Monday, Febuary 23, 2015

DENNIS

Good Morning. I am Dennis Gossett, Associate Pastor of Central United

Methodist Church. Since the age of enlightenment, society has taught us to

dispel all mystery. However, there are still mysteries that cannot be

explained. For example, is there life in some distant galaxy? And, does

Bigfoot really exist? Perhaps we will never know.

Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is also a mystery we cannot explain. In the

Bible, Jesus said that when you do something for one of the least of people,

you do for him. For some unknown reason, when we care for others we are

actually caring for Christ! When we see the poor, we see Jesus. There is a

mystery at work when serving others. Jesus tells us that when we see others

as God sees them, we are in fact seeing him.

God choose to come down to us in the form of an actual living and

breathing person who knew what it was like to be hungry, thirsty, naked,

sick, in prison, and a stranger. Jesus came like us to die for, save, and

resurrect us. God sees every person in the world, regardless of their

placement in society, worthy of redemption.

I invite you to Central, so we can serve together in this great mystery we call

Faith.