When we are most certain we are right - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

What level of destruction, cruelty
we are able to perpetrate
when we find ourselves righteous
standing in judgment of others
harsher rebukes than the father
when we are most certain we are right

The priests, the scribes,
the Pharisees, Sadducees,
all of them in the Sanhedrin
sworn to uphold the law
the words given to Moses and the people
under a covenant with God

Yet breaking fidelity with the creator
putting God in the dock
a corrupt court and trial
in secret, and in the dark
falsely accusing,
lies from the witnesses
judges biased by power

By this our Lord was made a sacrifice
our sin put on the lamb
the people’s priests and leaders
sending Christ to the nonbelievers
to die at the hands of power
the lamb upon the cross

March 14, 2010
Matthew 26:57-68
I John 4:16b-21
Isaiah 58:6-9 (Call to Worship)
Worship Theme: “Those who condemned Jesus”
and sermon, “Condemned By the Righteous”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the third in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 14, 2010
Fourth Sunday in Lent

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