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A Message of Hope http://albanychurch.net/blog "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul..." Hebrews 6: 19 (NIV) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:17:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en Peacemakers http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/peacemakers/ http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/peacemakers/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:17:40 +0000 claypot http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/peacemakers/ Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Matthew 5:9
            Are we peacemakers in this world?  Do we seek peace for ourselves and those around us? Jesus is here telling us that we should seek to become peacemakers in our world in order to fully be His children. 
One scholar postulates the Greek words that we translate “peacemaker” come from the concept of making something whole again.  In fact, he says
Eirene is derived from the verb eiro which means to bind or join together that which is broken or divided. The idea is to set at one again. So we can expand the definition of “peacemaker” as those who facilitate the binding together those who were divided, thus setting them at one. Jesus is referring to those who actively intervene to bind together those that are divided. By making peace, kingdom citizens manifest themselves as sons of God.
Using this idea of peacemaker, we should seek to bring the broken together.  Spiritually, this means that we continue to invite the lost of the world into the peace of God.  We are continually seeking people who do not know God and are looking for the glue to hold their lives together. 
In Ephesians 2, Paul tells us that Jesus is our peacemaker.  Here Paul describes how the blood of Christ enables all people to “have access to the Father by one Spirit.” (2:18)  Jesus is again showing us how to do what he asks us to do.  He says we are blessed by being peacemakers in this world and then He sacrifices Himself on the cross to bring peace between people and God.  Jesus is our ultimate example of a peacemaker. 
The world is a broken place filled with broken people.  Sin continues to separate people from God.  Jesus asks us to help bring the peace of God into their lives.  We don’t have to fight for world peace, but daily bring the peace of God into the world one person at a time. 
Make a commitment this week to become a peacemaker in this world.  Enable the world around us to see the love of God in our lives so that they too can come to enjoy the peace of God that we know, bought and paid for by the blood of Christ.
Scripture:  Ephesians 2: 11-18

]]> http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/peacemakers/feed/ Seeing God http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/seeing-god/ http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/seeing-god/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:16:56 +0000 claypot http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/seeing-god/ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.  Matthew 5: 8
            According to one source, 80% of all information we perceive comes from our sense of seeing.  We take in the majority of what we understand about the world around us through our eyes.  In fact, most of our memories are formed by what we see.  So how do we use this dominant sense to see God?
            Paul tells us in Romans 1, verse 20 that we can see God’s invisible qualities through what he has made.  Eternal power and divine nature are seen by examining the world around us.  Based on this assessment, shouldn’t everyone see God?
            Paul, in the same verse, says people are without excuse.  His meaning is clear.  Everyone alive can experience the creation of God and understand who He is from what He has made.  Unfortunately, that’s not the case.  But why?
            Why doesn’t everyone see God in His creation and accept His will in their lives.  Why not just see God in this world?  The reasons are many.  If we acknowledge there is an eternal creator, then we are obligated to follow Him.  That means we must stop doing what we want to do and pick up our cross and follow Him.  This is really the crux of the issue.  People don’t want to give themselves up for anything or anyone.  Why should we?  It’s our life.
            Seeing God means we understand that we are not the ultimate authority.  It means our control is trumped by another. We cannot continue to do whatever we want as opposed to what He wants.  Jesus tells us if we have seen Him, we have seen the Father (John 14:9).  Jesus also says that we are blessed today without seeing Him in the first century (John 20: 29).  Today, let’s open our eyes and see God.  Let’s experience the glory of His work and at the same time acknowledge that He is in control of our lives.  It’s worth 100% of our attention.
Scripture:  John 20:24-29

]]> http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/seeing-god/feed/ Kyrie Eleison http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/kyrie-eleison/ http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/kyrie-eleison/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:15:38 +0000 claypot http://albanychurch.net/blog/2012/02/07/kyrie-eleison/ Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.  Matthew 5: 7
            Kyrie Eleison is the phrase early Christians used to pray in Greek.  It is translated ‘Lord have mercy’ and reflects their understanding of our relationship to God and His mercy for the world.  What is our understanding of that mercy today in the 21st century?
            We stand here in the beginning of the year 2012 as masters of all we survey.  The world is our oyster and we like it raw.  We have modern technology, entertainment, and worldly culture that we revel in.  Why do we really need God’s mercy?
            Last Sunday night, we discussed in our family group the story of Hosea and his unfaithful bride Gomer.  God used this dysfunctional marriage example to show the nation of Israel how much He loved them.  Hosea in chapter 3 is told to go buy back Gomer and ask her to be faithful to him.  For “fifteen pieces of silver and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine” Hosea paid the price for Gomer’s freedom; an undeserving unfaithful harlot, so she would return and again be his wife (Hosea 3: 2).  All he asked in return was that she be faithful to him.
            Patricia A. Forseth, in an article about this situation, equates Christians with Gomer.  When we sin, whatever it may be, we separate ourselves from God.  We let our desire for other things take us away from God just like the people in the nation of Israel did in Hosea’s day.  We become hopelessly trapped by sin and death with no way back to God.  And why should God want us back?  We left Him to join with the world in sin.
            Mercy is God paying the price for our freedom.  Instead of paying with silver, barley, and wine, the blood of Jesus paid our ransom.  Forseth’s thesis is that we can only say yes to God’s mercy when we truly understand our slavery to sin.  We are the prodigal son who returns to his father accepting his undeserved favor which we call mercy.  We know we deserve death, but ask for life.  When we fully comprehend who we really are, then and only then, can we completely grasp the prayer Kyrie Eleison.
Scripture:  1 Timothy 1: 12-17

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