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Seeing Bad Fruit | Seeing God (and Ourselves)

Episode Summary

From the series, "Seeing God (and Ourselves)" at Church of the Apostles.

Episode Notes

Readings:

Isaiah 5:1-7
Luke 13:6-9

Sermon Notes

Isaiah intentionally disorients us in his vineyard song.

He begins with a love song and ends in a torrent of judgments against Israel.

The Five Woes:

1. Greed (Isaiah 5:8-10)
2. Disinterest (Isaiah v1-12)
3. Cynicism (Isaiah v18-20)
4. Sophistry (Isaiah v20-21)
5. Injustice (Isaiah v22-23)

Israel forsook God, not by their inward relationship to God, but by their outward oppression of the most vulnerable.

There is a close connection between personal holiness and social justice.

Our desire for connection with God is worthwhile to the degree that it drives us toward the most vulnerable among us.

We love God by honoring his word and we love God by loving his world.

Jesus is still in the business of getting his hands dirty. He still goes to the most lowly and desolate places on in our life to bring resurrection.