Romans 5:1-5
"Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
Pentecost
was a pouring. Every week I stand up
here and pour wine into a cup in front of you as I say the words Jesus did as
He established this sacrament. God
poured out His cup of wrath on Jesus.
Jesus asked for it to be taken away, but it was not possible. Because He poured wrath on Jesus, He pours
love on you. He poured the Spirit on the
apostles at Pentecost, and they proclaimed boldly the Gospel to a listening
world. So God pours His love into our
hearts by the Holy Spirit.
Just
as bread and wine enter our bodies to nourish us, so the Spirit must enter our
hearts to revive us from death. Let the
Spirit now take you to Jesus and to His Father.
The Spirit and the Bride say “Come.” All those baptized in Christ’s name & in good standing with His church are welcome at His table.
5/23/21
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