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Week 06

Red Couch Theology

Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron

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What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron, and the occasional guest having a casual conversation, diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching.

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Red Couch Theology2023-04-02T20:29:16-06:00

The Transforming Power of Repentance

One of the most beautiful sights in nature, in my opinion, is sun streaming through an opening in an overcast sky. The transforming power of light is striking and surprising. A landscape without bright light is flat and monotonous, but streaks of sunshine reveal all the color and depth that had been hidden. In chapter 31 of Jeremiah, we see how God plans to transform the repentant Judah — and all of Israel — in ways that no one living at the time could have possibly imagined. Eventually, the prophet says, God’s promise will stretch far beyond these nations to embrace all people, through the redemptive power of Jesus’s death and resurrection.

The transformation foreseen by Jeremiah is surprising because Israel itself, though repentance, holds the key to unlocking the power of God’s redemption:

“I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined.
Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God.
After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast.
I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’ Jeremiah 31:18-19 NIV

God’s forgiveness will be complete:

“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” Jeremiah 31:34b

God’s forgiveness comes from His heart as a loving father:

They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son. Jeremiah 31:9 NIV

God’s forgiveness is expansive, covering not only Judah but all of the nations of Israel:

“At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.” Jeremiah 31:1 NIV

Throughout waywardness and repentance, God respects the agency of Israel and is ready to forgive. How could it be that the God of the universe has so much respect for His creation? Who could imagine this could be?

Jeremiah’s dreary and monotonous warnings are replaced with an unimaginably beautiful picture of the “Shalom” that God has in mind for Israel:

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord —
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more.
Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow. Jeremiah 31:12-14 NIV

I would love to be able to step into this image.

The transformation Jeremiah envisions for Israel foreshadows the promise of Christ’s ultimate forgiveness and redemption for all people everywhere:

“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God, and they will be my people.
No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord. … Jeremiah 31:33-34 NIV

Jeremiah foreshadows the words of Jesus when he says:

“…. I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” Jeremiah 31:2b

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls….” Matthew 11:28-29 NIV

This promised redemption will completely erase any wearying and incomplete self salvation plans people can devise. God will replace them with the freedom and peace of His salvation that is offered to all in Christ.

Application:

Take a moment to soak in the amazing transformation that God makes available to us in Christ. Do you have plans for self salvation that are getting in the way of this transformation? Prepare for the hope of Easter. Take a moment to ask God to reveal how you might need to repent and turn back toward Him. Remember that He is a loving father waiting to forgive.

The Transforming Power of Repentance2023-04-02T20:17:39-06:00

Course Correction and Hope

Have you known someone who repeatedly makes poor, harmful, or irresponsible choices? Those choices often have consequences for themselves and for their family and friends. Jeremiah and many of the other Old Testament prophets were prophesying to a nation that were making these types of choices daily. Not everyone worshiped and made sacrifices to idols, but the majority of the people in Judah in the year 587 BC were guilty of that or even worse – sacrificing their children to foreign gods.

The people of Israel and Judah have provoked me by all the evil they have done–they, their kings and officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. They turned their backs to me and not their faces; though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline. They set up their abominable idols in the house that bears my Name and defiled it. They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, though I never commanded, nor did it enter my mind, that they should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah sin. Jeremiah 32:32-35 NIV

For hundreds of years prophets like Isaiah, Elijah, Amos, and Hosea had been telling both Israel and Judah to stop worshiping idols, to repent, and to return to worshiping the Lord Almighty with their whole heart and soul. There were periods of time when both the king and the people would return to God, but for the most part, the people refused to listen to God’s prophets and continued to “turn their backs to me [God] and not their faces” (Jeremiah 32:33a). The time is now imminent – God will judge Judah, God will discipline them for their disobedience.

“You are saying about this city, `By the sword, famine and plague it will be handed over to the king of Babylon’;…” Jeremiah 32:36a NIV

This is what would happen within the year. But God does not judge us, discipline us, and correct us simply to be mean, or it to Lord over us – no he has something else in mind. Let’s look at chapters 31 and 32 of Jeremiah – to see God’s end game vision.

“The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. Jeremiah 31:31 NIV

“This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. Jeremiah 31:33

…but this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will surely gather them from all the lands where I banish them in my furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety. They will be my people, and I will be their God. Jeremiah 32:36b-38 NIV

The Babylonian captivity was how God disciplined Judah for their repeated sinfulness, unrepentant hearts and disobedience to His laws. But God also knew the captivity would come to an end, Jewish people would return to the land of Israel, and fields would be bought and sold again. God’s goal was to bring about their restoration, to bring them into a new covenant, to provide a way for the Jewish people and, in fact, to bring all people into relationship with God.

