Church of the Resurrection, Anglican Church

Anglican Parish of the Nerepis & St. John

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The Audacity of the Discipline of Submission

Big Idea: God’s love for us can free us to love others without an agenda

X2: It’s not just what God can do for us.. it’s what God can do with us.

Story/Context: Biblical theme: Submission: Abraham, Moses, Mary, James&John, Jesus “..not to be served, but to serve..”

#1: Submitting to God is real freedom

“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all.”

Jail Ex. -> Set free but set in our ways

Good Samaritan: priest/Levite free but still in prison

Samaritan: completely submitted to God and completely free

#2: What does Submission to God look like?

Freedom to not need our own way / put others needs above our own (INCLUDING DISCOMFORT)

Good Samaritan: may be – uncomfortable, inconvenient, cost

Healthy to Submit to: Triune God, Scripture (ultimate authority), Family (mutual submission), neighbors/run into daily lives, Church, broken&despised.

#3: Submission begins with accepting God’s Grace

Jesus example: “Cross-life” – “cross-death”

For us: reverse the order: die Christ’s cross-death so as to live the risen cross-life

On cross: “It is finished.” -> set free to follow Jesus / live cross-life

What if it’s not a prison but a tomb??

What does Jesus want to teach you about submission today?

Time to finally submit to God’s grace?

Time to submit to Scripture?

Time to submit to spouse/family?

Submit to Church family – take faith life seriously?

Time to submit to those around you/daily life

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Rev. Michael Caines

I live to answer the question: “So how did you go from civil engineering to becoming a priest??” I have been here since 2008 when I arrived as the assistant. Since 2012 I have been leading the church as the Priest-in-Charge, and now as the full-time Lead Pastor. I grew up in Sussex, N.B. and then studied Civil Engineering at UNB Fredericton. After a brief period in youth ministry my wife and I moved to Uganda to teach and work at an Anglican Secondary School. After that, I studied at Wycliffe College in Toronto, ON and was ordained in 2008. I served with the Naval Reserve for a number of years but now as the Chaplain for 3 Field Artillery Regiment in Saint John and Woodstock, N.B. I love the outdoors and in my down time I enjoy running, sailing and playing music, but most importantly, time with my family.

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    The Parish of the Nerepis & Saint John is located in New Brunswick, Canada, and is a member of The Anglican Diocese of Fredericton, and The Anglican Church of Canada.