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“You’re rooting for clothes when you get right down to it… I’m rooting for an outfit. That’s what it’s come down to. I want my team’s clothes to beat the clothes from another city… It’s laundry. We’re rooting, we’re screaming about laundry here!”
These are the words of comedian Jerry Seinfeld when he was hosted by David Letterman, and, if you can’t tell, he’s talking about the absurdity of team loyalty. You cheer for one player, you adore him or her, they get traded, and now you hate him. At the end of the day, Seinfeld says, all you care about is the color of the shirt.
Yet, anyone who’s played a sport, been a fan of a team, or participated in another team activity where a uniform is required knows the power of “shared” laundry. There’s a sense of unity, of togetherness, of being a part of the same family. I may know nothing about your or your background, but I see your shirt, and I know that we have something in common.
The apostle Paul champions this idea at the end of Galatians 3. He says that “all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” To continue with Seinfeld’s idea, all of us who came to faith in Christ have been given the uniform of Christ’s team. We share laundry together. We’re all on the same side. It doesn’t matter our cultural, class, or gender barrier, we’re all teammates together set to receive the same prize. To put it another way, Paul is telling us that there is one gospel, one family, one inheritance. That’s what we’ll be exploring this Sunday.
-Caleb McCaughan
Dinner Table Conversations:
Adult & Teen Table Talk:
In which area of your life do you most struggle to remember that you’re clothed with Christ? What difference would it make to practice the presence of Christ?
What barriers divide people in the area where you live? How are those broken down within your church; and what do you do to help this?
Little Learners’ Table Talk:
What does it mean to be a son or daughter of God?
Sermon Title: Heirs through Christ
Sermon Series: Set Free
Sermon Passage: Galatians 3:16-29
Closing Scripture: John 17:20-23
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By Manchester Church of Christ“You’re rooting for clothes when you get right down to it… I’m rooting for an outfit. That’s what it’s come down to. I want my team’s clothes to beat the clothes from another city… It’s laundry. We’re rooting, we’re screaming about laundry here!”
These are the words of comedian Jerry Seinfeld when he was hosted by David Letterman, and, if you can’t tell, he’s talking about the absurdity of team loyalty. You cheer for one player, you adore him or her, they get traded, and now you hate him. At the end of the day, Seinfeld says, all you care about is the color of the shirt.
Yet, anyone who’s played a sport, been a fan of a team, or participated in another team activity where a uniform is required knows the power of “shared” laundry. There’s a sense of unity, of togetherness, of being a part of the same family. I may know nothing about your or your background, but I see your shirt, and I know that we have something in common.
The apostle Paul champions this idea at the end of Galatians 3. He says that “all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” To continue with Seinfeld’s idea, all of us who came to faith in Christ have been given the uniform of Christ’s team. We share laundry together. We’re all on the same side. It doesn’t matter our cultural, class, or gender barrier, we’re all teammates together set to receive the same prize. To put it another way, Paul is telling us that there is one gospel, one family, one inheritance. That’s what we’ll be exploring this Sunday.
-Caleb McCaughan
Dinner Table Conversations:
Adult & Teen Table Talk:
In which area of your life do you most struggle to remember that you’re clothed with Christ? What difference would it make to practice the presence of Christ?
What barriers divide people in the area where you live? How are those broken down within your church; and what do you do to help this?
Little Learners’ Table Talk:
What does it mean to be a son or daughter of God?
Sermon Title: Heirs through Christ
Sermon Series: Set Free
Sermon Passage: Galatians 3:16-29
Closing Scripture: John 17:20-23
The post Heirs through Christ appeared first on Manchester Church of Christ.