25th December 2022 Christmas Day “Christmas is Always Outside”
ALL AGE MESSAGE
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Herbert Spencer supported the idea of the survival of the fittest. How does this conflict with the teachings of Jesus helping the man by the Bethesda Pool? ALL AGE MESSAGE God’s spirit works in our life like seeds, planting thoughts and aspirations and drawing from us the desire to be a part of God’s…
Paying taxes to Caesar is thought to be a perfect trap for Jesus. The Jews had their own money but for taxes, they had to pay in Roman money – effaced with Caesar’s image. Here Matthew provides insight into the nature and brilliance of Jesus and His purpose.
Jesus calls us to look beyond what our human concerns expect….
Paul finds himself in Athens at an altar built “To an unknown God” – this is his opportunity to talk about Jesus.
A ‘Risen Christ’ not an ‘Unknown God’ is available. Paul shares his faith and many respond.
With the knowledge that God walks with us, may we not miss opportunities to share the Gospel.
It’s a wild, subversive and glorious scene, full of defiantly high hopes in the face of oppression and threat.
The momentum is unstoppable, and the only question now is: how is Jesus going to make it happen?
Then Sunday’s King will be plotted against, abandoned, denied, arrested, tortured, mocked and end up defeated in a borrowed tomb.
And yet, in the darkest of time, mending and joy happens!
What is our purpose in life? Someone answered this way, “Its
love, isn’t it. The reason we exist is to love and be loved”
Jesus was very practical in the way he demonstrated love for the world, through all the good and bad times of his life.
Practical love, like all love is found in the big and small things in life, the good times and the bad. Seek it out.
Discipleship beckons us to go to an uncertain future, question, consider
and change our minds.
We’re called to live out our beliefs and put our ideals into practice and travel a ‘Jesus way’ every day.