Message by Larry Thacker Jr. from May 26: To Die For
On Memorial Day, we remember those who have given their lives in service to our country. As I thought about that in preparation for this message, I asked myself, “what are you willing to die for?” With our tenancy toward hyperbolic speech, that phrase, “to die for,” gets used a lot now. It makes me sad when I hear it, because it is usually used in reference to something that is absolutely not worth dying for, like a really good dish or a pleasurable experience.
But there are things in this life worth dying for. If asked most of us might list one or two things for which we would willingly risk or even give up our lives, but we usually do so from the comfortable assumption that we will probably not be required to make good on our word. If the time should come, how many of us would fold like Peter on the night of Jesus’ trial? I hope we’ll never have to find out, but we may take comfort in the knowledge that Peter was restored and went on to have a key roll in God’s young church and eventually would die for Him.
Jesus thought something important enough to die for. I should say, “someone.” That someone was you! That someone was me! Our text is from Romans 5:1-8. My sermon was definitely not to die for, but I tell you what is.
