The Church, The Poor, and Social Justice (10:45am)
Tony delivered this sermon at Eugene Christian Fellowship in Eugene, OR on October 18, 2009
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- Story—Mother’s Day Sunday as an intern
- John 14—when you have seen me, you have seen the father
- Story—junior sermon about the ants
- Jesus is God taking on human form
- Jesus took the punishment for us all
- Story—saved almost 2000 years ago
- Sins are forgiven and forgotten
- Story—Nixon Watergate tape erased
- Jesus has erased your tape
- We are presented faultless before God
- 1 John 1:6
- Philippians 3:13-14—still pressing towards the mark
- 2000 years ago our sins were forgiven—simultaneous with us now
- Einstein’s theory of relativity—time is relative to motion
- Traveling at the speed of light—everything is simultaneous
- God is simultaneous
- Jesus absorbed all sin in his own body on the cross
- Story—can’t fake God
- You need cleansing
- Jesus will cleanse you
- Story—Pentecostal experience
- Believing is not enough
- Holy Spirit needs to come into you
- Catholic mystics—different ways to pray
- Go where there are no distractions
- Story—after pastoral prayer, “I wasn’t talking to you anyways”
- Story—Blaise Pascal indwelled with the Holy Spirit
- Centering prayer
- Holy Spirit comes in every morning
- Story—Mother Teresa praying to Jesus
- Youth are so unresponsive
- Story—unresponsive youth in elevator
- Evidence of Holy Spirit is joy—also love
- When the Spirit is in you, your heart is broken by the things that break the heart of God
- Story—homeless man with especially good coffee who wanted a hug
- You will see Jesus in the eyes of others when the Holy Spirit is in you
- Story—Zimbabwe, picking up the dead children
- Story—three girls in Haiti who got to be kids again
Keywords: 1 John 1:6, Blaise Pascal, Cleansing, Holy Spirit, Jesus erased sin, John 14, Mother Teresa, mystics, Philippians 3:13-14, Prayer, Unresponsive Youth
Reference ID: 10182009 - 1045am
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