Sermon Sandwich
The Spiritual Discipline of Study—Sermon Sandwich
Trinity Church, 1589 Hwy 174, Edisto Island, SC 29438
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4th Sunday of Lent, March 27, 2022
Holy Eucharist - Renewed Ancient Text; 2019 BCP, p.123
The Spiritual Discipline of Study Sermon Notes
How do Believers Grow in Grace? Disaster or Discipline
The Gospel is the Good News of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ by which we become the Righteousness of God.
The Spiritual Disciplines - physically activity that helps open my spiritual heart to receive the love of Jesus Christ.
Is this Law? No. Why should I do it? Not guilt but love.
The Spiritual Discipline of Study
John 8:31-32 - 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
The Truth not The Law.
John 1:17 - 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
What is The Truth? Jesus
John 14:6 - 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
All of Holy Scripture is about Jesus Christ;
Who He Is and What He Does.
A bible study on the Road to Emmaus:
Luke 24:44-47 — 44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47 and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Knowing The Truth will set you free.
Know - ginosko - relational, experiential knowledge. Not so much academic intellectual head knowledge but spiritual heart knowledge.
How Do We Engage in the Spiritual Discipline of Study?
Three Extrinsic Aids mentioned in The Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster, p.68.
Experience - “is the only way we can interpret and relate to what we read.”
Adults learn about a subject when we are interested in a subject.
2. Other Books - subjects “often have meaning only when they are read in relation to other writings.”
The ESV Study Bible, Commentaries on Holy Scripture.
3. Live Discussion - “the ordinary interaction that occurs among human beings as they pursue a particular course of study.”
Trinity offers three weekly opportunities