[amc] a note from the pastor
- From: "garland robertson" <pastor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Austin Mennonite Church" <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:57:04 -0600
Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church
I trust you are encouraged as you continue on the journey of faith.
Jesus brings to conclusion his discussion about how life would look if
persons held in focus the ancient call for relationships to be fashioned by
justice, mercy, and respect. Any one of these removed from the others
promotes a legalistic formula which subverts God's intention for how we
relate to each other. Jesus combines these three criteria under a
discipline that causes us to love all persons without regard for how they
respond to us. All the examples that Jesus has given us in the first
portion of the sermon are intended to illustrate how this orientation
applies in the practical everyday life of a disciple. Finally Jesus appeals
to the character of God, directing us to let divine behavior be our
standard. Is this an appropriate or an absurd measure for us? How does
Jesus envision that we could 'be perfect as God is perfect?' .What was Jesus
thinking? These thoughts will compose the sermon for this next Sunday,
'Conclusion: Demand for perfection.'
May it go well with you. Sincerely,
Garland Robertson
...always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to
bring some portion of misery to an end
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