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\u201dFrom the Depths of Despair to the Heights of Paradise\u201d \tLuke 23:33-43
\nMay the Lord give us your grace and peace in the name of our savior, Jesus Christ!
\nDuring the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, there are people who experienced the tenuous border between life and death. Especially people who experienced the deaths of their families only because they were a few inches within the safe zone and their families were just a few inches outside the safe zone; survivors are still feeling that they are in the depths of despair. Pastor Tateno came here to share such stories and we learned about their heart-wrenching (yet hopeful) experiences.
\nJohann Sebastian Bach\u2019s older brother and sister died when he was just 1 year old. When he was 6 years old, another brother died. Then, at the age of 9, his mother died and, at the age of 10, his father died. Although an early death might not have been very rare at that time, I feel that Bach experienced more hardship than most when he was very young.
\nI believe that these experiences, during his formative years, greatly impacted his faith development and his abilities to make wonderful worship music. And through his music, I believe that God is also impacting our awareness about and attitude toward death. Through Bach\u2019s music, we reevaluate how we feel about death.
\nAll of us are invited to this worship service today as living people in this world, but please do not forget that all the saints are together with us during this worship service. Also, we should not forget that those of us alive today, all of us without exception, will end our earthly lives sometime in the future, although we do not exactly know when we will die.
\nToday, in the Christian Calendar, we are experiencing the last Sunday worship of this year called, \u201cChrist the King.\u201d In a sense, today\u2019s worship is for us, Christians, to remember that even in the depths of despair, like when we experience the end of our earthly lives, because of our faith in Christ, we may pull off a major upset. As faithful servants, we realize that death is not the end and we may live beyond our earthly lives in paradise.
\nIn the Gospel text today, we can imagine how brutal it was when Jesus was crucified. It is a kind of scene that is categorized as R and we might look away if we were actually there. We often wonder how come human beings can be so brutal and how come these scenes are described in the Holy Bible.
\nPeople are watching Jesus and two other criminals crucified on the three crosses. Leaders say, \u201cSince he saved others, let him save himself since he is the Messiah.\u201d The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, \u201cIf you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!\u201d These taunting words continue on and on.
\nAlso one of the two criminals says something like, \u201cI am crucified and there is no way to continue living. This is the end. The end is the end, there is no more. Jesus, if you are the Messiah, please save yourself and me.\u201d
\nEven though, Jesus was in the pit of despair and brutally treated, he just pray that \u201cFather, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.\u201d Here, even when he feels that he is at his lowest point, Jesus is faithful to the Father and asks forgiveness for the people who are brutal to him. He shows his faith to the Father and his love to the people attacking him.
\nThe other criminal says, \u201cThis person, Jesus, did not do anything wrong but he is crucified together with us.\u201d And he asked Jesus, \u201cPlease remember me when you come into the Kingdom.\u201d
\nIn other words, this criminal confesses his faith of Jesus Christ. Then, Jesus said to him as follows. \u201cTruly I tell you, today you are with me in Paradise.\u201d
\nThe words, \u201cYou are with me in Paradise\u201d were not only told to the criminal 2000 years ago, they are spoken to and meaningful for us today.
\nWhat do the word, \u201cYou are with me in Paradise\u201d mean to us who live in the 21st century? \u3000
\nAs I said in the beginning, we, as human beings, experience the earthly deaths of our family and friends. Not only that, we will inevitably experience our own deaths as well.
\nWe do not know when we will die and we do not know how we will die. Like Bach and his family, we might die due to diseases. We could die due to tsunamis, typhoons, or other types of natural disasters. We could also die by automobile accident, acts of terrorism, or war.
\nHowever, please remember, even at end of your lives, Jesus Christ will be with you. People who are baptized and commune regularly, I am sure that even when we experience our earthly deaths, it is not the end due to our faith in Christ. He who conquered death because of his death on the cross is always with us. We can still live in paradise with Jesus. Paradise is a place where death can never enter. Because of Jesus, despite times of despair and great difficulty, as Christians, we pull off a major upset. Because of our faith in Christ and our baptism through the water and the Word in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, I joyously declare to you, you are with Christ in paradise. Amen.
\n\u3000<\/p>\n

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\u201dFrom the Depths of Despair to the Heights of Paradise\u201d Luke 23:33-43 May the Lord give us your grace and peace in the name of our savior, Jesus Christ! During the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, there are people who experienced the tenuous border between life and death. Especially people who experienced the deaths of their families only because they were a few inches within the safe zone and their families were just a few inches outside the safe zone; survivors are still feeling that they are in the depths of despair. Pastor Tateno came here to share such stories and we learned about their heart-wrenching (yet hopeful) experiences. Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s older brother and sister died when he was just 1 year old. When he was 6 years old, another brother died. Then, at the age of 9, his mother died and, at the age of 10, his father died. Although an early death might not have been very rare at that time, I feel that Bach experienced more hardship than most when he was very young. I believe that these experiences, during his formative years, greatly impacted his faith development and his abilities to make wonderful worship music. And through his music, I believe that God is also impacting our awareness about and attitude toward death. Through Bach\u2019s music, we reevaluate how we feel about death. 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