Sunday, September 16, 2012
Led by Eric Gintert
The Sheriff never carried a gun... He carried a Sword
An analogy of the Judge and the Sheriff
A town is made up of people and the first people in the town was Adam and Eve. They had children and as the town became bigger, the people became more wicked (Genesis 6). Only one family in the town was spared from the devastation and they became fruitful and multiplied and the town increase once again. Then, a group of people formed known as the Israelites.
The Judge of the town is higher in authority then the Sheriff. The Sheriff's duty is to guard and protect the townspeople. However, the sheriff isn't liked by everyone... the bad guys don't like the sheriff. The Judge gives rules or laws for the people to live by (Exodus 20:1-17). The Judge imputes consequences on those who do not keep His laws. Those who love the Judge want what He wants for them. However, there is not one person who has kept the whole law. The sheriff in this time was Moses and he cared for the townspeople when the Judge was away.
Now, there's a new Sheriff in town.... His name is Jesus. The Sheriff, Jesus, upheld the Judge's ways. This Sheriff is the only begotten Son of the Judge. Sheriff Moses broke the law sometimes too, but this new Sheriff that the Judge has appointed has never broken the law. This Sheriff doesn't have a cowboy hat, pistols, or handcuffs.... but He does have a jail house.
The Judge will take the answer of a just Sheriff as payment for an outlaw who has repented. The Judge sees one law broken as having broken the whole law (James 2:10). The Judge loved the whole town so much that He gave His only begotten Son, the Sheriff, that whoever would believe and trust Him, would never ever go to the jail house.
The Sheriff had to leave the town, but He deputizes His faithful to serve in His place (2 Corinthians 5:17-21). Everyone knows who the deputies are because they are ambassadors for the Sheriff.
He who becomes a new deputy for the Sheriff will be like a son to the Judge. Whosoever is not found on that roll call (being a deputy) is cast out.
Jesus, the Sheriff, is the ONLY one who can deputize!
Prayer Requests
Fields family - trials, job
Mallory family - housing
Penny W. - court date for disability on 9/25
Lamont - baptism
Ed G. - first radiation treatment 9/19
Caleb & Courtney B. - pregnancy; due 2/1/12
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