{"id":3018,"date":"2023-10-16T12:30:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T19:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2023-10-16T12:31:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T19:31:16","slug":"1-life-directed-think-of-these-things-series-active-in-love-growing-in-christ-october-15th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/1-life-directed-think-of-these-things-series-active-in-love-growing-in-christ-october-15th-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"1 – Life-directed, \u201cThink of these things.\u201d \/ Series: “Active in Love, Growing in Christ” \/ October 15th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sermon \u2013 October 15th<\/sup>, 2023
\n<\/strong>Hope Lutheran Church, Port Coquitlam BC
\n<\/strong>Text: Philippians 4:4-13
\nTheme: Series: \u201cActive in Love, Growing in Christ\u201d<\/h4>\n

___________________________<\/h4>\n

Intr \u2013 <\/strong>I have in my hand an ice cream container. It is empty and I just can\u2019t remember what flavour was inside here. It might as well have been one of my favourites, chocolate. Now, whatever the flavour was in here, that\u2019s the only one you can get<\/em>. I mean, if it was chocolate, then you couldn\u2019t have vanilla. If it was vanilla ice cream, then you couldn\u2019t scoop out strawberry ice cream of it; and so on. Whatever you have inside the container, that\u2019s the only thing you can scoop out to enjoy.<\/p>\n

Imagine for now that this is your mind, your heart \u2013 the place where your thoughts and feelings are. Then I would ask: what is inside your mind and heart<\/em>?<\/p>\n

We are starting today a three-Sunday Sermon series reflecting on our Mission as a Christian Congregation: \u201cActing in Love, Growing in Christ\u201d. We want to reflect on how this mission is Bible-Based, Christ-centred and life-directed. Today, we think about how God\u2019s Word is life-directed<\/strong>, and how our teaching reflects this life-directed aspect of God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n

Our theme connects directly to the epistle for today. There we see St. Paul giving us life-directed counselling, connected straight to daily life. He says, \u201cthink of these things\u201d, referring to the good things he had just listed. Another possible translation for that verse can be: \u201cfill up your minds with everything that is good\u201d. \u00a0Then I\u2019d go back to my first question: What is there inside in your mind<\/em> and heart<\/em>?<\/p>\n

That is a very good question. In our life there are times in which we leave room in our minds and hearts for the things that are not quite what Paul asked us to think of. Sometimes what we see inside there is; (fills the container with) Anger \/ -Bad words\/ Guilt \/ -Anxiety \/ -Bad words. <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These and others are all consequences of sin. They are real threats, thoughts and deeds that want to take over the space we have here. What happens then? Just as in the case of ice cream containers when something fulfills this space here inside of our minds, taking over our thoughts, other things are left outside<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If that is the case, what happens is that, like with ice cream containers where you can\u2019t get vanilla out of a chocolate one, or vice-versa, t<\/em>he things we allow to have room in our minds, those are the ones we will scoop up out of it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul is urging us to think of those things, to fill up our minds with everything that is good because this is the real danger: having our hearts and minds filled with empty space<\/em>. Because this space there is never actually empty<\/em>. There is always something occupying our thoughts, feelings, and minds. If the good ones are not there, then the not commendable ones will.<\/p>\n

Then, sometimes we wonder why the world, our city, our neighbourhood are the way they are, when there are so many good messages of love, tolerance, respect and all the good vibes being nonstop communicated everywhere. But let\u2019s hit close to home \u2013 sometimes we wonder why our family and our life<\/em> are full of things we think shouldn\u2019t be, but are there anyways, even though we want to have a happy home and a happy life. Is that the case we are trying to get chocolate out of a container that most of the time is occupied by vanilla? Are we trying to convince ourselves that we can occupy our minds with things that we know are not those good things Paul mentions \u2013 they are anger, resentment, lack of respect, lustful desires, greed, indifference, and some others instead – and still scoop out of our minds and hearts whatever is good, commendable and have good actions? \u00a0What makes no sense when it comes to ice cream containers, we think could make perfect sense in our thoughts and actions of daily life.<\/p>\n

We need God\u2019s Word. We need Him because His Word is life directed. It is not just a good message of peace and love inside His book, or something to be celebrated and reminded of once a week at Church. It is a life-directed word, directing our lives in the path of Christ. <\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Paul invites us: \u201cthink of these things\u201d. \u201cFill up your minds with it!\u201d Leave little space for things that harm your faith! \u00a0I\u2019d truly like to say: \u201cleave no space at all\u201d, but being saints, saved as we are in Christ we remain sinners, and we know we can\u2019t be perfect. The \u201cother things\u201d, instead of \u201cthese things\u201d are always around us and eventually they land bad thoughts or bad actions in our daily life.<\/p>\n

