Producing Perfection

Dear Worshipers,

One week from today we will have the opportunity to share a musical at the Metropolitan Theater downtown. We will share the musical two days earlier at the Pierpont Church of the Nazarene. I would guess there are about 10-12 churches involved in this endeavor through the participation of at least one member of the choir or orchestra. We will be celebrating America, honoring those who have served in our armed forces, and remembering our responsibility to pass our faith along to others, especially the next generation.

All these things are exciting to me. The places, the people, and the purpose. But what thrills me even more is the product. And I do not mean the musical in particular, but the perfection of unity in general. I am not speaking of musical perfection, but of the perfection process going on in our souls. I am seeing this musical produce a beautiful unity as believers from a number of different faith experiences are coming together around the person of Jesus Christ.

I have been mindful of this all along, but the Holy Spirit highlighted it for me again last week as I was reading through John. Jesus prayed for His disciples, then for all believers. He prayed that we would be one as He and the Father are one. He asked His Father, “that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.”

That is the perfection that is being produced. The perfection of the unity of the Father and the Son. The perfection we find through becoming one in Them. That will be glory indeed.

Jesus’ prayer is powerful. To see it manifested before your very eyes is an incredible thing. To be a part of it is very humbling.

Many of you have not been able to be involved in this season but I hope you will come to one of the performances, either at Pierpont on Sunday, July 2nd at 2:30 p.m., or at the MET on Tuesday, July 4th at 1:30 p.m. I hope that you will bring someone with you. If you know someone who has served in our armed forces, please invite them. Our acknowledging their service will be an unforgettable moment in the program, similar to the spontaneous acknowledging of our senior pastor’s son who just returned from Iraq and Kuwait. Invite other believers, for this musical will encourage them to pass their faith along to others. Invite unbelievers, for this musical will offer them the answer to all the questions of their souls-Jesus.

Invite everyone you can, then come yourself and witness the church demonstrating the oneness for which Jesus prayed.

In Christ,

Pastor Scott