Living Out Christ's Teachings: Love, Forgiveness, and Generosity
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"Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen." [00:05:05] (20 seconds)
"Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent." [00:05:27] (24 seconds)
"For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways to the glory of your holy name. Amen. God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in our sin and made us alive together with Christ." [00:05:50] (23 seconds)
"This sermon on the plain is a sketching out of the Christian life, where the poor and the hungry are blessed and loved, where those mourning are comforted, and those who are persecuted are well regarded. It's a picture of a life where, as Pastor Kerry said last week, we don't have ops. We don't have enemies." [00:15:05] (23 seconds)
"Imagine a group of followers who never disparaged other people, but always sought to find common ground with them. And even if they didn't find common ground with them, they still treated them with love, even if they were opposed to them. Can you imagine what the world would think of that group of people?" [00:16:01] (23 seconds)
"We confess that we follow our instincts to hit back, to judge, to condemn, rather than obey the commands of Jesus. We confess all of this together, and then we hear the good news. You are forgiven. By grace you've been saved. The slate is wiped clean. All of your mistakes, all of our failures to follow Jesus are forgiven." [00:17:50] (29 seconds)
"And it is that forgiveness, that love of God, that allows us to keep going, to try again, to read Jesus' sermon again and fresh for our lives, and ask ourselves, how can we try again this week to more perfectly obey Jesus? The love of God empowers us to repent and to change our lives?" [00:18:22] (24 seconds)
"Jesus is trying to teach us what a good life looks like. All of these commandments, when they are followed, they bring us together. They overcome divisions. I imagine God looking down at his children, all those he created in his image and asking the question, why can't they get along with each other?" [00:20:00] (24 seconds)
"We are a forgiving people, we followers of Jesus, at least we're supposed to be. We look to Jesus for inspiration. We look to the one who forgave those who were nailing him to a cross. The ones who killed him, Jesus says, Father, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing." [00:20:48] (21 seconds)
"Part of the reason Jesus says, do not judge, is because we're terrible at it. We're bad judges. We get it wrong all the time. It's better to trust in his call to forgive than to trust our own judgments. That's why he says, take the log out of your own eye before you worry about the speck in somebody else's." [00:23:15] (24 seconds)
"This command of Jesus is to let God be the judge and leave any condemnation to the one who has perfect knowledge of every person. Our job is not to judge between people, but to love people, to love the rich and the poor, to love the hungry and the well-fed, to love our neighbors and our enemies." [00:24:34] (27 seconds)
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"Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent." [00:05:27] (24 seconds)
"For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways to the glory of your holy name. Amen. God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in our sin and made us alive together with Christ." [00:05:50] (23 seconds)
"This sermon on the plain is a sketching out of the Christian life, where the poor and the hungry are blessed and loved, where those mourning are comforted, and those who are persecuted are well regarded. It's a picture of a life where, as Pastor Kerry said last week, we don't have ops. We don't have enemies." [00:15:05] (23 seconds)
"Imagine a group of followers who never disparaged other people, but always sought to find common ground with them. And even if they didn't find common ground with them, they still treated them with love, even if they were opposed to them. Can you imagine what the world would think of that group of people?" [00:16:01] (23 seconds)
"We confess that we follow our instincts to hit back, to judge, to condemn, rather than obey the commands of Jesus. We confess all of this together, and then we hear the good news. You are forgiven. By grace you've been saved. The slate is wiped clean. All of your mistakes, all of our failures to follow Jesus are forgiven." [00:17:50] (29 seconds)
"And it is that forgiveness, that love of God, that allows us to keep going, to try again, to read Jesus' sermon again and fresh for our lives, and ask ourselves, how can we try again this week to more perfectly obey Jesus? The love of God empowers us to repent and to change our lives?" [00:18:22] (24 seconds)
"Jesus is trying to teach us what a good life looks like. All of these commandments, when they are followed, they bring us together. They overcome divisions. I imagine God looking down at his children, all those he created in his image and asking the question, why can't they get along with each other?" [00:20:00] (24 seconds)
"We are a forgiving people, we followers of Jesus, at least we're supposed to be. We look to Jesus for inspiration. We look to the one who forgave those who were nailing him to a cross. The ones who killed him, Jesus says, Father, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing." [00:20:48] (21 seconds)
"Part of the reason Jesus says, do not judge, is because we're terrible at it. We're bad judges. We get it wrong all the time. It's better to trust in his call to forgive than to trust our own judgments. That's why he says, take the log out of your own eye before you worry about the speck in somebody else's." [00:23:15] (24 seconds)
"This command of Jesus is to let God be the judge and leave any condemnation to the one who has perfect knowledge of every person. Our job is not to judge between people, but to love people, to love the rich and the poor, to love the hungry and the well-fed, to love our neighbors and our enemies." [00:24:34] (27 seconds)
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