FOUR SCENES OF HEAVEN (4 OF 5)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Matthew 18:10, Luke 22:43, Luke 2:13, Luke 15:7, Matthew 6:9
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Four Scenes of Heaven (4 of 5)
Series: A Little Bit of Heaven
Scott Maze
Selected Scripture
Many of us are familiar with Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. This instant bestseller has been adapted to film and stage productions. Most of you have either watched it or read the account of an 18th century Christmas Eve in London featuring Ebenezer Scrooge. All of us know his ''Bah Humbug.'' Scrooge is an uncharitable miser that all of us are familiar with. Scrooge's business partner, Jacob Marley, has died seven years before the story. And the opening parts of the story focus on Scrooge's miserly stinginess. He refuses to donate to the poor and only reluctantly allows his underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit to take Christmas Eve off. The miserable and wealthy Scrooge is then visited by Marley's ghost who is weighed down with chains of his own greed from a lifetime of selfishness. Marley says to Scrooge that he will be visited by three ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future. It's this last spirit that shows Scrooge a Christmas Day in his future his employee's son, Tiny Tim's grave. Tiny Tim dies as a result of his father not being able to afford the much-needed surgery for his son. It's when Scrooge's see his Christmas future that his behavior changes. After seeing Tiny Tim's future, Scrooge bring ''a prize Turkey'' to their home on Christmas Day and gives Cratchit a raise. His view of his future makes him change his acts in the present. But the story spilled out into real life as well. In fact, Dickens' A Christmas Carol challenge people in Great Britain to kindness, compassion and care for those who are poor, on the margins and struggling in society. During this time of the Industrial Revolution, many fathers were sent to debtor's prison while their children were left feed and house themselves.
If we could see your future, what would this change about how you live in the present? For the next few moments, I want to speak to you about ...
Series: A Little Bit of Heaven
Scott Maze
Selected Scripture
Many of us are familiar with Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. This instant bestseller has been adapted to film and stage productions. Most of you have either watched it or read the account of an 18th century Christmas Eve in London featuring Ebenezer Scrooge. All of us know his ''Bah Humbug.'' Scrooge is an uncharitable miser that all of us are familiar with. Scrooge's business partner, Jacob Marley, has died seven years before the story. And the opening parts of the story focus on Scrooge's miserly stinginess. He refuses to donate to the poor and only reluctantly allows his underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit to take Christmas Eve off. The miserable and wealthy Scrooge is then visited by Marley's ghost who is weighed down with chains of his own greed from a lifetime of selfishness. Marley says to Scrooge that he will be visited by three ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future. It's this last spirit that shows Scrooge a Christmas Day in his future his employee's son, Tiny Tim's grave. Tiny Tim dies as a result of his father not being able to afford the much-needed surgery for his son. It's when Scrooge's see his Christmas future that his behavior changes. After seeing Tiny Tim's future, Scrooge bring ''a prize Turkey'' to their home on Christmas Day and gives Cratchit a raise. His view of his future makes him change his acts in the present. But the story spilled out into real life as well. In fact, Dickens' A Christmas Carol challenge people in Great Britain to kindness, compassion and care for those who are poor, on the margins and struggling in society. During this time of the Industrial Revolution, many fathers were sent to debtor's prison while their children were left feed and house themselves.
If we could see your future, what would this change about how you live in the present? For the next few moments, I want to speak to you about ...
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