Christ Church Jerusalem

Amos 8: Seek the Word of the Lord.

Amos has shown how proud and full of self-interest Israel has been and continued to be.. They seek riches above charity, self above God. Amos declares that one day Israel will desperately seek after God but they will not hear God. For they will look to gods that do not live and live in disobedience to the Lord God in preference for their own lifestyles; and God will not forget their crooked and corrupt actions.

The Community of Forgiveness

Following the resurrection, Jesus instructs His followers to reflect on the redemptive image of God and be participants in the activity of forgiveness. The new community of God will be a forgiving one and will share God's forgiveness to the broken world.

Readings for 2nd Sunday of Easter

Acts 2:14a & 22-32, Psalm 16, John 20: 19-31

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It’s an Earthquake | Rev. David Pileggi

Has the resurrection of Jesus become an abstract doctrine for us, or something that we only mention at a funeral? Like Matthew’s earth-shattering account, let us refuse to domesticate that most important event, and let’s ensure that it shapes our lives and sends us fearlessly out into the world to make disciples.

Readings: Resurrection Sunday

Jeremiah 31:1-6

Acts 10: 34-43

Matthew 28:1-10

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Resurrection Sunday. Reuven Doron

He is Risen! Who raised Jesus from the dead and why?

Readings:

Jeremiah 31:1-6, Acts 10:34-43, Matthew 28:1-8

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Every Day is Good Friday | Rev. Bassem Adranly

The cross is not just an event that happened at the end of Jesus’ life; it is the foundation of the Kingdom of God – a whole new heavenly culture. Carrying the cross is being willing to suffer, but there is suffering because of disobedience (like Adam) and there is suffering in obedience (like Christ). Every time we choose to deny ourselves and obey Jesus, we breathe God’s Life into a dying world.

Readings: Isaiah 52:13-15, 53:1-12; Psalm 22; John 18 1-19, 42.

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Palm Sunday - The Tale of Two Processions | Rev. David Pileggi

Christ Church Jerusalem sits directly on the site of Herod’s palace where Pontius Pilate stationed himself every Passover. He came with his entourage of pomp and military power from the West to ensure that order would be kept when the Jewish passion for liberation was at its height, during this Feast of Freedom. Coming into Jerusalem from the East along the pilgrim’s route (up from the Jordan Valley) was Jesus of Nazareth who stopped on the top of the Mt. of Olives and wept when he saw the city. Which procession will we join? It might not be as obvious as we think.

Readings: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 & Matthew 21:1-11

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Amos, seeing the judgment of God, begged God to relent. And God did! Twice Amos begged for forgiveness and the relenting of God's judgment. But, as he sees God's judgment for the third time, the very people he is pleading for accuse him of fomenting rebellion.

Why would they accuse him? Perhaps it is because he is being effective? Even though many didn't listen to him, and it was these that stood in opposition to him, perhaps some actually listened and heard the word of God. There are always people who will listen, and it is for these that we should pray and intercede--but also for those who do not listen, for it truly is the enemies of God that need him. And judgment will come.

I am the resurrection

The gospel can be summed up in one sentence; Jesus rose from the dead. The resurrection is more than an event, the resurrection is also a person. To know Jesus and have a personal relationship with Him is to know and experience resurrected new life.

Readings: 5th Sunday in Lent

Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45

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Amos tells us to seek God and live but so often we simply seek to live [in ease]. We live in nice houses, we eat nice food and enjoy our time of leisure and, in seeking to live, we forget to actually seek God. Now, there isn’t anything wrong with boisterous singing or sleeping in a nice bed, but Amos asks several hard questions of us:

Are we forgetting that God will judge?

Are we exploiting and harming those we oversee?

Are we actually acting self-righteously, ignoring the injustice around us?

When The Good Shepherd seeks a shepherd after His own Heart.

When the first king of Israel fails to obey the Lord fully, God seeks for a king after His own heart.

David was anointed as a boy but needed to be raised up to be king. Through many trials David learned how to trust in the Lord and to Shepherd the flock of God. The great lesson in life is to become more like Jesus who is the Good Shepherd.

Readings: Fourth Sunday in Lent

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Psalm 23

Acts 20:26-31

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