This sermon was preached at Capitol Hill United Methodist Church on Sunday, August 6, 2017 as a part of the Walking With Women in Scripture series.
Who do you listen to? I mean, which people inform your thoughts? Who informs your heart? When I ask, I’m also not seeking the churchy answers: God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, or the Bible. What real-life people do you listen to to? Why do these people matter as sources of information for you?
Similarly, who do you ignore – both purposely and inadvertently? Why do you choose to purposely ignore some sources? What might you be missing out on by inadvertently ignoring others? What can you do to listen to those you might accidentally overlook?
These are some questions considered in this sermon as we look more closely at Romans 16:1-7 and Luke 23:54-24:12 and continue the sermon series, Walking With Women in Scripture.
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This sermon was inspired by Scriptures such as:
Romans 16:1-7
1I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae, 2so that you may welcome her in the Lord as is fitting for the saints, and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a benefactor of many and of myself as well. 3Greet Prisca and Aquila, who work with me in Christ Jesus, 4and who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 5Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ. 6Greet Mary, who has worked very hard among you. 7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives who were in prison with me; they are prominent among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was. (NRSV)
Luke 23:54-24:12
54It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning. 55The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid. 56Then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they went in, they did not find the body. 4While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. 5The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, ‘Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. 6Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’ 8Then they remembered his words, 9and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. 10Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. 11But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened. (NRSV)
