Preached by Rev. Erik Kindem.
Scripture: Luke 6:17-26
Summary
A scene from the CHOSEN series illustrates what Jesus' ministry of healing cost him. The prevailing conditions of haves and have-nots in our world, and the systemic forces that keep them that way, are INTOLERABLE to God…and God is acting in Jesus to reverse those conditions. William McElvaney writes: "It took me a long time to come to one of the major discoveries of my life: namely, that God loves me enough to disturb me… " ? “Blessed disturbance, Jesus is mine.”
We live with the blessed assurance that we have been called to be a blessed disturbance. ? To say out loud that the existing architecture of social division and inequity is contrary to God’s vision. ? To say out loud that throwing refugees, asylees, and immigrants under the bus—along with those ministries which support them—is a criminal act, beneath the dignity of this nation, and contrary to the will of God.