Sermon Don’t Turn Back Living the Spirit Life (The Abortion Sermon)

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST, YEAR C Saturday, June 25, 2022 1 Kings 19:15-21  The Message Intro: The Supreme Court opinion on Roe Vs Wade is going backwards sure Bible “absolutely pro-abundant life,”  “but not in a pro-life political way. It’s a theological perspective is of Life beginning with Birth” While many conservative White evangelicals rejoiced with the courts reversal, the reception in Black churches will have to be more complicated. Main Body: The call of Elisha is not like other prophetic call narratives in the Old Testament. The first stage of Elisha’s new call is to be a follower and servant — a disciple, as it were — of this -prophet of Change. Elisha will later be described as the man “who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah” (2 Kings 3:11). The LORD tells Elijah to anoint Elisha as prophet in his place (1 Kings 19:16), language usually reserved for kings or priests, and such an apprenticeship with the prophet likely implied succession. Elisha’s call narrative rightly makes one think of vocation and discipleship. How do we recognize God’s call in our lives? What signs of our talents and gifts have we seen in the past, and what must we give up embracing the future God is making for us? How have we seen God’s work manifested in mentors, friends, or strangers? Have we apprenticed ourselves to scarcity and fear or to abundance and hope?