Christ On Four Peaks – Brad Jersak

THE SCRIPTURES Prophet: Micah 6:1-8Psalm: Psalm 15Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31Biblical peaks, mountains great and small,Rise as powerful symbols of our encounters with the Divine.The Word of the Lord we’ve heard today through the Scripturesgive us a peek at four such peaks. I. FIRST PEAK THE COVENANT MOUNTAINS Like us, the prophet Micah lived through the tumult of imperial obsessions with expansion. Like friends we love, he experienced occupation, witnessed social corruption,and wept over injustices—urban and rural. He witnessed the fall of the northern kingdomand pled with Judah to return to covenant ...