Yesterday's sermon at our church was very....it was a sign of God's Holy Spirit giving the gift of prophecy still today.
Our pastor spoke on what Jesus would say to President-Elect Barack Obama. It was a moving and powerful message. Our pastor isn't afraid to say things that might make people uncomfortable. One of the things that has really had me thinking was the idea that maybe God promoted Obama to the presidency to deal with the sin of racism, which is just as evil a sin and devaluing to human life as abortion.
It's so easy to become blinded by various issues that we start missing out on other equally important issues and sins that need to be dealt with.
We don't know God's purposes in Obama, but we know He has them, and just as our pastor said that he thinks Jesus would remind Obama that God has brought him to this position and to pray and trust in God for guidance, so Jesus would also remind us to put aside the prejudices we may have and pray for the man who has a heavily burdened position of leading a country. It's a good time to remember that we Christians--even while having the grace of God through his Holy Spirit changing us and conforming us to Himself--we still have our own flawed positions and views, pride, and sin to deal with.
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Posted by Anna at January 19, 2009 11:23 AM | TrackBack