Here again the life-directed aspect weighs in: Forgiveness<\/strong>. It is not only to be received once a week at Church, but it is present in our daily life. We can look daily to the Greatest thought ever; not only thought, but words and action: Christ\u2019s work \u2013 His perfect obedience, His death and resurrection to save us from eternal condemnation<\/strong>. He is the One who through His Holy Spirit fills up our minds and hearts with \u201ceverything that\u2019s pure, lovely, gracious, honourable, just and if there\u2019s any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise\u201d, as Paul puts it. He forgives our bad thoughts, our bad feelings, our bad actions \u2013 our sin. He draws us near to His word, where we can get all the good things from to think of, to have our minds full of what leads us to Act in Love and Grow in Him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This dovetails also nicely with our Catechism. Out of the 6 chief parts, I highlight two today: 10 Commandments (What we should think and do but can\u2019t do perfectly) and Confession and Forgiveness(the daily medicine for our bad thoughts, words and deeds)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Life-directed. <\/strong>This is a call for us to \u201cact in love and Grow in Christ.\u201d Here, and tomorrow, and every day. One thing leads to the other. As we Grow in Christ, we fill up our minds with everything that is good from God\u2019s Word. God\u2019s Word enables us to act in love because His Word is life-directed.,<\/p>\n

_It gives us life;<\/p>\n

_It connects to our life;<\/p>\n

_It shapes our life;<\/p>\n

This is a call not only the Church as an institution but to the Church as people \u2013 you and I, in our daily relationships. God is the one who fills up our hearts with everything that is good, so we know we are forgiven, saved and redeemed. (the container is filled with: True \/ -Honourable \/ -Pure \/ -Lovely \/ -Commendable -Any excellence, anything worthy of praise. <\/em>What Christ fills up our minds with, \u201ceverything<\/em><\/strong> that is good and comes from His Word\u201d <\/em><\/strong>shows in our daily life the faith He has given us and that connects us with the source of all blessings, the source of all good.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

When our minds and hearts are filled up with everything that is good, this is what we will scoop out of them. And whereas ice cream containers unfortunately eventually run empty, God\u2019s Word and Sacrament they are inextinguishable sources of refreshment and taste to our souls. They break the ice of a life far away from Him and feeds our thoughts and hearts with His incomparable food.<\/p>\n

As Church, we desire to act in love as we grow in Christ. That can be done only with God\u2019s life directed means – Word and Sacraments \u00a0– which send us to our daily life. They are the source of everything we need to have our faith strengthened, our life directed by His love and our future already decided in the present \u2013 for we know where we are going to. We want to be in that feast Jesus described in the Gospel, with the right clothing \u2013 faith \u2013 enjoying the eternal banquet of God\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n

Cc \u2013<\/strong> In February 2006, my Pastor Brum and I were in Texas visiting with our friends Bill and Pat Thompson. On Sunday after Church, they took us for lunch. As we made ourselves comfortable, they asked for a tea glass each. Well, not just glasses but big Texan glasses. As our lunch went on, I noticed that their glasses never run empty. As soon as the liquid level approached the bottom some waiter appeared to fill it up again. Noticing my curiosity about that, for that was not a normal thing where I was coming from, Pastor Thompson told us: \u201cHere in Texas, one of the ways you know if a place is good is by the glass. A good place is the one that never lets your glass run empty.\u201d<\/p>\n

We know that your God is good because He never allows our mind, heart, life to run empty. \u201cFill up your minds with everything that\u2019s good\u201d. \u201cThink of these things\u201d. In Him we keep growing in Christ and consequently acting in love.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best way to enjoy our favourite ice cream? Buying the bucket that contains it. What\u2019s the best way to grow in Christ and act in live towards our neighbours? Going to the source of all good things. Ice cream can be good for sure. But in Christ and His word we find the life-directed content of the marvelous flavour of His Love and Grace that directs our life. And saves it. Scoop it up<\/em>! Amen.<\/p>\n

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______________________________<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> The Psalm of today points to this as we see David describing the LORD as our Good Shepherd who gives us good pastures and calm waters. He feeds our minds and hearts with everything that is good so it can come and occupy it with his love and care. This is what we heard from Isaiah as well: \u201cOn this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well aged wine, of rich food full of marrow of aged wine, well refined\u201d. Here we have a good illustration of what food for thought is. God\u2019s good food for our good daily thoughts.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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