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i don't want to be a part of that shame A sermon from Revelation 5:1-14 To begin the sermon, I’d live you to do something unpleasant . Or rather, think of something unpleasant .   I want you to call to mind what it feels like when you can’t do something.   And I don’t mean when you’re prohibited . I mean when you can’t do something. Be it because of your own lack of strength, skill, or know-how. How does that feel?   For me, I get a pit in the middle of my stomach. In fact, just saying this sort of reopens the pit… It’s not a good feeling. If I’m honest, it’s one I try and avoid as much as possible. And I suspect I’m not alone in this. Now we will, begrudgingly, admit failure is a universal phenomenon. However, it’s one we are also quick to posit that must be learned from. Presumably , to overcome . And as quickly as possible, too. If , and we do mean if , failure has any place in our lives, it’s as one to get past . Our Scripture for today, though , shows us the...

still i will love your shadow Third sermon in our Revelation sermon-series, from Revelation 5 : Today’s scripture from Revelation begins during one of those times.  And you know them. We’ve all had them… Those times after the joy of worship. When you go home, and suddenly the comfort you felt in the sanctuary is gone . Or those times after Bible study. How all the answers that came together during the discussion, start to unravel afterward. And that, that’s what happened to John of Patmos here in the fifth chapter of Revelation.  The joyful worship at the throne of God has simmered. The service is over. As John is catching his breath, taking it all in, he notices something. A scroll . The scroll that God holds. A scroll containing God’s will. As the praise at the foot of God’s throne winds down, John sees that scroll. The scroll that will make sense of why . Why John, after working so hard among the seven churches had his call revoked with ...