Close Encounters: Check Your Pride at the Door

Happy Mother’s Day! Stream us live on May 10 as Pastor Paul A. Bennett begins preaches from Luke 7:36-50 and begins the new sermon series “Close Encounters.”

It’s safe to say all of us have encountered Christ at some point in our lives. The results of those encounters have varied greatly. Some people walk away un-phased, others walk away forever changed.

Whether we indeed experience “close” encounters with Christ and life-transforming results is largely dependent on the attitude and approach we adopt. Most importantly, we need to check our pride at the door, and do so on a level appropriate for an exchange between a Creator and His created.

We are not an employee approaching an employer, a child engaging their teacher, we are a helpless sinner addressing our all loving, all powerful, all knowing God.

The woman in Luke 7 clearly checked her pride before engaging Jesus, and she came away transformed. Are we willing to do the same?