Robert T. Young - "Who Wants a Messiah like This?!" (September 16, 1979)

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Narrator	Duke University Chapel service of worship.	0:03
	September 16th 1979.	0:06
	(organ music)	0:10
	(piano music)	4:30
	(light organ music)	9:25
	(choir sings)	12:16
	(organ music)	13:38
	(choir sings)	14:17
Female Speaker	Be seated.	17:34
-	Oh creator God, your children gather once again as your	17:43
	church, the Body of Christ.	17:48
	Grant us the presence of Messiah.	17:51
	Bearing the gift of the suffering servant.	17:53
	Open our hearts to the healing and reconciling power	17:57
	of your presence.	18:02
	As we offer together our shared prayer of confession.	18:03
	Forgive us our sins, oh Lord.	18:09
Congregation	The sins of the present and the sins	18:12
	of the past.	18:14
	The sins of our souls and the sins of our bodies.	18:16
	The sins which we have done to please ourselves and the sins	18:21
	which we have done to please others.	18:26
	Forgive us our casual sins and our deliberate sins.	18:29
	Forgive us our sins, oh Lord.	18:34
	Forgive them all.	18:37
	In the name of Jesus the Christ, amen.	18:39
Female Speaker	And now oh thou spirit of mercy, hear	18:44
	our silent inner yearnings as we lift up to you, our	18:47
	burden of personal sins.	18:51
	Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "take heart my son, your	19:10
	sins are forgiven. Stand up, take your bed and go home.	19:15
	Know that this day, this moment, you are freed of the	19:21
	torment of the past. You are graciously forgiven and	19:25
	reconcile to God and your neighbor.	19:29
	Let us give thanks for God is good and God's love	19:32
	is everlasting.	19:37
Congregation	Thanks be to God,	19:39
	who's love creates us.	19:41
	Thanks be to God, who's mercy redeems us.	19:43
	Thanks be to God, who's grace sustains us.	19:48
Female Speaker	We welcome all of you today, to this	19:54
	beautiful sanctuary on this lovely day.	19:56
	Our preacher this morning is the Reverend Robert T. Young,	20:00
	minister to the university.	20:04
	We would like for you to remember in your prayers, Father	20:07
	Bruce Shepard, the former Episcopal chaplain to Duke.	20:10
	He has been in the hospital since late in the summer,	20:15
	his condition has been getting worse.	20:18
	We would like to remind you there will be a Duke University	20:22
	parish ministry retreat, this afternoon from two to five in	20:25
	the divinity school lounge.	20:30
	We urge you all to attend.	20:31
	Here will be an opportunity given to become part of the	20:34
	planning process for the coming year.	20:37
	You may also note that in the bulletin there is an insert	20:40
	where you can fill out what you are interested in taking	20:44
	part in for the coming year.	20:47
	If you would like to leave that at the back of the chapel	20:49
	at the hostess desk this would help us, or mail it in.	20:53
	There will be an organ recital tonight, here in the chapel	20:57
	at seven pm.	21:00
	John Mueller of Salem College will be performing.	21:02
	(shuffling noises)	21:07
Male Speaker	Let us unite our hearts in the	21:16
	prayer for illumination.	21:18
	Prepare our hearts oh Lord, to accept your word.	21:22
	Silence in us any voice but your own.	21:26
	That hearing, we may also obey your will through Jesus	21:30
	Christ our Lord, amen.	21:34
	The Old Testament lesson is taken from the 50th chapter of	21:38
	Isaiah verses four through nine.	21:41
	The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are	21:46
	taught.	21:49
	That I may know how to sustain with the word, him that is	21:50
	weary.	21:54
	Morning by morning, he wakens.	21:56
	He wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.	21:58
	The Lord God has opened my ear and I was not rebellious.	22:03
	I turned not backward.	22:07
	I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to those who	22:09
	pulled out the beard.	22:13
	I hid not my face from shame and spitting,	22:15
	for the Lord God helps me,	22:19
	therefore I have not been confounded.	22:22
	Therefore I have set my face like a flint	22:25
	And I know that I shall not be put to shame.	22:28
	He who vindicates me is near.	22:32
	Who will contend with me.	22:35
	Let us stand up together.	22:38
	Who is my adversary.	22:40
	Let him come near to me.	22:42
	Behold the Lord God helps me.	22:44
	Who will declare me guilty.	22:47
