During August we are revisiting our Covenant’s Mission statement with a series of 4 sermons. This week, we will consider what the third part of our mission means: “We exist to care about one another in Christ.” Please notice that our mission is not just “to care about one another” but it also includes “in Christ.” And that’s very significant.
Many differ on just what the phrase “in Christ” means. Nothing new about that. In the assigned text for this week Jesus says, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever, and this bread, which I will offer so that the world may live, is My flesh.” The next verse says, “Then the people began arguing with each other about what He meant.” It seems that arguing over what Jesus said has become a lengthy and frequent tradition among His followers.
However, Jesus was not talking about literally eating His flesh, that’s absurd. Rather, Jesus was speaking metaphorically to convey a great truth that certainly applies to this third part of our Covenant Mission. That great truth is that if we will eat and digest into our spirit and lives God’s essence permeated the very presence of Jesus The Christ; such as love, peace, kindness, goodness, grace, mercy, forgiveness, and gentleness, we will find ourselves living into that part of our mission “to care about one another in Christ.”
Join us this Sunday for “The Mission Part 3: To Care About One Another in Christ.” I’ll be sharing a story from this past week or so of how we at Covenant have been living into this part of our Mission. The assigned gospel text is John 6:51-58. We will have a moment of prayer to recognize all those working in Education.
SPECIAL NOTE:
NELL ARMSTRONG’S MEMORIAL SERVICE, THIS SUNDAY, 2 PM AT COVENANT.
About Author
