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Today we’re kicking off an extended series of Casket Empty.
This week we will be making our final orders, so please if you haven’t yet ordered a timeline, do so.
Our first focus will be on CASKET, and it’s an acronym for the Old Testament:
C - Creation
A - Abraham
S - Sinai
K - Kings
E - Exile
T - Temple
The second part of the acronym CASKET EMPTY is EMPTY and describes the New Testament:
E - Expectation
M - Messiah
P - Pentecost
T - Teaching
Y - Yet-to-come
When I was in college one of my professors was adamant that whether we were believers or not that we should all read the Bible - especially the Old Testament and the Gospels.
His claim was that if we didn’t we would miss out on a lot of background stories alluded to throughout literature.
But the Bible is more than that.
The Bible is not just a collection of stories, it gives us history.
History = His Story
And that is why we are going to be doing this series.
Most of us here are fairly familiar with our Bibles, that is clear in our conversations.
But we can all use a refresher.
My primary reason for doing this series is not because we need a refresher, but it is central to my role as your pastor.
That role is to continue to encourage you in your walk with our Lord Jesus Christ.
The apostle Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus
For this reason...
“For this reason...” Paul begins our passage and it is a recurring phrase in this letter.
As he opens his letter he writes to the Ephesians,
He goes on in v. 11
I’m sort of going down a bit of a rabbit hole here, but I promise I’ll resurface.
Remember we’re looking for the reason Paul has here - and he begins the next verse, vs. 15 with those very words.
“For this reason...”
I apologize for the long excerpts there, but that last one is one sentence!
And as you read it, it sounds a lot like what we read in chapter 3.
But what is the specific reason of “For this reason…?
It is summed up in one word.
Grace!
Paul in chapter 2 v. 8& 9 writes:
As Paul writes, we were dead in the trespasses and sins in which we once walked (2:1) following the course of this world, …we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and mind.
And then there is a great turn of events in 2:4
The truth is God is at work in us.
And as God is at work, God has been at work, and God will be at work in us.
If we believe God was, is, and shall be at work - what is that work, and how does that connect back to the Old Testament.
THAT is exactly what we are going to be exploring as we look at the CASKET portion of our studies.
God has been at work from the beginning.
We see it in the narrative of Genesis 1:1
And the way that we understand those first four words in the English determine how we understand the entirety of Scripture.
Wherever you are in your understanding of Scripture, wherever you are in your faith journey, wherever you are in your knowledge of Scripture, I hope that you will join us for this series.
Here are somethings that we will be offering during the coming months while we journey through this series.
Every Sunday morning during the series, I will be preaching on some aspect of the CASKET EMPTY acronym, beginning next week with C - Creation.
After Next Sunday, beginning Sept. 29th, I will be here early on Sundays for a time of discussion where we can explore answers to your questions together.
Wednesday nights our Bible Study will also be exploring the sermon.
There is also the possibility of other groups if there is interest.
Perhaps a lunch time group meeting either for a brown bag lunch here at someone’s home, or wherever.
Perhaps you’d be interested in hosting/moderating such a group.
If so, please let me know.
The prayer that Paul says he prays is such a deep prayer, and it is my prayer for you.
In fact it is one of the central calls of what I see as my role as your pastor.
More than anything I desire for you to come to live in Christ to the fullest, for what purpose?
Paul gives it in the following verses:
Leading people in their walk with Christ is central to the way I see myself responding to the Great Commission of makeing disciples.
And of course that great benediction that I use and adapted form most Sundays:
This is the reason.
AMEN
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