Sermon Notes, August
4, 2013
Pastor Jan Sinozich
Pastor Jan’s
sermon was titled “One Necessary Thing.”
Her scripture reference was Luke 10: 38-42. A woman named Martha invites
our Lord to eat at her house. But while
she is getting everything ready, her sister Mary sits down at Jesus’ feet to
listen to what he’s saying. Martha is
frustrated and asks Jesus to make Mary help.
He tells her she’s fussing, focusing on the wrong things. He says, “Only one thing is necessary, and
Mary has chosen it—it’s the main course, and won’t be taken from her.” Mary chose to listen to God’s word through
Jesus.
God’s
Word is the one necessary thing. Why is
it so important? It tells us who we are.
Some people are convinced of their own
importance, while others see themselves as worthless. God’s Word helps us to know ourselves
better. Looking in the mirror of His
Word we know ourselves better because we know God better; the God who made us
in His image. Without His Word we, like
Martha, become distracted and lose our focus.
What
Jesus told Martha, He also told the crowds.
In Matthew 6:33, he tells us not to worry about our needs. Instead he says “Seek ye first the Kingdom of
God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
God’s mirror is
different than the world’s mirror. 1
Samuel 16:7 says that the world looks on the outside of a person, but God sees
the inside—the heart. That’s why His
Word is so necessary. God sees us in a
way the world does not. God shapes us in
a way the world cannot. His Word helps
us become more like His perfect son, more like He made us to be.
God’s Word is
our altar, where we align ourselves with God, where we worship and are thankful
for His gift. Studying God’s Word is the
Christian coming home, seeing God in the world, being His emissary in the
world, and enjoying the provisions He gives us.
The one necessary thing in our life is the story of our salvation, God’s
Word.
We need to live
it, every day.
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