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April 28, 2024

Message: How can I unless someone else guides me?

Reverend Tom Paine

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For us today, Ethiopia is just one of many places on our planet. But, for the people in first century Palestine - Ethiopia seemed to be about as far as they could imagine the earth stretching. Our Scripture reading from Sunday involves an Ethiopian. He was not a Jew. He was not fully a male (he was a eunuch). He had no ties to the people of God in the Hebrew Bible. All we know is he was traveling away from Jerusalem in a chariot (meaning he, or someone he worked for, was of great wealth). He is reading Scripture - so he is seeking God. But he doesn't understand it. Philip witnessed to him and ultimately baptized him.Everything about this person seemed to indicate he was not someone who would likely be open to hearing the message. Yet, this was exactly the person the Holy Spirit led Philip. This Sunday, we will consider who God may be leading us to today.

What is the Book of Order? What is the Book of Confessions? Why do we have a "Session" and a "Diaconate"? How does being a Presbyterian differ from being a Methodist? Or a Baptist? Or a Pentecostal? This spring and summer, in the Weekly Witness, in sermons, and in discussions after worship and in meetings - I will be lifting up what exactly it means to not just be a Christian also to be a Presbyterian as well. It is my hope that many good discussions follow. It's not that I don't think many, or most, at Westminster already know the answers but maybe it is a topic we need to discuss more. Ours is but one branch in Christ's large Church. We certainly have no teaching that we are somehow special or more loved than others. But, maybe, we have something good to pass on that we don't want to be lost in the years to come.

Pastor Tom

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