If, then, we are children of God by means of the love of God, we ought to live as the children of God and not as the children of the devil. If we have been set free from the works of the devil, we need not live our lives conditioned by them any longer. As the children of God it is no surprise that we are called to
1 - speak the truth, and especially the truth about God: to add our witness to voices that proclaim the greatness of God the Father and his son, Jesus Christ as the way to the Father.
2 - to love our brothers and sisters and not to not participate in the sin of Cain that has so marked human history from the beginning.
3 - to not fear death: though we will still die, death will not have the same menace that it did. As a forgiven person, death becomes not a judgment on my sins and something I dread, but a pathway to holiness and righteousness and life with God.
3 comments:
Thanks for posting this whole sermon. You cover a lot in a short space!
Please say more about how death is a pathway to holiness and righteousness and life with God.
Hmm. Well, I guess because the forgiven person can have the hope of a consummated union with God in Christ...or some such. Happy for any guidance as to the way to word this and to not be glib, especially. Cause frankly, I need reminding that the power of the devil is broken... he seems pretty terrifying to me. (perhaps I should admit this in the sermon too.)
I know I have covered a lot in a short time: I hope it will be digestible in a 25 min sermon. You know, I just found writing on blogger somehow broke my writer's block!
Great post, thanks.
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