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Moments Of Melody 129

Ken Engle4 minColossians

Overview

Jesus Christ deserves the preeminent place in our lives, not just a small portion of our time. The sermon illustrates this point with a parable about a man who hid his mother in an attic room, fearing his wife would not accept her, but his wife's loving observation revealed his true affection, prompting them to ask the mother's forgiveness and give her the best room. This story highlights the need to give Jesus the best of our lives and make him Lord of all, rather than relegating him to a mere hour on Sunday. The message concludes by applying this principle to our relationship with Christ, urging us to surrender all our life's pleasures to him and acknowledge his supreme lordship.

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Good morning, time again for moments of melody. A young man who grew up in poverty made good in the big city. He married the daughter of a man with wealth and position. After being married he asked if he might bring an old servant of the family. Then secretly he wrote his mother, asking her if she'd be willing to come as that old servant. With mother's love she said yes. He took her to the attic room, especially prepared for her.

After a while his wife asked if that wasn't his mother. Why, yes. How did you know, he asked. She said, Well, I know you wouldn't treat an old servant. with such love. He said, Well, I was afraid that you wouldn't accept her. The wife said, Shall we go up and ask her forgiveness? So they went up to the mother and asked her forgiveness. And then they gave her the best guest room in the house. We need to give the Lord Jesus the best place in our lives. We need to make him master of everything. But sad to say, he sometimes is given just a little part of our lives, maybe an hour on Sunday.

He should be made Lord of all. For thee, all the pleasures of sin I resign. My gracious Redeemer, my Savior our Son.

If ever I love thee because thou hadst loved me, and purchased my pardon on Calvary. the horns on my brow.

If ever I loved me, tis now. And now for the most important time of our program, as we read the sacred scriptures, A reading from St. Paul's letter to the Colossians. In Christ you were circumcised, not by any physical act, but by being set free from the sins of the flesh by virtue of Christ's circumcision. You, so to speak, shared in that, just as in baptism you shared in his death, and in him you are sharing the miracle of rising again in new life.

All this because you have faith. in the tremendous power of God who raised Christ from the dead.