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Thank you
Commissioning
OK church, you have heard their commitment to you.
Now its your turn.
Thoughts:
Not getting a pedistal…but a calling
Not a position of priviledge, but of passion
This is not a task they take for power or prestige, but to serve the kingdom and you.
In 2 corinthians 11, Paul opens up his heart about what he endures.
He rattles off the hunger and thirst, the imprisonments and dangers, beatings, and sleepless nights…and then he adds in verse 28: the daily pressure on me, my concern for all the churches.
Who is weak and I am not weak?
Who is made to stumble and I do not burn with indignation?
Hebrews 13:17 (NIV)
Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account.
Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden (or “not with grief”, NASB), for that would be of no benefit to you.
They will not be perfect men or perfect leaders.
Their perfection or performance is not the reason for you to follow them.
But they have chosen to accept a call to serve.
And that is worthy of respect.
They have chosen to carry burdens that aren’t theirs and that is worthy of respect.
We as the leaders of this body are acutely aware that there will be a day when we will be called to account not only for our own lives, but for how we led those God has placed in our care.
For that reason, I ask you to do as Hebrews calls the church, Have confidence in your leaders, submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you and will have to give an account.
Do this so their work may be a joy, not a burden, not a grief.
So I ask you to commit to them as they have been asked to commit to you:
Will you display confidence in your elders, that is, will you encourage them and trust in their leadership?
I will.
Because they keep watch over you and will give an account to God regarding their words and actions, will you submit to their authority?
I will.
Will you interact with them in such a way it will bring them joy and not grief?
I will.
For this last question your response should be I do.
Do you accept this entrusting by God?
I do.
Intro
“Today we are all Ukraine” (diplomatic voice)…How many times have we heard a statement like that in the midst of a crisis?
I have vague remembrance of hearing that kind of thought when I was in high school and the Thurston shooting took place.
I had friends at Thurston.
Lots of them.
Just across town.
Church friends, camp friends, and I remember wondering…Do you have friends scared to go on campus?
Are you looking over your shoulder in school all of a sudden?
I don’t know who the first to use it was, but if they could have copyrighted it…they could have brought in some royalties.
It’s a natural thing to say when you are feeling some empathy or sympathy for a nation or community.But let’s ask the real question.
Are we?
Today it is unlikely any of us are genuinely worried about our homes being destroyed
…now if we flew to Ukraine, put ourselves in the line of fire and lived it out…then we might be talking
Humanity from Genesis 3 onward is in a tailspin…riff
I would love to claim I thought out all this timing, but sometimes things just work out.
This is the last message in our life of Jesus series before we jump forward to remember the weeks leading up to the crucifixion and resurrection we celebrate on Easter.
(we will then come back)
It is also the passage where Jesus begins things.
Up until now we have had preperation, development, and John the Baptist, but for Jesus he was born, had a moment at 12 and then he’s just been living somewhere…probably making shelves with his dad.
Waiting…preparing…and these two acts we will look at today mark the beginning of the ministry that will lead him to the cross.
So the timing is actually perfect.
Because in these two acts we see something that makes what will happen at the cross all come together.
In our reading today, God doesn’t just say “I am with you…he does…he also says I will be who is needed and do what you cant.
He doesn’t make a sentimental declaration, but becomes one of us
Jesus Says...
I Am
Baptism identifies Jesus with humanity
We pick up where we left off.
This story is one of a handful of moments addressed by all 4 gospel writers.
John has been baptizing people who need to repent.
That was our conversation last week.
Calling people to turn in their hearts toward God and then live in accordance with that new direction.
John then looks up and this is the exchange that happens.
Matthew 3:13-17 “Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.
But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?” Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.”
Then John allowed him to be baptized.
When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water.
The heavens suddenly opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.
And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.””
You
In Christian baptism, that which we are called to participate in, we are identifying ourselves with Jesus.
His death and resurrection, declaring that we are with him.
As John stammers in confusion, he recognizes, I still need repentance…you don’t...
Jesus says, “Allow it, this is the way to fulfill all righteousness” Not for himself…then for what?
In this baptism of repentance, he is identifying with us, our brokenness and need, declaring that he is with us.
With you.
With me.
Then in a beautiful moment, the Holy Spirit begins to descend upon Jesus and the voice of Father says, This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased.
God adds to the identification and says
(God declares) You are Me
You see, for Jesus’ death to change our lives, he had to identify with us.
To be our substitute, he needed to be united to us.
But in order to have the power to actually do what would be needed, it was equally essential that he be united with God.
Oh, I have and could go on about the beauty of the Trinity.
I believe that a case could be made that the only kind of God that could or would make a creature like humanity would be a God that somehow, beyond our reasoning be this kind of united plural.
Three in one.
Father son and Spirit, distinct persons and actions and yet one in being.
When the son took on flesh, he set aside the glory and power in order to walk with us and be “us”.
In order for him to do all that was before him, he needs what we were designed for, the presence of the Holy Spirit.
To summarize where we are, Jesus has declared he is with us, God has affirmed, you are still with me.
This is where his ministry begins…except for one more step.
I Will
Then…Important word.
In Mark the word is “immediately”
Matthew 4:1 “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”
He enters our mess
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