	Behold all of them will wear out like a garment.	22:50
	The moth will eat them up.	22:54
	The epistle lesson is from the second chapter of James,	22:57
	verses 14 to 18.	23:01
	What does it profit my brethren,	23:05
	if a man says he has faith but has not works.	23:07
	Can his faith save him.	23:13
	If a brother or sister is ill clad and in lack of daily	23:16
	food and one of you says to them,	23:20
	go in peace be warm and filled,	23:23
	without giving them the things that they need for the body,	23:27
	what does it profit?	23:31
	So faith, by itself, if it has no works,	23:33
	is dead.	23:38
	But someone will say, you have faith and I have works.	23:40
	Show me your faith apart from your works	23:44
	and I by my works will show you my faith.	23:46
	Here ends the reading from the epistle, amen.	23:50
	(organ music)	23:55
	(choir sings)	24:11
Male Speaker	Will the congregation please	27:11
	stand for the reading of the gospel lesson.	27:13
	The gospel lesson is from the eighth chapter of Mark,	27:20
	verses 27 to 38.	27:23
	Hear the word of God.	27:26
	And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of	27:28
	Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples	27:32
	who do men say that I am.	27:36
	And they told him, John the Baptist.	27:39
	And others say, Elijah.	27:42
	And others, one of the profits.	27:44
	And he asked them, but who do you say that I am.	27:46
	And peter answered him, you are the Christ.	27:51
	And he charged them, to tell no one about him.	27:55
	And he began to teach them that the son of man must suffer	27:59
	many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief	28:02
	priests and the scribes.	28:06
	And be killed.	28:08
	And after three days, rise again.	28:10
	And he said this plainly.	28:13
	And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, but turning and	28:16
	seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter.	28:20
	And said, get behind me Satan, for you are not on the side	28:24
	of God, but of men.	28:28
	And he called to him, the multitude with his disciples and	28:32
	said to them, if any man would come after me, let him deny	28:35
	himself and take up his cross and follow me.	28:40
	For whoever would save his life, will lose it.	28:45
	And whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels,	28:48
	will save it.	28:52
	For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and	28:54
	forfeit his life.	28:58
	For what can a man give in return for his life.	29:00
	For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in the this	29:04
	adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the son of man	29:08
	also be ashamed.	29:13
	When he comes in the glory of his father	29:15
	with the holy angels.	29:18
	Here ends the reading from the gospel,	29:20
	all praise and glory be to God, amen.	29:22
	(organ music)	29:26
	(choir sings)	29:34
-	[Reverend Robert T. Young] It is good to be here	30:38
	this morning.	30:40
	Beautiful day indeed.	30:42
	As a matter of fact it's been, rather a beautiful weekend	30:45
	hasn't it?	30:48
	May I offer a word of congratulations to some outstanding	30:50
	young men and coaches.	30:54
	And to a student body who supported with enthusiasm and	30:56
	real joy yesterday's team and a very exciting time	31:00
	for all of us.	31:05
	A good beginning.	31:06
	So it's not only a good day today but it was a	31:07
	good time yesterday.	31:11
	But it's good to be here in this particular place.	31:13
	Last night about 10:30,	31:15
	I came over here for a few moments of	31:17
	prayer as has become my custom lately on Saturday night	31:20
	before I'm to preach on Sunday morning.	31:23
	And as I walked through the chapel, there was a young	31:27
	woman student here, sitting in the chapel, reading.	31:29
	And I spoke to her and said,	31:34
	"Hello, it's good to see you again."	31:35
	With a smile of deep satisfaction and joy on her face,	31:41
	she looked up and said,	31:45
	"It's good to be here,	31:47
	tonight".	31:49
	So it is, good to be here.	31:51
	Let us pray.	31:54
	And now may the words of my lips and thoughts of our hearts	31:59
	all that transpires in the moments that lie immediately	32:05
	ahead oh Lord, our God.	32:09
	Be acceptable and pleasing in thy sight.	32:12
	We pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.	32:17
	We have just heard the gospel lesson for this day.	32:23
	Passage from the gospel of Mark Chapter 8	32:27
