Even in their accusations
failing to understand
his language, parables
more than they could stand
God’s temple,
the temple of Christ himself
that which would be torn down
raised in but three days
Speaking to the powerful
in words to them opaque
these who should know the Christ
because the taught the law
His life a witness, a testimony
the proof of his holiness
but to them only a threat
blind to the living God
judgment, the cross, instead
March 14, 2010
Matthew 26:57-68
I John 4:16b-21
Isaiah 58:6-9 (Call to Worship)
Worship Theme: “Those who condemned Jesus”
and sermon, “Condemned By the Righteous”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the third in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 14, 2010
Fourth Sunday in Lent
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