Comment on Sermon 10/05/2009

I posted the following comment to Tom Kennar's sermon on "The Vine" on http://tomkennar.blogspot.com

What struck a chord with me initially was the comment "...we have spent rather too much time begging for mercy, and asking for forgiveness, and not nearly enough time embracing the Life of the Vine". For me this strikes at the heart of faith.

If God is omnipotent and all powerful then he is BIG enough to forgive all our sins. Our problem all too often is that we cannot accept this... we are stubborn. It is not that God does not forgive but that our guilt stops us accepting the words "by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God" (Eph 2:8-9).

We are 'the body of Christ' and should live and work and worship in communion with our fellow believers. This is all embracing; living, breathing... we are branches of the vine which is Christ and our fruit will multiply only if we are rooted and grounded in Him... for as you concluded apert from Jesus, we can do nothing.