	verses 27 through 38.	32:30
	A passage as familiar to us I suppose as any passage	32:32
	in the New Testament.	32:36
	After having heard those words, may I ask,	32:39
	who of us wants a Messiah like this?	32:42
	A Messiah who is to suffer, be rejected, be killed and	32:48
	rise again.	32:52
	Who wants a Messiah like this?	32:55
	A messiah who said then and says now, deny self take up	32:59
	your cross, follow him, lose your life for his sake, yes.	33:03
	Who wants a Messiah like this?	33:09
	Well it's rather obvious to me that Peter did not want a	33:14
	Messiah like this, at least at that particular moment,	33:18
	he did not.	33:21
	For when Jesus talked about his suffering, rejection, death	33:23
	and rising again, Mark records that Peter took Jesus aside	33:26
	and rebuked him.	33:31
	Began to rebuke him.	33:32
	There are New Testament interpreters who contend that Peter	33:36
	was upset in this moment and that he rebuked Jesus when he	33:39
	talked like that because Peter loved Jesus so very much that	33:44
	he didn't want anything to happen to him.	33:49
	Peter didn't want to see Jesus suffer and die even if Jesus	33:52
	did say that he would rise again.	33:56
	Well that may well be.	34:00
	Probably that is at least partly the reason	34:02
	Peter rebuked Jesus.	34:06
	But I believe however that there was another very important,	34:09
	very personal reason that Peter objected to what Jesus	34:13
	had said.	34:17
	I believe that Peter was afraid that if Jesus as the Messiah	34:20
	was going to suffer and be rejected and die,	34:24
	then one could logically reason that surely he and the other	34:29
	disciples might well face the very same fate as Jesus.	34:33
	In other words, as Peter heard Jesus, Jesus was not talking	34:38
	just about his own life and suffering and death.	34:42
	But I have an idea that Peter sensed that he was preparing	34:46
	the disciples for their own trials and tests and for the	34:49
	trauma that lie ahead for them.	34:52
	And then after Jesus put Peter in his place by using those	34:57
	words which all of us have spoken many times.	35:01
	Get thee behind me, Satan.	35:05
	After Jesus put Peter in his place, Jesus went on to spell	35:07
	out precisely what it was that Peter had been anticipating.	35:11
	For in so many words, Jesus then said to Peter and to the	35:16
	other disciples and to us, if you are going to follow me,	35:20
	then you must deny yourself, you must take up your cross	35:24
	and follow me.	35:29
	For if you try to save your life you will surely lose it.	35:31
	But if on the other hand, you are willing to lose your life	35:36
	for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,	35:39
	then you will find it.	35:42
	Who wants a Messiah like this?	35:45
	Yes, who does?	35:50
	Surely not Peter.	35:54
	Evidently not any of the other disciples at this moment,	35:57
	any of us this morning.	35:59
	You, me, anyone here.	36:00
	Oh we and they all want a messiah, a messiah that is	36:05
	Christ, Christos, savior, redeemer, restorer,	36:09
	the anointed one, the Son of God.	36:13
	They and we want a Messiah who will restore the	36:15
	kingdom, who will bring back the territory.	36:18
	Who will give us power and prestige and land and health and	36:21
	wholeness and dignity.	36:24
	Integrity, prosperity, peace and security.	36:25
	They and we want a Messiah who will bring to us, give to us,	36:29
	do for us, restore us,	36:35
	deliver us.	36:37
	But a Messiah who will suffer, be rejected, die	36:40
	and even be raised?	36:43
	Who wants a Messiah like this?	36:44
	This is the Messiah who obeyed God.	36:50
	The Messiah who, from the beginning of his ministry when	36:55
	God's voice said, this is my beloved son and whom I am well	36:57
	pleased.	37:00
	Until moments after the crucifixion when the Roman soldier	37:01
	cried, surely this man was the son of God.	37:04
	This is the one who lived a life of total and radical	37:07
	obedience to the Lord our God.	37:11
	And who wants a Messiah like this?	37:14
	This is the one who said, I have come to do the will of	37:19
	my father who sent me.	37:22
	The one who said, I must go even unto Jerusalem.	37:23
	The one who said nevertheless oh Father, not my will but	37:27
	thy will be done.	37:31
	Why, who knows.	37:32
	A Messiah who obeys radically and totally like this may	37:34
	even expect those of us who follow him to obey that way.	37:38