Have you ever gone through discipline or correction from God? Each of us is responsible to confess our sin and repent and return to God anew. Just as a father and mother discipline their children to correct their faulty thinking or behavior, our God does the same. Take a look at Hebrews 12:1-12 this week. Look for God’s heart and desire for us in His correction and discipline. Pray, confess, and thank God that He is faithful to both correct us and to fulfill his promises, in His timing.

Course Correction and Hope2023-04-01T22:22:21-06:00

Bugs on the Windshield

Over the years, I’ve made several summer car trips back to my hometown in central Nebraska. A couple of these trips occurred after nightfall. Once my car crossed the line into Nebraska (once from Iowa and once from Colorado), a barrage of bugs began pelting my windshield creating a thick layer of muck. After turning the wiper blades up to the highest speed for 10 minutes and depleting the washer fluid, I had to stop my car. I was driving by faith, not by sight. These experiences were so long ago, I don’t remember what happened next – but God must have given me a way to clear the slurry, because I arrived at my destination alive with no mishaps.

If you’ve been soldiering through the book of Jeremiah with us and are now entering Chapter 32, you will find Jeremiah placed in a minimum security prison by King Zedekiah because he opposed the king’s resistance to the ongoing and final siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. The prophet’s perspective had become as messy as a myriad of bugs hitting his windshield. He was dazed and needed encouragement but didn’t anticipate the exercise God had in mind.

Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me: Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, ‘Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.’” Jeremiah 32:6-7 NET

The field God commanded Jeremiah to buy had already been taken by the Babylonians, so such a purchase would have been incredibly stupid by human standards. Jeremiah needed further confirmation to make this purchase as it was of no personal benefit to him.

Then Hanamel, my cousin, came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. Jeremiah 32:8 NET

After Jeremiah recorded this deal, he was still shaky about the wisdom of what he’d just done. He needed to refresh his vision of who God has always been and forever will be:

“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: ‘Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. You show steadfast love to thousands, but you repay the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord of hosts, great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds….

What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it.’ Jeremiah 32:16-19, 24b NET

Although the land transaction was ridiculous, God revealed Jeremiah’s purchase would stand as a statement of faith that future generations would return to the land. However, the Lord had to AGAIN reassure Jeremiah this was his command.

Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, “Buy the field for money and get witnesses” — though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.’”

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:25-27 NET

Has a barrage of bugs been hitting your windshield lately? Does it seem God is allowing worthwhile foundations to crumble and is issuing permits to those who intend to trample his people? Let Jeremiah’s vision and confession be yours as well:

‘Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.’ Jeremiah 32:17

Here are more scriptures to renew your vision of who our Lord Jesus is, what he has promised and where his faithful servants are headed:
Hebrews 1, Revelation 5, 20, and 21.

Bugs on the Windshield2023-04-01T23:21:08-06:00

Perseverance in Spite of Discouragement

This message for all the people of Judah came to Jeremiah from the Lord during the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign over Judah. This was the year when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon began his reign. Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people in Judah and Jerusalem, “For the past twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until now—the Lord has been giving me his messages. I have faithfully passed them on to you, but you have not listened. Jeremiah 25:1-3 NLT

During the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king in Judah, the Lord gave this message to Jeremiah: “Get a scroll, and write down all my messages against Israel, Judah, and the other nations. Begin with the first message back in the days of Josiah, and write down every message, right up to the present time. Perhaps the people of Judah will repent when they hear again all the terrible things I have planned for them. Then I will be able to forgive their sins and wrongdoings.”

So Jeremiah sent for Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated all the prophecies that the Lord had given him, Baruch wrote them on a scroll. Jeremiah 36:1-4

I researched scrolls and found that at the time mentioned above they would have been papyrus sections that were about 10 inches high and glued together into a length of up to 30 feet. They were rolled lengthwise around 2 pieces of wood. Writing would be in columns from top to bottom from right to left, and would be read as the papyrus was rolled off of the left stick and rolled up on the right. I can only imagine the amount of time and effort it took to complete the whole process.

It had to be very discouraging for Jeremiah when all that God had given him to warn the people about came true in the first invasion when Nebuchadnezzar took many, including Ezekiel, Daniel and others, to exile in Babylon. Although there were those who had listened and believed what God had said, the majority had not. And still those left in Jerusalem didn’t listen to God’s message through Jeremiah. All that changed, were the people in charge.

