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April 17, 2010 - Church at Worship
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Sermon: "Stand and Deliver (Psalm 101)" by Randy Roberts
Part 10 - Psalms for the Playlist of Your Life
Pastoral Welcome: Genevieve Koh
School of Allied Health Professions Alumni Welcome: Craig Jackson
Children’s Feature: Jackie Bishop
Scripture Reading: Psalm 101:1–4 , TNIV Martina Karunia, SPH ’02 - 1st service
Ghina Katrib, PA ’03 - 2nd service
INTRODUCTION TO THE SERMON
We continue our journey through the book of Psalms by considering, in this sermon, Psalm 101. As I have read and re-read this psalm, I am struck by the high ethical demand it contains. Originally, it was a psalm for leaders. However, if we think about it long enough, we will realize that there are areas in each of our lives where we lead. Therefore, I believe I am on safe ground in asserting that this psalm has a relevant message for each of us.
We continue our journey through the book of Psalms by considering, in this sermon, Psalm 101. As I have read and re-read this psalm, I am struck by the high ethical demand it contains. Originally, it was a psalm for leaders. However, if we think about it long enough, we will realize that there are areas in each of our lives where we lead. Therefore, I believe I am on safe ground in asserting that this psalm has a relevant message for each of us.
This psalm contains words like justice and blameless and faithful. A good word by which we can summarize the psalm is to say that it is concerned with integrity
Integrity seems to be in short supply these days. Notice what Stephen L. Carter says about it:
We as a nation too often lack integrity, which might be described, in a loose and colloquial way, as the courage of one’s convictions.
We, the people of the United States, who a little over 200 years ago ordained and established the Constitution, have a serious problem: too many of us nowadays neither mean what we say nor say what we mean. Moreover, we hardly expect anybody else to mean what they say either. (Stephen L. Carter in Integrity. Christianity Today, Vol. 40, no. 12).
Sadly, Carter is right. So what do we do? Do we lower the standards to which Jesus and the rest of Scripture call us? Not according to G. K. Chesterton.
It is no disgrace to Christianity, it is no disgrace to any great religion, that its counsels of perfection have not made every single person perfect. If, after centuries, a disparity is till found between its ideal and its followers, it only means that the religion still maintains the ideal, and the followers still need it. (G. K. Chesterton,Leadership, Vol. 10, no. 3).
And so we come today to listen to the ancient call of this psalm to a life of integrity. We do so with the full recognition that we are saved by grace, we live by faith, and that the indwelling Spirit of God can empower us to choose integrity as a way of life.
God bless you.
Randy Roberts
Senior Pastor
Psalms for the Playlist of Your Life
April 24 Looking Beyond What’s in Front of You (Psalm 123)
May 1 If … (Psalm 124)
May 22 He Knows My Name (Psalm 139)
MEDITATIONS
Live so that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. – Will Rogers
God has no more precious gift to a church or an age than a man who lives as an embodiment of his will, and inspires those around him with the faith of what grace can do. – Andrew Murray
MEDITATIONS
Live so that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. – Will Rogers
God has no more precious gift to a church or an age than a man who lives as an embodiment of his will, and inspires those around him with the faith of what grace can do. – Andrew Murray
