Third Sunday in Lent, March 12th, 2023
I am amazed at how often I "revert" back to doing something when I know I should not be doing it and then I turn around and do it again. For example, I type every day on the computer. And sometimes . . . . I don't know the reason why .. . . I may type the wrong letter in a certain word and then I will go back and erase it and type the correct word but then the next time I get to type that same word I end up typing the same exact wrong letter all over again. And then it gets to the point that it is laughable because then suddenly no matter how hard I try and how determined I am NOT to type that one wrong letter . . . . I do it again.
Sin is like that as well. We may keep doing the same wrong things all over again even though deep down inside we know that the sinful behaviour is no good for us but we keep going back and doing the same thing over and over again. In the Fifth Chapter of St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, we hear the following: "For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord." Our Blessed Saviour redeemed us by His Own Precious Blood. Our Saviour took our sins upon His shoulders and carried them to that hill at Calvary. Our Saviour saved us from our sins by dying on the Cross for us. With all of this in mind, it begs the question: why do we do what we do . . . . especially when we supposedly know better? How often do we do something really stupid and then we say out loud to ourselves: "Why did I do that?" St. Paul is saying to the Ephesians just like he is saying to us: "You used to be ignorant of your sins but now you have knowledge in Christ . . . you are knowledgeable of Our Lord . . . you know about Him . . you know His ways . . . you know Him . . . . now, act like Him and do not go back to your former, sinful ways." This, in essence, is what St. Paul was saying to the church at Ephesus and what he is saying to us.
Sin is like that as well. We may keep doing the same wrong things all over again even though deep down inside we know that the sinful behaviour is no good for us but we keep going back and doing the same thing over and over again. In the Fifth Chapter of St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, we hear the following: "For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord." Our Blessed Saviour redeemed us by His Own Precious Blood. Our Saviour took our sins upon His shoulders and carried them to that hill at Calvary. Our Saviour saved us from our sins by dying on the Cross for us. With all of this in mind, it begs the question: why do we do what we do . . . . especially when we supposedly know better? How often do we do something really stupid and then we say out loud to ourselves: "Why did I do that?" St. Paul is saying to the Ephesians just like he is saying to us: "You used to be ignorant of your sins but now you have knowledge in Christ . . . you are knowledgeable of Our Lord . . . you know about Him . . you know His ways . . . you know Him . . . . now, act like Him and do not go back to your former, sinful ways." This, in essence, is what St. Paul was saying to the church at Ephesus and what he is saying to us.
St. Margaret Church worships every Sunday morning at 10:30 AM at the Chapel at Marquette Manor, which is located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.
NOTE: Keep in mind that we must enter in the main entrance of the lobby and sign in before we go to the chapel.
Please Join us as we gather together as God's family to: hear the Word of God; listen as God speaks to each one of us in our hearts; worship God in song and in word; listen to the King James Bible and the 1928 Book of Common Prayer; and, finally, receive Our Blessed Lord in Holy Communion so that we can be nourished for the journey we call life. Take one hour out of your busy schedule to worship God, to honour God, to acknowledge the need for God in your life.
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