Rev Bill

I have posted today’s sermon on my sermon blog. It’s based on Luke 4:14-30 and entitled “God’s Spirit Can Be On Us”.

Here’s a portion of it:

Just as God’s Spirit was on Jesus – God’s Spirit can be on us!
Jesus said: “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing!”
Today — Jesus still says — the Scripture is still being fulfilled.
Not just that day in Nazareth – but today!
Commenting on this passage Fred Craddock writs:
“By reading Isaiah 61:1-2 Jesus not only announced that prophecy was fulfilled (vs. 21) but was also defining His role in the world. The passage says that Christ is God’s servant who will bring to reality God’s fulfillment of the longings of the poor, oppressed, and imprisoned. Jesus says “today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing”. The ministry of Jesus and the early Church showed that today God is active. The Church today needs to show others that God is active in the world – not just in a vague “someday” and “sometimes” but today – here – and now!”
Indeed, God is active in the world – here and now!
The Spirit of God can be on us – here and now!
The Spirit of God can be on us as we take God’s message into the community and the world through words and actions that show God’s love and care to all who are in need.

You can read the entire sermon here.

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