We’re talking elections! The texts of the week don’t necessarily spell out “elections” at first glance, but when we take a deeper look at the prophet Amos’ words, it is easy to be caught up in in the passion of the prophet’s relentless call to faithfulness and the urging to uphold/return to God as King. For the disciple of Jesus, that’s what elections give us an opportunity to do – to vote through the lens of our trust in Jesus as our King and His design for life laid out for us through the scriptures. We will see that voting is not foreign to followers of Jesus. There are stories throughout the Bible where God, surprisingly enough, was “on the ballot.” But make no mistake about it, we “vote” daily about honoring the Kingdom of God versus the Kingdom of self, the world, and prevailing culture. If we believe that political power is the ultimate form of power to make things right in the world, we are at odds with the teaching of the Bible and the message of Jesus. We’ll see together that when we vote, we vote, just as we pray we can live every day, through the way, truth, and life of Jesus Christ, the Lord of Lords, and King of Kings. It will be a challenging but timely message as we approach the upcoming election.

As always, if you can’t be here in-person, take advantage of our live stream option. We live stream our worship services directly from the home page of Immanuel’s website through YouTube. You can view our worship live streams here: https://immanuelloveland.org/ Below are the Scripture readings if you want to take a look at them. 

October 20th – Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost Fall Series: What’s the Big Deal? 
Old Testament Reading: Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 
Epistle Reading: Hebrews 5:1-10 
Gospel Reading: Mark 10:35-45 
Sermon Title: “Elections: What’s the Big Deal?”