	This is the Messiah who prayed to God.	37:48
	The Messiah who from the time of his temptation and testing	37:53
	in the wilderness, when surely he was in constant prayer	37:57
	and with our Lord God.	38:02
	From that moment until the night before his death when he	38:04
	prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane.	38:07
	This is the one who lived a life of constant prayer and	38:10
	communion with God.	38:13
	Jesus went apart to pray and Jesus went up on the mountain	38:16
	to pray.	38:20
	And going on a little further, Jesus began to pray and	38:22
	taking Peter, James and John with him on the mountain,	38:25
	he began to pray and when you pray he said, you are to say	38:28
	our Father.	38:33
	Jesus prayed, about his calling, his teaching, his healing,	38:35
	his final commitment even unto death.	38:40
	About his disciples and about those who he said at that	38:42
	moment were not a part of his fold.	38:45
	Why, who knows?	38:47
	A Messiah who prays this often and intensely and seriously	38:49
	and expectantly.	38:53
	Why, a Messiah who prays like that may even expect those	38:54
	who follow him to pray also, may he not.	38:58
	Who wants a Messiah like this?	39:03
	This is the Messiah who served and suffered.	39:07
	The Messiah who from the very beginning of his ministry	39:12
	when he suffered 40 days and 40 nights of temptation in the	39:15
	wilderness.	39:18
	Until the last moment of suffering on the cross when he	39:19
	cried, my God, my God why has thou forsaken me?	39:21
	The Messiah who lived a life of constant struggle and	39:27
	sacrifice and suffering.	39:30
	Who said no one takes my life from me,	39:33
	I lay it down of my own.	39:35
	Who said he who would be master of all must be	39:39
	servant of all.	39:41
	The first should be last and the last, first.	39:43
	The son of man came not to be ministered unto but to	39:46
	minister.	39:48
	Even as I have suffered, he said you too will suffer	39:49
	many things.	39:52
	Yes, Jesus suffered for a cause.	39:53
	He suffered for others, he suffered for his calling,	39:57
	he suffered even unto death.	40:00
	Why, who knows?	40:02
	A Messiah who suffers because of his calling,	40:04
	his conviction, his commitment.	40:07
	Why, a Messiah who suffers like this may even expect some	40:08
	of those of us who follow him to suffer also.	40:12
	May he not?	40:16
	Who wants a Messiah like this?	40:18
	Raising this question, who wants a Messiah like this,	40:25
	over the past several days, has caused me	40:31
	to stop and reflect and to ask myself,	40:35
	what kind of Messiah	40:39
	do I really want,	40:42
	anyhow?	40:45
	Well.	40:50
	Let me tell you.	40:52
	A Messiah who is holy,	40:53
	divine,	40:56
	and yet human and real.	40:58
	One who is mystery and transcendence and yet visible and	41:01
	present.	41:06
	One who knows when I want a Messiah to be far away and when	41:07
	I want the Messiah to be very near.	41:11
	A Messiah who has some characteristics like the ideal	41:14
	mother, some other characteristics like the ideal father and	41:19
	other characteristics like the ideal companion or friend.	41:24
	A Messiah who consoles me when I cry.	41:29
	Who comforts me when I hurt, who supports me when I am	41:33
	weary, who disturbs me just a little bit	41:36
	when I get comfortable.	41:40
	Who calls me but on my schedule.	41:42
	A Messiah who celebrates	41:46
	with me in my joys, is happy in my laughter, who feels good	41:48
	when I am content and satisfied.	41:52
	A Messiah who stimulates my mind, who warms my spirit, and	41:55
	keeps my hopes alive.	42:00
	Who guarantees me meaning in this life and the ultimate in	42:03
	meaning in the life to come.	42:08
	I want a Messiah who lets me plan my own agenda.	42:12
	One who will let me chart my own course.	42:18
	Select where I go	42:22
	and what I do.	42:24
	A Messiah who will always be nice and kind to me, who will	42:26
	help me when I need it, who will not ask or expect	42:29
	too much of me.	42:32
	A Messiah who will assure me of good health, a happy life,	42:34
	loyal friends, a comfortable home, good food,	42:37
	security and safety.	42:40
	A Messiah who will give me light in my darkness, tranquility	42:43
	in the midst of the storm, and food along the way.	42:47
	One who provides me support and strength and peace of mind.	42:52
	A Messiah who assures me a good education and a growing and	42:56