The following message came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah. This was also the eighteenth year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar. Jerusalem was then under siege from the Babylonian army, and Jeremiah was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace. King Zedekiah had put him there, asking why he kept giving this prophecy: “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will take it. King Zedekiah will be captured by the Babylonians and taken to meet the king of Babylon face to face. He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and I will deal with him there,’ says the Lord. ‘If you fight against the Babylonians, you will never succeed.’” Jeremiah 32:1-5

When I think of all that is available in the Bible and how easily I can move from Genesis to Revelation to see and hear from God his desires for me in both love and discipline, I wonder why I am so slow to live into what he calls me to be and do. These weeks of study in Jeremiah have given me a new perspective on Hebrews 11:1, “ Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”

As we move toward Good Friday, take time to ponder and be encouraged by the faithfulness and perseverance of Jeremiah and how his life points us to our savior, Jesus Christ.

Perseverance in Spite of Discouragement2023-04-01T22:45:33-06:00

Freedom Has Boundaries

23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
1 Corinthians 10:23

19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. Romans 14:19,20

The Declaration of Independence uses a phrase that has become ubiquitous in the minds of most Americans. John Locke declares that human beings have the right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” This idea of inalienable rights is the backbone of the United States. It is rooted in the prioritization of personal freedom. The American experiment has proven to be one of the healthiest political frameworks in history. It has produced a country where human thriving is generally higher than in many other places. It has also served as a template for many other first-world countries.

One of the reasons the United States has been a dominant force politically, economically, and socially is its emphasis on freedom. With that said, freedom can go too far. The way of Jesus also prioritizes freedom, but Jesus does so in the context of love. The gospel is the ultimate liberation of bondage to sin and death; it is an invitation to maximum freedom, but the law of love also limits it. Paul’s writings have challenged societies throughout history to find the balance between personal freedom and love. When does our freedom begin to damage others?

Take a moment to thank God for the freedom he has given you. The kingdom of God is a highly free place. You are free from sin, death, and shame. You are free from condemnation, fear, and punishment. Now, is there anywhere in your life where your personal preference or freedom is unloving towards another person? Love is the boundary of your freedom, and even that is a gift from God.

Freedom Has Boundaries2022-10-15T12:01:07-06:00

Relationship – the Point of Freedom

Our text this week is I Corinthians 8 and 9. In those chapters Paul dodges through some complex thoughts about what our freedom in Christ should look like in the community of faith he calls us to experience. To pull Paul’s thoughts together, let’s go back to Genesis and capture the simplicity God had in mind from the beginning:

The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” Genesis 3:15-17

Can you imagine the freedom God provided? He issued just one, and only one, very observable command. Once the first couple crossed that boundary – boundaries, and the penalties that accompanied them proliferated like aphids in the summer.

Disobeying the one command resulted in a profoundly inescapable impact – severing their intimate relationship with God. That severance likewise interrupted and negatively affected relationships among human beings from that time onward. We see and experience the wreckage every day.

In I Corinthians 8 and 9, Paul reflects on the complexity of moving away from a world gnarled in broken relationships to a community of faith that is searching for ways to love one another. In his letter to the Romans, Paul returns to the simplicity of Jesus’ answer to those questions
(from Matthew 22:36-37, Mark 12:28-30, Luke 10:25-27, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Leviticus 19:18 ) when Jesus was asked which commandment is the greatest in the Law:

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:8-10 NIV

Turning to Jesus and acknowledging that his death, burial and resurrection was for us, restores our relationship with God and infuses us with power to mend and prevent broken human relationships, especially within the community of faith.

Take a minute to refocus on this ‘main thing’ in your walk with Christ. Ask him to remind you that you have the freedom and power of his Holy Spirit when faced with temptations to harm your neighbor in an attempt to exercise and protect your own interests. Choose this “freedom”.

Relationship – the Point of Freedom2022-10-15T11:52:10-06:00

Who is Weak and Who is Strong?

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. Romans 14:1-3 NIV

But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
I Corinthians 8:7-9 NIV

Paul used various terms in his letter to the Corinthians to express the differences between the new, young, infant, weak believers and the mature, strong, adult, believers. Who are the weak believers and who are the strong?

We must remember when reading I Corinthians that it was one of Paul’s first letters to any church. Many of the believers in Corinth were mere babies in their Christian faith. The entire church was only 3 years old, so everyone was only 3 years or less into their faith journey. A few were mature in their faith but most Corinthian church members were very new to the concepts Paul was teaching.

