Are You Full of It? Leonard Sweet, Premiered 25 July 2021, LenTalk #71
- Preacher
- Leonard Sweet
- Tradition
- Christian (Unspecified)
- Published
- Length
- 29:35
About this sermon
The One who formed you fills you. Lectionary Readings 2 Samuel 11:1-15 Psalm 14 2 Kings 4:42-44 Psalm 145:10-18 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21 Some teasers to LenTalk #71: French President Emmanuel Macron was Paul Ricoeur’s grad assistant in 2003 . . . Ricoeur (1913-2005) was a French philosopher and Christian who combined semiotics and hermeneutics. Ricoeur rejected political utopias and insisted on the need to accept imperfect solutions in the political arena. The art of politics was the art of comprise and give-and-take. Politics is no longer an art but an winner-take-all, end-justifies-the-means total warfare, which is NOT pluralism but totalitarianism. Conservatives, you ought to be listening to the concerns of liberals without calling liberals communists, or Stalinists, or Marxists. Liberals, you ought to be listening to the concerns of conservatives without calling conservatives racists, homophobes, misogynists, or neanderthals. Fill Me Up, God does NOT MEAN “FEEL ME UP, God,” which makes it all about you. Feel ME . . . FEEL Me . . is a selfish thing whereby “My Will Be Done” takes precedence of “Thy Will Be Done.” That’s the problem with the idolatries of religion and politics . . . It’s based on FEEL ME not FILL ME . . . How much self-serving and self-interest masquerades as religion and politics? A FEEL ME faith goes to church to look in your own mirror. A FILL ME faith goes to church to look in God’s mirror . .” To be FULL OF IT can be expressed in 5 Greek words: Logos . . The Word Pathos . .Became Flesh Ethos . . Dwelt Among Us Theos . . We Beheld God’s Glory, The Glory of the Only Begotten of the Father Holos . . Full of Grace and Truth Will Reagan wrote a song ten years ago that Tasha Cobbs nailed in 2015 . . . I love the initial Kim Walker version, but when Tasha Cobbs sang “Fill Me Up, God” it took the song to a whole new level . . The song ends: “Fill me Up, Till I Overflow, I want to run over, I want to run over Fill me Up, Till I overflow, I want to run over, I want to run over . . It’s in that overflow that miracles occur . . . when your life levitates in exaltation and exultation For the link to “Fill Me Up, God” (Tasha Cobbs version) go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0fNDeUh7zA We would love for you to hit the "subscribe" button for these vlogs. Don't forget to Hit the Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Support Len’s Ministry through his 510-c-3 “SpiritVenture Ministires” (SVM) https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Become a SpiritVenture Ministries (SVM) Supporter at $9/month or a Tribe of Issachar Member at $49/month https://preachthestory.com/cart/ Follow Leonard Sweet on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leonard.sweet Twitter: https://twitter.com/lensweet (Sweet’s daily micro-blogs) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lensweet (Sweet’s daily blogs) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/preachthestory Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/preac... (Specifically for preachers and others who love those who preach) Access sermons, conferences, and more Leonard Sweet activities: https://preachthestory.com/ (hundreds of written sermons) https://www.facebook.com/thesalishsea... (Sweet’s newest publications) https://salishsea.press/ https://the-salish.com (Orcas Island getaway cottages for board, staff and church advances (aka “retreats”) #LeonardSweet #politics #SBNR
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