	open mind.	43:00
	One who gives me understanding and helpful and	43:02
	caring friends.	43:06
	A Messiah who lets me pick and choose when I will obey and	43:07
	when I will pray and when I will suffer.	43:13
	So the question comes back haunting me again, yes who among	43:18
	us wants a Messiah like this? Jesus -- for Jesus said,	43:22
	if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take	43:26
	up his cross and follow me.	43:29
	For whoever would save his life will lose it and whoever	43:33
	will lose his life for my sake in the gospel's sake will	43:36
	find it.	43:39
	For you see Jesus never minced any words, he never made any	43:40
	bones about the radical nature of his call to obedience,	43:44
	did he?	43:47
	He really didn't.	43:48
	He was clear, straightforward, direct about what being	43:51
	a disciple would mean.	43:56
	Here was and is a Messiah with startling	43:57
	and staggering honesty.	44:01
	So if you or I follow Jesus under the misconception that it	44:05
	is to be a life of ease and comfort, the kind of life that	44:08
	I was describing that I wanted, then it is our own fault	44:11
	and it is not the fault of Jesus or of Scripture because	44:15
	the call, the words of Jesus and the word in Scripture	44:19
	are very clear.	44:23
	If you obey, you will suffer.	44:24
	So may I suggest that if you or I fail to respond, or to	44:29
	heed the call of Jesus the Christ, then let's do not say	44:34
	that we don't understand but let's simply acknowledge	44:39
	our unwillingness to obey.	44:43
	For here is a Messiah who came not only to give	44:49
	but expecting us to give.	44:53
	Who came not only to sacrifice but expecting us to	44:56
	sacrifice.	44:59
	Who came not only to serve but expecting us to serve.	44:59
	Who came not only to obey but expecting us to obey.	45:02
	Who himself not only prayed but expects us to pray.	45:06
	Who himself not only suffered but is expecting us to suffer.	45:09
	Who himself not only loved but expects us also to love.	45:13
	Here is a Messiah who offers not much security.	45:18
	Not much security save that which assures us that underneath	45:25
	are the everlasting arms.	45:31
	Here is a Messiah who offers not much peace,	45:35
	save that which hears	45:41
	my peace I give unto you.	45:44
	Not as the world gives do I give to you, let not your	45:48
	hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.	45:52
	Here is a Messiah who offers not much comfort,	45:57
	save that of knowing.	46:01
	As he said, look at the birds of the air.	46:04
	They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns and yet	46:08
	your heavenly father feeds them.	46:12
	Are you not of more worth than they?	46:15
	Here is a Messiah who offers not much satisfaction, save	46:20
	that of our knowing that	46:25
	whoever is faithful unto death	46:29
	will receive the crown of life.	46:32
	So I ask this morning who among us wants a Messiah	46:36
	like this?	46:40
	A Messiah who really does participate fully and totally	46:42
	in life as God gives it to you and to me.	46:46
	Even as he participated fully and totally in the life of	46:50
	those with whom he lived and walked.	46:53
	Showing us how God really	46:59
	has come to be a part of our life	47:01
	and our way.	47:04
	Elie Wiesel,	47:07
	in his book, "Night",	47:10
	tells of the hanging in Auschwitz one evening at dusk	47:13
	of two adults	47:19
	and a young boy.	47:22
	Because the two adults were heavy,	47:26
	the two of them died	47:33
	on the gallows very quickly.	47:37
	But the little boy whom	47:41
	Wiesel said the folks in	47:45
	the concentration camp had affectionately called	47:47
	the sad-eyed angel,	47:51
	was much lighter than the adults, and he dangled for	47:54
	a long time on the gallows between life and death.	47:57
	And the Jews in the camp in that particular moment, that	48:02
	particular day, were forced to march around the three of	48:05
	them as they were hanging on the gallows.	48:08
	As they marched,	48:15
	Wiesel	48:18
	heard a voice	48:19
	muttering from someone behind him,	48:21
	"Where is God?	48:25
	Where is God?"	48:29
	They marched	48:34
	on and around and around.	48:37
	Finally, Wiesel said he heard the voice cry out again,	48:41
	"Where is God? Where is God now?"	48:44
	And then from somewhere deep within his own soul, he heard	48:50
	some voice speaking inside him saying,	48:55
