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Anyone remember the song Be Our Guest from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast?
The servants of this castle have been turned into household items.
And this girl named Belle is their first guest in 10 years.
And they’re excited to finally have someone to serve and so they put on this fantastic dinner for Belle.
Listen to a few lines from that song:
Be Our Guest
Anyone remember the song Be Our Guest from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast?
The servants of this castle have been turned into household items.
And this girl named Belle is their first guest in 10 years.
And they’re excited to finally have someone to serve and so they put on this fantastic dinner for Belle.
Listen to a few lines from that song:
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Put our service to the test
Tie your napkin 'round your neck cherie; And we'll provide the rest
Soup du jour; Hot hors d'oeuvres - Why, we only live to serve
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
We only live to serve.
It should remind us of a certain Rabbi who said, “I came not to be served, but to serve.”
Next Sunday is Palm Sunday and the following is Resurrection Sunday.
We will no doubt have a few guests.
What kind of guests, no one knows.
Perhaps we will encounter the CEO – the Christmas and Easter Only person – the person who attends church once or twice a year.
Perhaps we will meet a prodigal child - one who has been running from the Lord.
Or perhaps we will meet the one who has tried it all – looking for purpose and a place to belong, yet they’re empty and they’re looking for a place of healing and help.
Or we might meet the person who says, “I’m giving God and the church one last chance.”
Or we might even meet the one who has been attending Sunnyside for a while, but has yet to fit in – to feel as if they belong.
We don’t know who will be here, Christian or non-Christian; familiar with church, or unfamiliar; searching, hurting, confused – we don’t know.
But this I do know – every person who walks through these doors is a guest and should be treated as such – especially the visitor.
Not just on special occasions, but every Sunday.
Every person who walks in these doors should receive hospitality and love and kindness and at a minimum, acknowledgement of being here.
Some might wonder who is responsible for welcoming guests and showing hospitality within a church?
Does the responsibility fall upon the pastor?
The greeters?
The church board?
Those in leadership?
Yes, but not only them, but ...
The responsibility to show hospitality falls upon every Christian.
All followers of Jesus are to be ministers and servants.
All Christians are greeters.
God expects and even mandates His people to be hospitable, loving and kind – and that should be especially evident on Sunday mornings.
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Put our service to the test
Why, we only live to serve - Be our guest!
Believe me, when people walk through our doors, they will indeed put our service to the test.
Every guest is asking questions: Will they notice me and talk to me or will I be ignored?
Will they accept me or reject me?
Do these people really welcome strangers?
Do they really worship God or is it fake?
Is this a place I can come back to?
And believe me – every person who attends this church will help guests formulate their answers within the first 5 minutes.
I think we do okay – but there’s always room for improvement – we can always take it up a notch.
So, with guests in mind, let’s look at 1 Peter chapter 3.
The idea that all disciples of Christ are to be servants, that we are called to servanthood begins with Jesus Christ Himself.
Remember, He came not to be served but to serve.
And that is the expectation He has for us – look at ...
As Peter encouraged the 1st Century Christians, I encourage us as well, to be like-minded – that every person will ...
As Peter encouraged the 1st Century Christians, I encourage us as well, to be like-minded – that every person will come on Sundays to worship and to serve, not to be served.
And that we will treat each person who walks through those doors with intentional sympathy (which really means with understanding), with love, compassion and that we will be humble and hospitable toward everyone.
As Peter encouraged the 1st Century Christians, I encourage us as well, to be like-minded – that every person will come on Sundays to worship and to serve, not to be served.
And that we will treat each person who walks through those doors with intentional sympathy (which really means with understanding), with love, compassion and that we will be humble and hospitable toward everyone.
Come on Sundays to worship and to serve, not to be served.
And that we will treat each person who walks through those doors with intentional sympathy (which really means with understanding), with love, compassion and that we will be humble and hospitable toward everyone.
What does humility and hospitality look like on Sunday morning – especially to a guest?
It means the other person gets the closest parking space (the better your legs, the farther away you should park.
The best parking spots should be reserved for guests and elders and those who have trouble walking).
Humility and hospitality means the other person gets the better seat.
It means the other person goes first in the snack line.
Humility and hospitality means you before me.
It means more listening to their needs and less talking about mine.
It means rather than pointing someone in the direction of the restroom or children’s area, hospitality says, “Let me show you.”
Humility and hospitality says, “You are more important than me.”
Humility and hospitality says, “I live to serve, so be our guest.”
That’s just a snapshot of humility and hospitality.
But the bigger issue is this - what’s the foundation of true humility and hospitality?
Look at verse 18.
“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.”
What Christ did on the cross for every sinner is the foundation of our humility and hospitality.
Christ humbled himself to take our shame and our guilt, to suffer for us - for what?
To bring us to God! His life, His suffering, His death and His resurrection were all designed to reconcile the undeserving sinner to God.
Talk about humility –
What Christ did on the cross for every sinner is the foundation of our humility and hospitality.
Christ humbled himself to take our shame and our guilt, to suffer for us - for what?
To bring us to God! His life, His suffering, His death and His resurrection were all designed to reconcile the underserving sinner to God.
Talk about humility – Jesus proved that our access to God was more important than His life!
Jesus proved that our access to God was more important than His life!
Now, that’s the foundation.
Jump to 4:1 and let’s go a little deeper into hospitality and what that really means for us.
“Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.”
Because Jesus suffered for the purpose of bringing all people to God, we are to arm ourselves, which means to prepare our minds in advance with the same attitude that Jesus had.
And what was His attitude?
“I will do or lose whatever it takes, even dying on a cross (the righteous for the unrighteous) to make a way for people to have access to God.”
That is to be our attitude.
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