OK fellas, at church on Sunday (what did you think Iceman?), we had a pretty powerful sermon on God dwelling in us. The point is obviously that He is working on us to shape us into something to use for His purposes. The example given was how artisans can take a simple block of aluminum and turn it into a beautiful piece of art. In the particular example used in the sermon, Billy showed us an object that had an amazing impression left in it. The artist was able to do this by pounding the metal into a form and the reveal was left imprinted on the surface of the metal. Some pretty powerful imagery here.
Here is a link to the sermon call "God in 3 Dimensions: A Work in Progress" -
http://visitchristcommunity.com/message_library
And yes, there will be a quiz for you all. All 20 of you :o)
So this really got me thinking a lot about what impression do those around us see in us? Do my kids and wife see the imprint of Christ in/on me? How about my co-workers? What about that person that cut me off in traffic this morning? Ok, you get the point. However, I even started wondering about what reflection we see when we look in the mirror. Not our real reflection obviously, but the one of our heart and disposition. Something to think about, right? Maybe something we should be thinking about 24/7/365!
The other think worth noting was also extremely moving and many of you may have already seen this. It is a short video of Penn from Penn and Teller talking about receiving a bible from someone who attended the show in Vegas. Penn is an outspoken atheist so you should all find this very interesting.
So that is your homework tonight. Tomorrow’s blog will be a discussion of the video clip. It only takes about 5 minutes, so not a big time commitment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JHS8adO3hM&feature=fvst
3 comments:
Well, as you can tell from the blog this moring, I thought the sermon was amazing. I have to say, that the microscope will be pointed inward for awhile to sort through this. The result should be a plan of action to continue the journey to becoming completely transformed and I guess reflective ;o). I was pretty moved on Sunday morning and the evening was capped off by an amazing worship concert at the church with the childrens choir included and it was amazing to see my daughter perform.
Have a blessed day,
cas
I was moved on Sun. as well. For a complete stranger to go up to a famous person like that shows very strong faith. It was very convicting for me, in that I don't even do that to the closest people around me. How much DO I HAVE TO HATE A PERSON NOT TO TELL THEM THEY CAN HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
very convicting.
I thought I posted yesterday but I dont see it on here.
Billy's message about 'bearing fruit' and the imagery of the imprinted metal was convicting and then on top of it the atheist challenging me as a christian that I should be sharing my faith if I truly believe that people could live in such pain for eternity...
The cool thing was my son, Matthew was in the service with me. It was a good starting point to discuss what it means to share our views of life, eternal life and our Saviors Gift.
I was able to see the video (Eric Reed's email).
Clark, I'm glad you got to see the kids worshiping. I heard it was a great time of focusing on God.
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