1 September 2025
The sermon reflects on Psalm 133 as a celebration of how good and life-giving it is when God’s people live together in unity. It explains that this unity is not mere togetherness or agreement, but a rightly ordered life under God’s rule, where people stop living for themselves and instead learn to serve God and one another in their various relationships. The psalm’s images of anointing oil and mountain dew are unpacked as pictures of God’s blessing, presence, and the flourishing that comes when his people worship him together.
The message then turns to Jesus as the one who makes this kind of unity truly possible. Where human leaders and old religious systems could only point the way, Jesus, as the greater priest and greater king, deals with sin, brings people near to God, gives the Holy Spirit, and forms a new community shaped by love. The sermon urges listeners to be reconciled to God through Christ, to live by the Spirit rather than selfish desires, and to take their place in Christ’s kingdom by pursuing peace, love, and mission in the world.
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