Title: The Lord's Kind Invitation (School Shooting)

Topic: Word

Summary: How can we accept the Lord's invitation? How can we move away from violence and mayhem?

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
1 Samuel 16:6-13; 17:4-11, 23-51; 18:7-9
Exodus 3:13-14
John 8:58; 18:5-6
Hebrews 7:25
Matthew 8:19-20
Isaiah 33:20-22
Jeremiah 31:40
Ezekiel 43:1-9
Daniel 2:34-35, 44; 4:3, 34; 6:26; 7:9-14
Luke 1:30-33

If you think about sitting, it seems fair to say that where you're sitting is more important than that you're sitting. Sitting in a movie theater, sitting in a classroom, sitting in the driver's seat of a car, sitting in the defendant's seat at a trial, sitting at the family dinner table -- those are very, very different things. But even so, the fact that you're sitting in those places is important -- it means you are part of what's going on, you're staying in place. This is similar to "sitting" in the Bible. Sitting on a throne indicates judgment; sitting in a tent door indicates holiness. The context is crucial. But in all cases "sitting" indicates a sense of permanence, belonging, and full participation in the spiritual state illustrated through the context.