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| Rev. Canon George Sinclair |
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(Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, August 11th , 2013)
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Broadcast Notes:
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‘Treated like an Appliance’
People will often say that they are spiritual, but not
religious. We’re going to look at a bible text (above) that touches
on these two things: on those of us who say they’re spiritual and not
religious, and our aversion or dislike of being treated like an appliance.
This discussion considers the following points:
(Please click on the audio link: http://proxy.autopod.ca/podcasts/chum/6/15118/good_news_065_aug11.mp3 for far greater detail.)
1. God is a 'Who' and not a
'What'.
2. I cannot know who God is apart
from God revealing Himself to me.
3. In the face of the need for
God to reveal Himself, do I: boast, demand, despair, stomp away angry, or
humbly ask?
Revelation is not mechanical. We
can have advantages and waste them. We need to humbly ask Jesus to reveal God
to us.
The cross of the Christ is the
great act of revelation of God and the great act by which God can redeem us.
4. Jesus delivers the death blow
to spiritual pride.
Soul Care
a) Don't stop thinking - start
listening to the Bible deeply.
b) Don't shut doors on knowledge
- make connections and grow.
c) Choose courage. Courage to
know Jesus and be known by God.
d) Choose to look up to what is
truly bigger than yourself.
e) Ask Jesus to reveal the Lord
of Heaven and earth as Father to you.
Prayer:
Jesus, Thank you that
you can reveal God to us, that you do reveal God to us. Thank you Father, that
Jesus, the way that you reveal God is also the way that you redeemed us, so
that we could be God’s children by adoption and grace.
Father, Dad, Father, please
grow in us, please grow in me a humble, trusting knowledge of the greatness of
Jesus to reveal you.
Dad, Father, please
grow in me a humble, trusting knowledge of the greatness of Jesus to reveal.
Rev. Canon George Sinclair
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