As we continue our
reflection on Pastor Tom’s sermon, we turn today to the issue of worship.
“When they saw Jesus
they worshiped Him, but some doubted.” (Matthew 28:17)
Pastor Tom reminded
us that the eleven disciples were all diligent to show up at the location
appointed by Christ, but something happened during their act of worship: a
certain number of the disciples were sincere, and a certain number were
harboring doubt in their hearts even as they worshiped the Lord. Matthew refrained
from recording the exact ratio of authentic worshipers to doubting worshipers: but we do know that more than one of the eleven doubted, because Matthew used
the term “some”.
Our guest pastor
wondered aloud about the strangeness of finding doubters in this small group.
After all, these were the men who had followed Jesus closely for three years. They
saw Him walk out to them on a raging sea, feed thousands of people through the
exponential increase of one boy’s lunch, and raise Lazarus from the dead. They
knew how awesome He was, and how much He loved them… but their worship fell
short.
Will Jesus find authentic worship in our
assembly, or will He find worship mixed with doubt?
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