Luke 4:14-32 ~ Sermon Notes
Figured I should throw some of ideas which were discussed this morning. At least the question that were raised, and some replies:
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1. How do you handle disappointment?
2. In your current life situations, what are your expectations of/on God? What are you looking/waiting/praying for Him to do?
3. How are you expecting God to act; is there a specific, best case scenario, and/or time frame?
4. How are you waiting; what is your emotional/mental mind state while you wait? What are you doing/not doing at the moment?
5. Have you ever been disappointed by God?
6. Refer to question #1
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Is it possible that my expectations are outside of the good God has for me?
Is it possible that the best I can see for my life is evil from God’s perspective, and in comparison with the good He desires for me, despite how sincere I am?
Is it possible that we’ve grown so comfortable with “being Christian” or “being good people” or some other label, that we feel entitled to our wants? That we are in a token economy with God: I perform, You deliver.
Is it possible that we’ve grown deaf/numb to the voice of God, because we are too busy trying to make it sound exactly as we imagine it?
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The Ontological Argument for Humility: “Therefore, I, not being greater than the greatest (God), I would not even be able to comprehend another world greater than this.” ~ One of my students
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“The greatest crime you can ever commit against someone else is to not like up to their expectations” ~ Whoppi Goldberg on Star Trek:The Next Generation
“Daisy looked up at him with the kind of expression that Jesus might have given someone
who had just explained that he was probably allergic to bread and fishes, so could He possibly do him a quick chicken salad: there was pity in that expression, along with almost infinite compassion.” ~ From Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman.
Jesus was not a Christian.
He never asked anyone to become a Christian,
never built a steepled building,
never drew up a theological treatise,
never took an offering,
never wore religious garments,
never incorporated for tax purposes.
He simply called people to follow him.
That’s it.
That, despite its simplicity, is it.
He called people to follow him.…
It is never more
than Jesus’ call: “Follow me”
and a response: dropping familiar nets
and following, in faith,
this sandaled Jewish man.
It is never more than that.
~ Don Everts in Jesus with Dirty Feet
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