Judgment Obadiah 15-18
Delivered to Smith Chapel UMC on January 16, 2011
Part One
Part Two
What I Didn't Say
Mt. Zion--When I was a kid, I lived near a place called Mt. Zion. I assumed at that time, that it was the only Mt. Zion. It was at the top of a hill (imagine that) and was the site of Mt. Zion Church and Mt. Zion Cemetery. Some of my relatives are buried there.
As I entered into adolescence and adulthood, as I'm sure you've guessed, I began to run across dozens (maybe hundreds) of Mt. Zions. They seem to be everywhere...especially churches named Mt. Zion Church, Mt. Zion Chapel, and Mt. Zion Bible Fellowship.
It wasn't until I was almost sixty years old that I had the privilege of standing on the real Mt. Zion...the one after which all the others were named. On that holy hill, my life was changed...not when I physically stood upon it, but when Jesus died upon it two thousand years ago.
I remember thinking and feeling back when I was a kid that Mt. Zion was a special place. Little did I realize then how special it really was. Little did I realize how special the real Mt. Zion would become to me a few years later. I hope it's special for you.
