Life Like a Vapor: Serving the Least and Lost

We are called not just to move to fix the problem but to change the system that creates the problem. we have a big task as believers. We can never be bored. Amen. So much work to be done. We can never be bored. So much lives to be transformed. So much life to touch and that is the kingdom message. The acts that Jesus is talking about feeding the hungry, the thirsty, clothing the naked, the acts that Jesus is talking about, we can translate them as both mercy and justice. [00:33:08] (50 seconds)  #ChangeSystemsNotSymptoms

We are called to build the beloved community. We are called not just to go fix what is but to move towards what could be. We are called not just to move to fix the problem but to change the system that creates the problem. we have a big task as believers. We can never be bored. Amen. So much work to be done. We can never be bored. So much lives to be transformed. So much life to touch and that is the kingdom message. [00:32:47] (52 seconds)  #BuildBelovedCommunity

And he said, my life span is nothing for from your perspective and surely all people even when they seem secure are nothing but vapor. The psalmist continued to say, but oh lord, on whom I am relying, are my only hope. Here's my last question for us tonight today. What will you do with the precious life you have now? What will you do with opportunities God continue to give you and bless you every day? [00:44:28] (41 seconds)  #LifeIsVaporActNow

The acts that Jesus is talking about feeding the hungry, the thirsty, clothing the naked, the acts that Jesus is talking about, we can translate them as both mercy and justice. Both mercy and justice. Or you can say that it's both mercy and resistance. That when you visit somebody, he said I was in prison. Today, can be risky even to go visit somebody in their prison. When you visit somebody in the immigration detention center and maybe you put your life into danger, are moving for mercy into justice. [00:33:39] (54 seconds)  #MercyIntoJustice

We saw about last week how Jesus calling out those who were hypocrites, who separated their faith from their action. We saw out how Jesus called out the religious leaders and called them that they were religious but they were not backing their religiosity with action. Jesus calls us to exercise to marry our faith with our action. So that when we say we love God, our love for God is demonstrated in our missions, in our outreach, in our going out. As we receive the love of God, we share the love of God to others. [00:27:12] (61 seconds)  #FaithInAction

But Jesus said, I revealed myself in the most vulnerable. I revealed myself in those who need me most. I revealed myself in the powerless, and I invite you to have an authentic faith, a faith that is based on my finished work on the cross. A faith that is based on what I have already done. Jesus invite us to put to exercise our faith, to put our faith into action. Amen? Amen. Our faith is powerful. [00:28:49] (44 seconds)  #AuthenticActiveFaith

And here he's teaching them what it means to realize that vision. He's teaching them in practical ways what it means to realize the vision the kingdom. And if there is any kingdom message we need to preach, we are called to preach the coming kingdom of God. That the kingdom is right here and the kingdom is coming. Amen? This is the tension that we hold. We hold on to that beautiful, beloved community that can be realized in our day and time today. [00:24:28] (41 seconds)  #KingdomHereAndComing

You know, as I was thinking through who are the least among us, I began to think in our day and time, really, really, who are the least among us? Yes, we have you know systemic issues we have to deal with with you know food and insecurity and all that. But could it be that some of those that are spiritually thirsty and spiritually hungry and has become the spiritual homeless. Some of those around us that are are yearning a spiritual home. They are also part of the list of these in the kingdom. [00:41:36] (49 seconds)  #FeedTheSpirituallyHungry