Day 80 - skubalon!

Day 80 and no, this is not meant to be an 'every second day' blog. It's daily ....hopefully!

Today is Sunday.
Preach day.
Second last preach in the series called Holy Hilarity (check it out): http://www.redeemerschurch.com/dlgMediaPlayer.aspx?id=880

Skubalon.

There's something about preaching just one word.

My grandfather did this brilliantly. He could read the text (in Greek), pick out one word, and then for 50 minutes preach that one word - without a single note! Brilliant.

Skubalon.

Unsure if he ever preached this word. Normally he preached words of complexity, words of intrigue. This word is as near a profanity in the Bible as you can get. But Paul uses it very deliberately.
He uses it to shock us, to wake us up, to get our attention.
He uses it to help us see how magnificent God's salvation is.
And his salvation is Jesus.

Read Philippians 3.
It's Jesus, only Jesus, all Jesus.

Everything else is skubalon!

That's Paul's point.

And that's the point you have to get.

Intentional follow of Jesus #80 ......only Jesus. Nothing else.

Sweet!

Worship!!