	"Where is God?	49:00
	Here he is.	49:03
	Hanging on the gallows."	49:05
	Who wants	49:12
	a Messiah	49:15
	like this?	49:17
	A Messiah who shows us how lovingly and deeply God	49:19
	participates in life as you and I know it.	49:24
	A Messiah who is with us in the joy and the agony, the	49:27
	heartbreak and the celebration.	49:30
	The life and death that all of us know as	49:32
	we live moment by moment.	49:36
	And then God calls us, to be and to do the same	49:40
	with others.	49:45
	This is the promise, this is the call, and this is the claim	49:46
	from the Messiah, our Messiah, your Messiah.	49:50
	But really,	49:55
	who wants	49:58
	a Messiah like this,	50:00
	today?	50:03
	Let us pray.	50:10
	We give you thanks, oh God.	50:17
	For the coming of your son, our savior, our Messiah even	50:21
	Jesus the Christ.	50:26
	Help us, oh Lord our God.	50:30
	To be open and responsive to the claims that Christ makes	50:34
	on us.	50:38
	To be willing to say yes, I want a Messiah	50:41
	who is Jesus the Christ.	50:46
	To say in the words of the hymn writer,	50:51
	have thine own way, Lord.	50:55
	Have thine own way.	50:59
	Amen.	51:03
	Our Hymn of Consecration this morning,	51:05
	will be that hymn,	51:09
	rather than the one you find listed in the order of worship	51:13
	in the bulletin, will you turn to hymn number one, 54.	51:15
	And in a prayerful, meditative mood, let us sing together.	51:23
	Have thine own way Lord.	51:28
	Have thine own way, please stand.	51:30
	(organ music)	51:36
	♪ Have thine own way, lord ♪	51:54
	♪ Have thine own way; ♪	51:58
	♪ Thou art the potter, ♪	52:01
	♪ I am the clay. ♪	52:05
	♪ Mould me and make me ♪	52:09
	♪ After thy will, ♪	52:13
	♪ While I am waiting, ♪	52:16
	♪ Yielded and still. ♪	52:20
	♪ Have thine own way Lord, ♪	52:24
	♪ Have thine own way; ♪	52:28
	♪ Search me and try me, ♪	52:32
	♪ Master, today. ♪	52:35
	♪ Whiter than snow, Lord, ♪	52:40
	♪ Wash me just now, ♪	52:44
	♪ As in thy presence ♪	52:48
	♪ Humbly I bow. ♪	52:52
	♪ Have thine own way, Lord, ♪	52:56
	♪ Have thine own way; ♪	53:00
	♪ Wounded and weary, ♪	53:04
	♪ Help me I pray, ♪	53:08
	♪ Power, all power, ♪	53:12
	♪ Surely is Thine, ♪	53:16
	♪ Touch me and heal me, ♪	53:20
	♪ Savior divine. ♪	53:24
	♪ Have thine own way, Lord, ♪	53:29
	♪ Have thine own way; ♪	53:33
	♪ Hold o'er my being, ♪	53:37
	♪ Absolute sway. ♪	53:41
	♪ Fill with Thy Spirit, ♪	53:45
	♪ Till all shall see, ♪	53:49
	♪ Christ only, always, ♪	53:53
	♪ Living in me. ♪	53:57
	♪ Amen. ♪	54:03
Female Speaker	Let us affirm what we believe.	54:10
Congregation	We believe in God, who has created	54:13
	and is creating.	54:17
	Who has come in the truly human Jesus to reconcile and make	54:19
	new.	54:24
	Who works in us and other by the spirit.	54:25
	We trust God, who calls us to be the church.	54:29
	To celebrate life and it's fullness.	54:33
	To love and serve others.	54:36
	To seek justice and resist evil.	54:39
	To proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen.	54:42
	Our judge and our hope, in life and death.	54:47
	In life beyond death.	54:52
	God is with us.	54:55
	We are not alone.	54:57
	Thanks be to God.	54:59
Female Speaker	Will the congregation be seated.	55:02
	The Lord be with you.	55:09
Congregation	With your spirit.	55:11
Female Speaker	Let us pray.	55:13
	Oh God of the universe.	55:17
	Our creation, our history and of majestic silence.	55:19
	Accept our gratitude for the gift of this day.	55:25
	Here our songs of praise for the wonder of awe of your	55:29
	creation.	55:32
	Open our eyes to the marvelous complexity and beautiful	55:34
	simplicity of nature.	55:38
	Make us aware of the interconnectedness of all of existence.	55:40
	Of the seamless web of the world.	55:45
	Oh God of persons.	55:49
	Give us the insight and energy to grasp the opportunities	55:51
	and accept the limitations of ourselves and our unique	55:56
	situation.	56:00
	Help us grown into true service, to your glory through our	56:02
	bodies, intellect and imagination.	56:06
	Let us never weary in well doing.	56:10
	Christ has told us, anyone who wants to be a follower of	56:13
	mine must leave self behind, take up his cross	56:18
	and follow me.	56:21
	We pray today, oh God, to give us the strength to respond	56:24
	to that call to follow the messiah, not in imitation	56:28
	but innovation.	56:34
	Help us to recognize messiah in the unexpected.	56:36
