Tomorrow is the Women’s World day of prayer and looking
through this year’s booklet I see that it is all about justice. Now this seems all very well, but the truth
is the gospel is not about justice it is about mercy. I remember the story
about a man brought before a medieval king because he had poached one of the
king’s deer. The king condemned him to
death and the man cried out, “Give me justice.” The king said, “Take him away
and execute him. If he had asked for
mercy I would have given it him.” God requires us to be perfect and if we ask
for justice we will go to Hell. But if
we ask for mercy and put our trust in the perfect righteousness of Jesus we
will be forgiven and accepted in the Beloved.
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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