The Brilliance of Obscurity; Luke 6:12-16

Delivered during the Sunday morning worship service, 01/30/2022. As Luke continues to reveal Jesus as the Christ and explain the nature and scope of the Good News of the Kingdom of God, he strategically locates the list of the 12 Apostles (11) who will take it to the world just before his recounting of the Sermon on the Mount. As we make our way through the list, we will be amazed at just how little we actually know about the life, ministry and death of these very ordinary men who formed the foundation of the church we worship in today. As far as Scripture is concerned, their lives are veiled in obscurity. But just like an early morning mist that catches the first rays of the rising sun and explodes with a million tiny points of refracted light-- the empowerment of the Spirit of Christ and the pristine message of the Gospel delivered by these men will literally change the world. Ultimately we will learn the powerful lesson that the true brilliance of the church is in the obscurity of its saints and the preeminence of Christ!