Church Family,
This past Sunday, as we continued our series in Acts, we looked at yet another step in the extended legal drama that is Paul’s journey to Rome. This particular step in the process brought the contrast between Paul and his accusers into focus. His accusers, not believing in the resurrection of Christ, lacked assurance of God’s coming justice and so sought to satisfy their own sense of justice by whatever means they deemed necessary. This led them to use deception and flattery to try to get their way in the court of the governor Felix. Paul, on the other hand, had total confidence in the resurrection of Christ and, by extension, the perfect justice God would bring to bear in the coming resurrection of all people. Satisfied in God’s justice, Paul felt no need to manipulate his own justice into existence. He spoke plainly and truthfully about the charges brought against him and did not give in to regular opportunities to bribe his way out of imprisonment. Church, let us consider this week if we have the same heart as Paul in this regard, or if like his accusers we are inclined to play sneaky games to satisfy our own (often misguided) sense of justice. Whether it be filing our taxes, posting political messages to social media, or anything else we do, do our actions display our confidence in the justice of our God?
Prospective Members Class
We are having a prospective members class on the afternoon of Saturday, May 3rd from 1:00 to 4:00. Attending this class is not any sort of a commitment, it is just an opportunity to learn the core convictions of Light in the Desert Church, including a particular belief in the biblical model of church membership. If you are interested in participating in this class and learning more about LitD, please sign up in the foyer.
Easter Schedule
The upcoming Easter weekend brings a few small changes to our usual schedule. On Good Friday we will have an evening service at 6:00. On Easter Sunday we will have our 10:15 morning service as usual, but rather than being preceded by our usual Sunday Studies, we will have a fellowship hour starting at 9:00.
Grace be with you,
Logan Murphy
Pastoral Intern