Morning: The sermon, "Becoming a Worshiper," focused on John 9:35-41. In this passage, John demonstrates the right response to Jesus-faith and worship. We are meant to see worship as an integral part of our identity.
In the life of this healed blind man, we see two analogies: moving from death to life and blindness to sight. Through his excommunication from the synagogue, the man became dead (figuratively speaking). Jesus brought him life by bringing him into a new community. His blindness and sight are developed as metaphors later.
As we witness the man responding to faith, we find him believing and worshiping. If Jesus were merely a man or a good teacher, allowing this man to worship him would have been blasphemous. But as the eternal Son of God, come in the flesh, it was right.
The end of this story points to both edges of the gospel. For some, the gospel brings life and forgiveness. For others, their continual rejection of the Spirit's witness leaves them hardened in their sin.
Worship is more than what we do, it is part of who we are. It colors the rest of what we do. I hope you become a worshiper of Jesus in your thinking.
Evening: Business meeting.
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