Rabboni!
In my browsing of other people's weblogs, I come across blogs of other pastors. Some of them post their sermons. While I do not have the technical material necessary to do that, nor do I have the confidence that my sermons are that good. Today's Easter sermon went particularly well, so I will quote from it:

The way that Jesus comes back, and the words he says to [his followers], convey this message, "You don't need me to be here to feel good about yourselves. God in heaven sees you as special, so go carry out His business." That's why the disciples are excited. That message of hope is what fills them with joy. They finally get it, they finally see that in the Kingdom of God, there are no outcasts, everyone has a part to play, including them.

Leading up to that point, I had been discussing how worthless the disciples were in the eyes of the rest of the world, and how Jesus' words to them while they were on earth went against that.

My hope is that the joy of the apostles upon meeting the resurrected Christ would ours also.

   [ posted by William @ 6:00 PM ]