April 2, 2015
Jesus Christ is our connection!
Truly humble Lord, You stooped at the feet of the disciples
and washed them. Your demonstration was
not about what they could do, but a clear demonstration of Your willingness to
seek, serve and save all of mankind.
When we hold our Salvation Bracelet, may we be reminded of Your
willingness to insure we are never separated from You, when we hold the last knot
of the bracelet. For Your sacrifice was
for all of mankind, including each of us gathered here this Maundy Thursday
evening. AMEN.
As a parent, one of the hardest things for me to undo that
Sarah has done is a knot. Whether in her
shoes, her hair or especially her head phones she uses with her Leap Pad or
even her Kindle. Like most kids she has
a clear talent to make the knot tight and not easy to separate apart.
Tonight, on this Holy of Nights that we celebrate Jesus
Christ institution of the Lord’s Supper, we contemplate the second of two knots
on our Salvation Bracelet. The first
knot, was a reminder that we are planned by God and He has a purpose for each
of our lives. And that purpose is for
His Glory to be fulfilled by and through our lives. The second knot in one sense completes the set
and the thought. We through our
understanding of the Salvation Bracelet have no separation from God. Consider Jesus words promised to each of us
His children, “I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one
will snatch them out of My hand.”
Concisely in this passage Jesus Christ promises that we will not be
separated from Him. In essence Christ is
our connection!
Let me unpack “Jesus Christ is our connection!” If you think about rings and even about the
Salvation Bracelet that tells the Story of Salvation, a ring and the bracelet
form a circle. Just as God’s Love has no
beginning nor end, we through God’s love of each of us are forever connected to
Jesus Christ. For Jesus Christ in His
sacrifice is connected to each of us through our baptism into His life, death
and resurrection. We are forever not
just connected, but intertwined into the fabric of salvation history. The knot we have tonight binds not only the Salvation
Bracelet together, but connects each of us in such a specific way for all of us
to be brought closer to Jesus Christ.
For the Salvation Bracelet not only tells the story of
salvation, but specifically what Jesus Christ came to earth to accomplish on
Calvary for all of mankind of His death on the Cross. And these knots tied for these bracelets are
special. They have the ability to make
the bracelet fit for both men and women with small or large wrists. So to the offer Jesus Christ makes is a one
size fits all in our connection with Him.
Jesus Christ is our connection not only with the sacrament we
share this evening that He instituted, but also with and for all of mankind for
all of time. Jesus Christ is our connection
offered to each of us of life and salvation by His death on the Cross of Calvary. For the amount nor the depravity of the sin
matters for what Jesus Christ offers each of us. Jesus Christ is our connection and
His offer covers all of our sin.
Jesus Christ is our connection and offers us the greatest gifts
of grace without cost, without equal and all tied up by the last knot of our
salvation bracelet. For Jesus Christ is freely
offering us the greatest gift and show of His love for all of mankind. This last knot of the salvation bracelet not
only ties the bracelet together, but connects and shows the length Jesus Christ
is willing to go to offer us salvation.
And this final knot isn’t just tying up a loose end, but it is a
poignant reminder of Jesus offer of salvation that brings the conclusion of
salvation history. For Jesus
Christ is our connection that binds us and connects us with the events
of all of salvation history which point to and find ultimate resolution on the
Cross of Calvary for all of mankind.
Including all of us saints gathered here at Emmanuel tonight that
believe we are bound with this last knot of the salvation bracelet that believe
“Jesus
Christ is our connection!” AMEN.
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