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Standing Out
Luke 2:22-40
Every person can connect with God like Simeon by adopting the characteristics he possessed.
Introduction:
When I was in college Wayne Goldsmith came to become the pastor of the Hillsdale United Brethren Church.
He is an unassuming man.
He actually is a little funny looking.
After I got to know this man I knew there was a lot there that I could gain from him.
He began his time at the church by grabbing the college students and teaching a Sunday School Class from the book of Proverbs.
We literally crawled through the book one verse at a time.
What made this so amazing is that Wayne knew the book so well and he allowed the book to guide every decision he made.
He was not just telling us about the book, but he was a living example of what it took to live the book.
That is just one aspect of his life.
He led the church from one that was averaging about 100 to the fastest growing church in the denomination.
He is also a humble man, because he will tell you that he built upon the foundation that had been laid by previous pastors.
Wayne is the kind of pastor that I would love to be like.
I think that Simeon whom we are studying today would be this kind of man also.
We will look at the characteristics that cause him to stand out.
Characteristic I.
He was righteous
A. There seems to be very little that we know about Simeon.
There are only a few verses dedicated to him in the Bible.
Two words that are used immediately that describe him are righteous and devout.
We can assume from the word righteous that he was a man who held firmly to God’s commands.
In everything Simeon did he wanted to please the Lord.
So he made sure that he lived a life that was pleasing to God.
This probably meant that he knew the commands and he kept the commands.
If we would have known Simeon we might say we never saw him do anything wrong.
We might think that he never had a bad thought that passed through his mind.
As a result we might think that he is a little unusual, we could also think that he is deserving of being seated on a pedestal.
He really was a man who was worthy of looking up to.
He was a good example for people to follow.
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