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For All the Saints! Say It!
I Corinthians 15.20-28 Memorial Day May 28, 1989
"...so that God may be all in all."
Paul is writing to the Corinthian Church in an attempt to tell them
what this whole business of Easter was all about. He uses two
symbols, Adam and Christ. Once upon a time there was a humanity
that lived under Adam. And now there is a humanity that is giving
new life in Christ.
I. Adam was the man who found becoming like God and knowing
the difference between good and evil so tantalizing that he gave
in to the temptation.
A. Adam's history is written in every civilization since the
beginning of time. Babylon, the great city that promised so
much, the power of the Pharaohs in the creation of their
great edifices known as the pyramids. Medicine, music, law,
literature, theology, philosophy, poetry, all creations of Adam.
B. Every person ever since the garden of Eden has written his
and her history as an extension of Adam. We have become
the educated, the civilization builders, the poets, the thinkers,
the workers whose skills have landscaped the skyline with
monuments to our achievements.
C. It is an ambiguous history. For every good thing that Adam
does there is a counterforce.
1. The great battles that took place between civilizations up
to the present have been devised by Adam's mind. Wars,
terrorism, oppression, the stuff out of which our news is
written and history records is written by Adam.
2. It is an Adam that builds churches and crematoria. An
Adam that works hard to advance medical knowledge to
save life, and advances that same knowledge for the
destruction of the human family.
3. Adam projects us to the moon and out to Mars and also
creates Star Wars.
D. In the midst of Adam's life there comes a Jesus. He changes
everything, it seems.
II. In the world of Adam there seems to be little room for saints.
Saints are people who have found the reality that God may be all
in all.
A. They live from a new humanity in which the ambiguity is
there as a shadow, not as the light. They find the
destructiveness of Adam dead, passe, a life with no future as
they affirm the new life in Christ in which God may be all in
all. Their steps march to the cadence of a different drummer,
and their eyes see that which all humanity is invited to see,
a new heavens and a new earth.
B. When one looks at the history of the Christian church is looks
so fanatical. We read the shreds of evidence from first
century sources to learn of the extravagant stands Christians
took when they would not denounce their Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. Then, if they could have only called Jesus
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Object Description
| Title of Sermon | For All the Saints! Say It! (2) |
| Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
| Subject | Memorial Day, Christians as Saints |
| Date of sermon | 1989-05-28 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Number of Pages | 3 |
| Language | English |
| Biblical Book | 1 Corinthians |
| Verses | 15:20-28 |
| Rights | For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact The United Library by phone (847)866-3909 or email united.library@garrett.edu |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Identifier | 768 For All the Saints! Say It! (2).pdf |
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| Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
| Biblical Book | Biblical Book |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Transcript | For All the Saints! Say It! I Corinthians 15.20-28 Memorial Day May 28, 1989 "...so that God may be all in all." Paul is writing to the Corinthian Church in an attempt to tell them what this whole business of Easter was all about. He uses two symbols, Adam and Christ. Once upon a time there was a humanity that lived under Adam. And now there is a humanity that is giving new life in Christ. I. Adam was the man who found becoming like God and knowing the difference between good and evil so tantalizing that he gave in to the temptation. A. Adam's history is written in every civilization since the beginning of time. Babylon, the great city that promised so much, the power of the Pharaohs in the creation of their great edifices known as the pyramids. Medicine, music, law, literature, theology, philosophy, poetry, all creations of Adam. B. Every person ever since the garden of Eden has written his and her history as an extension of Adam. We have become the educated, the civilization builders, the poets, the thinkers, the workers whose skills have landscaped the skyline with monuments to our achievements. C. It is an ambiguous history. For every good thing that Adam does there is a counterforce. 1. The great battles that took place between civilizations up to the present have been devised by Adam's mind. Wars, terrorism, oppression, the stuff out of which our news is written and history records is written by Adam. 2. It is an Adam that builds churches and crematoria. An Adam that works hard to advance medical knowledge to save life, and advances that same knowledge for the destruction of the human family. 3. Adam projects us to the moon and out to Mars and also creates Star Wars. D. In the midst of Adam's life there comes a Jesus. He changes everything, it seems. II. In the world of Adam there seems to be little room for saints. Saints are people who have found the reality that God may be all in all. A. They live from a new humanity in which the ambiguity is there as a shadow, not as the light. They find the destructiveness of Adam dead, passe, a life with no future as they affirm the new life in Christ in which God may be all in all. Their steps march to the cadence of a different drummer, and their eyes see that which all humanity is invited to see, a new heavens and a new earth. B. When one looks at the history of the Christian church is looks so fanatical. We read the shreds of evidence from first century sources to learn of the extravagant stands Christians took when they would not denounce their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Then, if they could have only called Jesus 1 |
