"What is that to you?"
There is this moment in John's Gospel where Peter betrays Jesus three times next to a charcoal fire. He is broken, ashamed, and lost. Later, the resurrected Jesus sits Peter down next to a charcoal fire and asks him three times if he loves him. Peter is forgiven, empowered, and given the most important mission of all time. His response to this incredible, personal, history-altering moment? He points to someone else and says "What about him?"
We have all been forgiven, equipped, and trusted with a mission that will change the world. Each of us has an individual calling to do things that only we can do, to bring God's Kingdom in ways only we can. How often is our response to point to the person next to us and ask "What about him? What about her? Why does he get that house? Why is she so good at that?"
Jesus' response? "What is that to you? You follow me."
A sermon about always asking "What is that to me?"
The sermon was not recorded at FreeChurch, but a similar one was at Hope Fellowship. Click for the download.Influences
Name (Nooma) - Rob Bell
A hundred conversations with a hundred people who feel the same thing
