Revelation and Reformation
October 29, 2008 Blogs No Comments
For most in my city…San Diego, CA…the über culture of the ever cool west, this week is all about the pumpkin’ slinging, candy tokin’, door knockin’, party drinkin’, dress up day of the year. Some call it Halloween, All Soul/Saints Day, the Day of the Dead, or Samhain…but for a rare few others, October 31st and the week of October 31st has nothing to do with any of these thing but rather to do with the heart of the gospel of Jesus Christ itself. For these rare few, it is known as Reformation Day. In honor of Reformation Day this year, I devote this entry to the word “revealed” in Romans 1:17.
Everything in the Christian life has to do with the gospel. Everything flows out of the gospel. If this is not our perspective we will lapse either into a prizing our moral achievements or pledging that anything goes. And both roads dead end with “yourself” being the all determined center and conclusion. Consider what the gospel is and how it relates to Christian behavior, whose perspiscuity shines in Romans 12:9-21.
This sermon works with 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:8 addressing the nature of love driven words, love driven knowledge, love driven faith, love driven hospitality, love driven death, and how the Bible defines love itself. This sermon was originally preached October 19th, 2008 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
The artwork from our Viva La Vida sermon series (to the left) comes from the cover of Coldplay’s album, which is actually a 19th century painting by Eugène Delacroix called “Liberty Leading the People.” Delacroix was a French Romantic artist who specialized in illustrating the literary works of William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Scott, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Yet, his most famous painting was the highly political piece, “Liberty Leading the People.”
This is the sixth week of our fall sermon series, “Viva La Vida Christus: Living the Life of Christ” dealing with Romans 12-16. Part 6, this week, is titled “Living in Light of the Day” and works with Romans 13:11-14 addressing the age we live in, the coming day of the Lord, and the armor we wear as Christians. This sermon was originally preached October 12th, 2008 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.