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あらすじ・解説
Sunday, March 5th, 2023 (Lent 2)
Genesis 12:1-9; Psalm 33:12-21; Romans 4:1-12; Romans 4:13-17; John 3:1-16
SERMON
Introduction: Last week: Temptation
This week, sin.
Lent is about recognizing, exposing, and removing sin.
- Sin is about disconnect from God, and is therefore a brokenness in our BEING.
- The stories of Salvation from our texts (Romans 4, John 3) describe a process that is not centered in what we DO but who we ARE.
- Romans 4:
- Sin as a debt / blemish
- Romans 4:
- The stories of Salvation from our texts (Romans 4, John 3) describe a process that is not centered in what we DO but who we ARE.
7 “Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered; 8 blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not reckon sin.
- This language of reckoning describes a debt mark.
- John 3:
- what is born of flesh is flesh, what is born of spirit is spirit
- Jesus says that in order to be part of heaven, you have to BE in God.
- We are not just born connected to God, we need to be re-born.
- Salvation is about FINDING GOD again, staying in sin is living separated from God.
- Proverbs 8:35-36
35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord, 36 but those who miss me injure themselves; all who hate me love death.”
- John 3: The bronze serpent
- Belief for the people in Exodus was about standing near the cast-serpent. Believing in Jesus is about BEING with him.
- Psalm 33:17
- Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear him, * and upon those who put their trust in his mercy,
- Salvation is deliverance from death, sin is letting the (s)infection spread
- Romans 4:17 “God gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist”
- God uses us to bless (Gen 12:2)
- As people and nations
- John 3:16
- “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
- The sending of the son is a cascading effect. Eternal life begins to spring out of our love for God and one another.
- “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
Conclusion:
Lent: recognizing our sin and our need for salvation.
Opportunity to BE in god’s presence.
AMEN
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