Covenant Seminary Chapel 10/19/04
Today at chapel, we had Scotty Smith from Christ Community PCA in Franklin, TN as the chapel speaker and he was simply amazing. I had heard that he was a good preacher and that many people such as Steven Curtis Chapman and others in the Christian music community attend worship at the church he pastors, and let me tell you he was as good as advertised.
It wasn't necesarrily because of his abilities, and he has them, but I think it was his methodology. He used a redemptive historical method to his preaching. His sermon was from the last chapter of Jonah and he showed how in the last verse where God questions Jonah about not pitying Ninevah that there is a great truth to be seen. God's compassion extending beyond the borders of His Covenant people, Israel, and embracing the nations so that His people would be as the sand of the sea.
I think the most interesting thing that Rev. Smith pointed out was that God specifically mentions the cattle of Ninevah, which is something I would have overlooked. It seems that God's interest in Ninevah extended to all of Ninevah and not just the people. This is not saying that the cattle needed redemption, but was showing that God still loves His creation.
The point of application though, that hit me the hardest, was this: where is the Ninevah in my life? Jonah did not really want to go to Ninevah because it made him uncomfortable and there are places and people in my life that I do not want to go or see because they are out of my comfort zone. Sadly, I too am like Jonah far too often. But there's hope, and that is such a beautiful thing because it's not because of me, but the grace of God.
Book of the day, The Reign of Grace by Scotty Smith.
It wasn't necesarrily because of his abilities, and he has them, but I think it was his methodology. He used a redemptive historical method to his preaching. His sermon was from the last chapter of Jonah and he showed how in the last verse where God questions Jonah about not pitying Ninevah that there is a great truth to be seen. God's compassion extending beyond the borders of His Covenant people, Israel, and embracing the nations so that His people would be as the sand of the sea.
I think the most interesting thing that Rev. Smith pointed out was that God specifically mentions the cattle of Ninevah, which is something I would have overlooked. It seems that God's interest in Ninevah extended to all of Ninevah and not just the people. This is not saying that the cattle needed redemption, but was showing that God still loves His creation.
The point of application though, that hit me the hardest, was this: where is the Ninevah in my life? Jonah did not really want to go to Ninevah because it made him uncomfortable and there are places and people in my life that I do not want to go or see because they are out of my comfort zone. Sadly, I too am like Jonah far too often. But there's hope, and that is such a beautiful thing because it's not because of me, but the grace of God.
Book of the day, The Reign of Grace by Scotty Smith.
posted by Bobby's blog at 2:37 PM
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I'm touched, that was really good and something to certainly think about.
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