	The gift of the radically new, breaking in like a dawn	56:40
	on our weary circling.	56:44
	Oh God of mercy, come and be with those who suffer.	56:47
	In the hurts of body, mind and spirit.	56:52
	Remember particular, your servant, Bruce Shepard.	56:56
	Touch with your healing power, all those who ache with the	57:01
	grief of losses through death and separation.	57:05
	Lift up the bruised and wounded who obediently suffer	57:09
	insult for your sake.	57:14
	Empower with renewed courage and burning, unquenchable hope,	57:17
	those who are lonely, shunned, imprisoned.	57:22
	Bring to them the healing knowledge that messiah comes most	57:27
	surely to the outcast, the victim, the oppressed,	57:31
	the despised and finally, oh God of life.	57:35
	God of death overcome.	57:40
	Teach us the modesty of stewardship of this fragile earth.	57:43
	Impress upon all your children that if we do not see this	57:47
	small globe as a home for all the people's of this world,	57:51
	we will have no home at all.	57:55
	Give us the wisdom to demand less of the bounty of the	57:58
	earth.	58:01
	To seek greater and greater understanding and acceptance	58:02
	of other people, race and cultures.	58:06
	Save us from the horror of nuclear holocaust by the	58:10
	awakening of your aroused children who must cry out,	58:13
	holt for the madness of nuclear arms race.	58:17
	All these petitions we boldly and humbly ask in the name	58:22
	of the messiah, our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.	58:27
	Who taught us to pray together.	58:32
Congregation	Our Father, who art in heaven.	58:34
	Hollowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done,	58:38
	on earth as it is in heaven.	58:43
	Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us, our	58:46
	trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.	58:50
	And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.	58:56
	For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever.	59:01
Female Speaker	Amen.	59:07
	(organ music)	59:24
	(choir sings)	1:00:22
	(choir sings)	1:01:46
	(organ plays)	1:02:28
	(organ music)	1:04:33
	(choir sings)	1:05:23
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	1:05:33
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	1:05:35
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	1:05:56
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	1:05:58
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	1:06:02
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	1:06:05
Female Speaker	We come before your presence with	1:06:23
	thanksgiving, God.	1:06:25
	Accept these tokens of our blessed life.	1:06:27
	We return to you but a small portion of whole gift of our	1:06:30
	lives.	1:06:34
	Bless and sanctify these gifts of money so that your	1:06:35
	servant church can continue to live, die and be renewed	1:06:39
	by serving the suffering world.	1:06:44
	By the power of the spirit, amen.	1:06:46
	(organ music)	1:06:51
	(choirs sings)	1:07:27
	(organ music)	1:08:40
	(choir sings)	1:08:43
Female Speaker	Jesus said peace is my parting gift to	1:10:46
	you.	1:10:49
	My own peace such as the world cannot give.	1:10:50
	Set your troubled hearts at rest and banish your fears.	1:10:54
	Go forth into the world, confident in your faith.	1:10:58
	Be ready to act prayerfully as though in love and to pray	1:11:02
	in view of an act to come.	1:11:06
	An act of love, even of heroic love.	1:11:08
	In the name of the creator, the liberator and our advocate,	1:11:12
	amen.	1:11:17
	♪ Amen ♪	1:11:20
	♪ Amen ♪	1:11:27
	(choir sings)	1:11:38
	(organ music)	1:12:40
	(crowd making noises in background)	1:17:51

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Robert T. Young - "Who Wants a Messiah like This?!" (September 16, 1979)

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Sermon start time: 32:23. Sermon end time: 51:03.
Jesus is a Messiah who sacrificed for others, as he expects us to the same. We can't decide to fit Jesus into our ideal of a Messiah. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: For here is a Messiah who came not only to give but expecting us to give. Who came not only to sacrifice but expecting us to sacrifice.

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September 16, 1979

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Young, Robert T., 1935-2009

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