Lindsey Blair and Bobby Gilles discuss and recap Pastor Jonah Sage's sermon from Acts 2:42.
Lindsey Blair and Bobby Gilles discuss and recap Pastor Jonah Sage's sermon from Acts 2:42.
Bobby: Welcome to the Midweek Checkup. My name is Bobby Gilles and I’m joined by Lindsey Blair. This past Sunday Pastor Jonah asked what might happen to our relationships, our love of the Bible, and our whole church if we gave Sundays to the Lord.
I loved how Jonah asked us to imagine hanging out and all you and your friend talk about is your friendship. It’s exhausting, and doesn’t hold up in the end. The best friendships are marked by a shared pursuit of something bigger than the friendship. If we want to be friends as a faith community, our friendship must be rooted Christ.
Lindsey, what did you think?
Lindsey: Most of us are longing to feel more connected. We desire deeper and more meaningful relationships. We want to spend more time studying the Bible, and we know how vital it is, yet according to our survey, most of us aren’t prioritizing our Bible reading. I love the invitation that Pastor Jonah is extending to us all to “fill and to be filled”, and to become participants in the life of this family here at Sojourn New Albany Church.
Now, for anyone who missed the sermon or needs help remembering, let’s do a quick recap.
Bobby: Pastor Jonah began in Acts Two, which described all the believers devoting themselves together to the apostles’ teaching, to fellowship, sharing meals, and praying. These are all ways of being that foster relationships. They help us experience and live as God’s adopted sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. The principle is, they prioritized each other and their time together before God.
Lindsey: For most of church history, roughly nineteen hundred years, Christian’s learned the Bible together. This doesn’t mean solo Bible reading is wrong, but it also means that the normal way Christians grew in their faith for roughly nineteen hundred years was together. Throughout history, studying the scriptures together and praying together have been pillars of Christian fellowship, just as breaking bread together has been a pillar.
Bobby: One thing that Sojourn is great about is coming together on Sunday morning. We participate in a liturgy, from Call To Worship and Benediction. This year, we’re reiterating that, barring things that would prevent you like health or work scheduling, our members be at the building for both services. We used to say, “Attend One, Serve One.” Now we’re saying, “Attend one,” and for the other service, either serve or participate in our brand new Bible Fellowship - a Bible discussion in our church hall.
Lindsey: If you attend the Nine am service, come to the Eleven am Bible Fellowship. If you worship at the Eleven am service, come to the Nine am Bible Fellowship. We’ll talk more about what will happen at Bible Fellowship in the weeks to come, and it will launch on February Twentieth.
Bobby: This is not something you have to do. This is not an obligation to feel guilty about. This is an invitation. And here is who the invitation is for:
Do you feel lonely and disconnected? This is an invitation for you to develop relationships bigger than the relationship.
Do you feel confused and disoriented by our culture? This is an invitation for you to devote yourself to God’s stabilizing truth. Do you feel bored and uninvolved? This is an invitation for you to come and serve, and to know Christ more than you do now.
Lindsey: This coming Sunday we’ll conclude our series, Our Sojourn, which will set the tone for the year ahead in our church family. Join us, and bring a friend.