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| Written by Rev. Michael East | |
| Friday, 28 March 2008 | |
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Are we for real? The story was told that during a church meeting in Boston, two friends ran into each other, one having just returned from his very first trip to Japan. He had purchased a $6,000 Rolex watch for the bargain basement price of $25. As his friend stooped down to pick up a broken piece, their eyes met. Without any exchange of words at all, they both knew that his bargain-basement Rolex watch was not for real. Instead, it was nothing more than a cheap sixpenny imitation. He had been sold a false bill of goods. A recent poll revealed that many people say they believe in God, but are suspicious of organized religion. This is especially the case among the poor and the oppressed. This skepticism is reinforced by the fact that we live in a society in which it is difficult to tell the real from the unreal. Therefore, in such a society, we should not be surprised that many people are suspicious of us and quick to ask the question, “Are you for real?” Jesus in the upper room was preparing to share the Passover meal with the disciples. Jesus knew that he would soon be leaving them and that they could no longer depend on his physical presence as their badge of identification. Jesus knew that his disciples would be faced with a suspicious society, people who had before been sold a false bill of goods and would want to know if the disciples were for real, or whether they were nothing more than another cheap imitation. There is our hope in a broken, hostile and suspicious world. If there is a problem, we can solve it together by the power of the liberating love of Jesus that enables us to hang together in acts of love. If there is a burden, we can lift it together by the power of this same liberating love of Jesus. If there is a mountain, by the power of the liberating love of Jesus that enables us to hang together in acts of love, we can climb it together. If there is a stone, by the power of the liberating love of Jesus that enables us to hang together in acts of love, we can move it together. The Rev. Michael East is minister of Agape Baptist Church. Sermon notes is a column by ministers of the Patterson Ministerial Association. Any religious leader who would like to write for the column may contact the Patterson Irrigator.
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