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2nd Sunday Of Pentecost - Committing To An Invitation
Contributed by Jeremy Di Salvo on Jun 12, 2023 (message contributor)
Summary: A sermon on why you should follow through with your commitments with grace and humility when God calls you to honor your commitments.
Brothers and sisters, this is the Kingdom of Heaven we are striving to enter. God is calling to us, all of us, to come and enjoy the great feast of eternal paradise. God has sent out prophets, priests, and who knows who or what else for each and every one of us. God even sent his only begotten Son to pay the price for our sins so we may share in God’s eternal glory.
When the hour comes for God to summon us to do what we were meant to do on this earth though, people start making excuses, and bad excuses. Every excuse anyone can make, regardless of the situation, is telling someone, “I am going to reject you in such a way that it will ease my conscience with no regard for how it makes you feel.” As I said before, there are a lot of excuses that are justified. If I had a choice between attending a friend’s party or going to the hospital because my wife is in the ER, I’m going to the hospital ten times out of ten. When the excuse is not justified however, we must be prepared to face the consequences. This is not a lie of omission, it is merely making a choice to chose who or what is more important. Justified or otherwise, someone is going to be disappointed.
In conclusion, always be mindful of ensuring that you honor your commitments. If you say that you are going to be a Christian, make sure to be a Christian when the hour comes. If you say that you are a follower of Christ, make sure that you actually follow Christ. If you say that you are going to be charitable, make sure you are charitable. On the other hand, if you say that you are angry with someone, make sure that you stop being angry with them as soon as possible! Why? At some point in our lives, God will call us home, and there will be no more excuses that will be made to avoid death. If we continue to sin and make excuses, we shall endure the fires of hell until the Last Judgment. If we repent, do our absolute best, and answer the calls that God sends us, we shall surely fall asleep in the Lord and be in paradise with God.
