaks.
Not only does Scripture host us, but it beckons us to host it as well...
We Host Scripture
I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
(John 8:37)
We are called to make room for Scripture, to host it, allowing it to penetrate, convict, and change our mindsets.
I believe this is a dance that we must all grow in.
First, we are curious about the Scripture.
It is new and inviting and interesting.
It teaches us how to live a blessed life.
But soon, it wants us to return the favor.
It comes over and begins to see things in our “homes” that were previously unknown or should I say un-shown.
It is here where we are called to host Scripture.
We might not want to do it, for the cost is vulnerability.
Do we let someone see our “house” as it really is, how it usually is, or do we pretend that it is immaculate and shiny for the special times that we host Scripture.
Hosting Scripture, Jesus, the Holy Spirit.. I’m kind of lumping them all in the same category, because to value any of them is to value all of them.
If we truly are the disciples of Jesus, then we will be abiding in His Word.
If we are truly abiding in His Word, then we will be abiding in Him.
They are not synonymous, but they are a bit mutually exclusive.
Scripture teaches us what God likes and what He hates.
The Word of God gets sharper the more we use it.
It starts to penetrate, when we have it over to our house.
Gentiles were hearing the Law for the first time and realizing that as they had been pressing in to Jesus, God was pressing His laws into their hearts, even inscribing them on them.
It isn’t enough to merely be hosted by Scripture, we need to host it, allowing it to penetrate and convict us.
So being hosted by Scripture is delicious and pleasant.
It beckons us to stay longer and longer, but we are free to leave whenever we want.
When we host Scripture, we are wanting to accommodate our guest.
Our guest, however, doesn’t want to leave.
Our guest wants a tour, inspect our cleaning, use our private bathroom, and investigate our collections.
It doesn’t do this all at once and neither does the Holy Spirit.
Being hosted by Scripture is comfortable, welcoming and we don’t have to do any preparations, any provisions, etc.
It doesn’t cost us anything.
Hosting Scripture requires a cost.
It allows our guest to see things they would not have seen any other way.
Being hosted by Scripture is learning the stories of David and Bathsheba, Ananias and Sephira, Peter, James, and John.
Being hosted by Scripture shows me beautiful things about God and ugly things about humanity.
Hosting Scripture forces me to admit that I am like these people in unpleasant ways and it welcomes Scripture to speak into that.
Hosting Scripture is being real and vulnerable and welcoming my guest to reveal things that I was hiding or unwilling to look at.
Being hosted allows us to marvel at Jesus, but hosting Scripture involves allowing the teaching to “sink into our ears.”
(Lk 9:43)
?? So my question to you today is, do you allow God’s Word to sink down into your ears, into your hearts?
Or do you merely come over to it to enjoy the meal?
Maybe you attend church, listen to sermons, Christian podcasts, and read the Bible app and do devotions, but do you skim over the applications?
Do you ask yourself tough questions?
Do you rush your guest out of the house of your heart before they see too much?
?? Do you welcome Scripture’s wisdom about business, finance, and blessing, but scoff at other dishes of suffering, sin, and the cost of apprenticing Jesus?
Are you always hosted and never a host to Scripture?
Are you a student of the Bible, but not a practitioner?
Are you the Bible professor who doesn’t believe in God? Are you the out of shape fitness instructor lecturing others on how to keep fit?
Are you a hypocrite?
Peter and Judas were hosted by the words of Jesus.
Judas did not return the favor.
He had an agenda for Jesus that was diametrically opposed to Jesus’ plan.
Peter was the same way, but he changed.
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