RECONCILIATION WITH GOD (2 OF 4)
Scripture: Romans 5:6-11
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Reconciliation with God (2 of 4)
Series: Reconciliation
Patrick Edwards
Romans 5:6-11
Introduction: Should auld acquaintance be forgot,?and never brought to mind??Should auld acquaintance be forgot,?and auld lang syne? ?For auld lang syne, my jo,?for auld lang syne,?we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,?for auld lang syne.
This past Wednesday, at the stroke of midnight, we sang these ''auld'' familiar words to celebrate the beginning of a new year. New Year's, of course, a time when we all feel as if we have a new lease on life, another chance to do things right, to say 'Out with the old and in with the new.' It can't be helped, however, that New Year's is a time of reminiscing, thinking about the year past, successes/failures, new friends/lost ones. And it's this aspect of friendship in particular which forms the subject matter for the song, ''Auld lang syne.''
Roughly meaning something like, ''Old long since,'' or ''For the sake of old times,'' the song is about two friends reconnecting and catching up after some time a part. The song doesn't detail why these two have gone their separate ways; perhaps just losing track of each other as we all do or maybe there's been a falling out between them. Regardless, here they come together again over a drink to reconcile and reconnect. In other words, New Year's isn't a time of 'Out with the old,' or 'Forget the past', or to cut ties. It's a time to rekindle what has been lost and to set things to rights.
And so, church, as we just spent a season of self-examination, a season called advent where we sought to make ourselves ready for the return of the King, I imagine that over the last month, as you've examined yourself and your life and sought to repent of areas where you've not been living in conformity to Christ, there have likely been a few relationships in your life that came to mind. Maybe relationships where you were wronged or hurt; maybe relationships where you hurt someone else; maybe relationships w ...
Series: Reconciliation
Patrick Edwards
Romans 5:6-11
Introduction: Should auld acquaintance be forgot,?and never brought to mind??Should auld acquaintance be forgot,?and auld lang syne? ?For auld lang syne, my jo,?for auld lang syne,?we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,?for auld lang syne.
This past Wednesday, at the stroke of midnight, we sang these ''auld'' familiar words to celebrate the beginning of a new year. New Year's, of course, a time when we all feel as if we have a new lease on life, another chance to do things right, to say 'Out with the old and in with the new.' It can't be helped, however, that New Year's is a time of reminiscing, thinking about the year past, successes/failures, new friends/lost ones. And it's this aspect of friendship in particular which forms the subject matter for the song, ''Auld lang syne.''
Roughly meaning something like, ''Old long since,'' or ''For the sake of old times,'' the song is about two friends reconnecting and catching up after some time a part. The song doesn't detail why these two have gone their separate ways; perhaps just losing track of each other as we all do or maybe there's been a falling out between them. Regardless, here they come together again over a drink to reconcile and reconnect. In other words, New Year's isn't a time of 'Out with the old,' or 'Forget the past', or to cut ties. It's a time to rekindle what has been lost and to set things to rights.
And so, church, as we just spent a season of self-examination, a season called advent where we sought to make ourselves ready for the return of the King, I imagine that over the last month, as you've examined yourself and your life and sought to repent of areas where you've not been living in conformity to Christ, there have likely been a few relationships in your life that came to mind. Maybe relationships where you were wronged or hurt; maybe relationships where you hurt someone else; maybe relationships w ...
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