{"id":9344,"date":"2022-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/sermon-reflection-game-over\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T14:56:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T06:56:28","slug":"sermon-reflection-game-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/sermon-reflection-game-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon Reflection &#8211; Game Over?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Posted by Adeliyn Lim \u2022 Apr 19, 2022<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_10 vc_sep_border_width_5 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_custom_1653980010483\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span  style=\"border-color:#b11f24;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span  style=\"border-color:#b11f24;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being Christian is one thing but being a good example is a tough subject to take on. It is one thing to know God and have a relationship with Him, but modeling it to others is a different ballgame. I personally hold this in tension as I grapple with the relationship I have with God, what I know of God from the Bible and the leaders I look up to, but to be honest it is an ever-evolving thing because I have grown more mature in some areas and yet find it hard to let go of what I have been taught even if it was flawed and does not stand up to scrutiny by the Word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting on this weekend, I am reminded that the patriarchs have gone through this many times in their journeys as well. Peter was confronted in a dream that in death Jesus had made the unclean clean (Acts 10:9-16). The patriarchs of the Jerusalem council had a debate on whether they still had to follow the Torah (Acts 15). Time and again the Bible says bring it to the test in the Word and see if it holds up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaitlin Curtice, a Potawatomi Nation member and Christian wrote this Easter weekend,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re just not really sure what you believe or why you believe it, I&rsquo;ve saved you a seat. I know we are supposed to have it &ldquo;figured out&rdquo; but that never really gave me a full spirituality. Questions, though they are hard, pull me toward something Sacred.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just as it was then, so it is today. Being a Christian is not about ticking off boxes and conforming to the idea of what a &ldquo;good Christian&rdquo; is. It is about knowing who God is really, taking in all the aspects and not just subscribing to parts that we like. God is not just a good teacher\/healer\/Father, He is God. A complex being who is loving, full of grace, mighty, consistent, loves justice, slow to anger and so much more! Above all, He is Holy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Believing that the Redeemer lives is a lifelong exercise in redeeming myself in Him and allowing others to be redeemed to Him in light of what they see through me. In doing so, it is in faith that the story of Jesus continues to give hope and a future to those around me even as I work through my faith, and I hope this encourages you as well.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being Christian is one thing but being a good example is a tough subject to take on. 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