Let’s think about an example with young children learning math or reading. Both require learning the basics before going on to the more complicated concepts. It is helpful to teach rules that apply most of the time – to guide these young, immature learners. But, as they learn and grow in an understanding of math and literature, exceptions to the rules become more common. A young child often can’t understand or even tolerate anything that is out of order, or done differently from the way their parents or their first teacher taught them. As children grow, mature and develop, they learn that sometimes there is more than one acceptable way to do things.

A young or weak Christian in Corinth might have viewed eating meat sacrificed to idols as being the worst kind of sin. A mature Christian in Corinth would recognize, “food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.” I Corinthians 8:8. The mature Christian understands some behaviors are addressed specifically in scripture and others are not. A mature Christian will look at Jesus’ teaching, pray, consider and decide what is the correct behavior for himself in those areas not specified in Scripture.

In 2022 in Littleton Colorado, food sacrificed to idols is not a problem we contend with, but there are other questions we have to face:

How will we as a family deal with Halloween?
Is drinking alcohol okay for me or for my children?
How will we worship God?
How will we observe Sabbath?

Think about a “questionable” behavior; look in scripture, pray, and ask God to direct your behavior concerning that “questionable” behavior. Strive to respond as a mature believer would.

Who is Weak and Who is Strong?2022-10-15T10:20:50-06:00

What is Freedom?

But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
I Corinthians 8:7-9 NIV

The Corinthian church had many young Christians. Those of Jewish background probably advocated that all Christians should observe the Jewish dietary laws. Paul taught them that as Christians they no longer needed to follow dietary laws. Those of a pagan background perhaps had no issues whatsoever in what they ate, not caring if foods sold in the general market place had previously been offered on a pagan altar.

Similar to how a young child acts, often a new or young Christian may seek to “follow the rules” to keep himself from offending God or other believers. A more mature Christian will look to God, His word, and his own conscience to determine his actions, and will understand that some behaviors are spelled out in scripture, and others are not. A strong Christian will know that we have freedom from following the Jewish law, but that we don’t want to abuse that freedom, as Peter tells us:

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king. I Peter 2:16 NIV

Paul covers this topic in even more depth in Romans 14-15, and in Galatians 5. Paul also talks of our need to love each other in Romans 13:

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:8-10

Paul recommends that the young Christian let God determine the rules in his life. He also instructs the mature Christian to not look down on the weak brother, but instead to take the other’s “weakness” into account, to not flaunt one’s own freedom in Christ, but instead to curb behavior as needed to show love, to put someone else first – in order to build that younger Christian up, rather than tear him or her down. Which have you been doing? How should you respond this week in situations you face? Look at the passages mentioned above and ask God to show you what you need to change in yourself.

What is Freedom?2022-10-15T09:56:57-06:00

Slaves to What or Who?

In my Google search on the word, “slave”, I found that it is a Greek word, “doulos”, which has only one English translation “slave” and means, “to be owned by someone for a lifetime”.

Don’t you know when you offer yourself to someone as obedient slaves, you are the slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. When you were slaves to sin you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:16-23 NIV

When Paul wrote about slaves to the Corinthian church, they understood what he meant. In my research I found there were more slaves in Corinth than there were people who had legal rights. Some people became slaves because they owed a debt to the person, others were captives from Roman victories, and others were born into slavery. The Corinthian church was a composite of people who were legal citizens and people who were slaves or servants. Paul used the term “slaves” to explain the difference between “belonging to God in obedience to their Master, Jesus Christ”, or “continuing to live in the way they did before they came to believe in Him” – i.e., not growing in obedience to the way of righteousness and holiness.

When Paul wrote to the church at Corinth, he was writing to every person who had come to faith in Jesus Christ, not only citizens with rights, but also slaves. He reminded them at the beginning of his letter who they were in the Lord Jesus Christ, as individuals and as a community. And he gave thanks to God for all they had been given in Christ to enable them to live in faith and obedience. (1 Corinthians 1:1-9)

I am grateful for these scripture reminders to us in the 21st century.

Recently I read about a couple who were celebrating 60 years of marriage. When asked how they managed to stay committed to each other for so many years, the husband said that they chose to remember the vows they had taken before God and witnesses at their wedding. Indeed, they had displayed them where they could be reminded of them as they walked closely with the Lord and each other in the ups and downs of life.

“They chose to remember” is what grabs me. And I have the written word of God to remind me of who I belong to and the help he has given me to be about what He has called me to do.

Take time this week with each of the coming devotionals to spend time with the Lord listening to him as he enables you to grow in obedience to his loving commands. Praying for a blessed week for each of you.

Slaves to What or Who?2022-10-14T08:04:41-06:00
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