Sermons on Luke 14:1-14
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. It’s the Sabbath day and Jesus is invited out to dinner by some Pharisees, and they were watching him very closely because to this dinner they had also conveniently invited a man who was sick. They sat him there right next to Jesus as if this was going to be a temptation. Now here’s what the Pharisees knew.…
Friend, Move Up Higher
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, “But when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may see you and say to you, ‘Friend, come up higher.’” Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, we rejoice that Luke has recorded this particular feast for us as Jesus is headed down from the north…
The Hiddenness of God
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Will you pray with me? You see my sin, yet seat me at your table. Lord, as a guest, I surely am the least, unclean, unfit of worthy deeds unable. My heart, prepare for this most holy feast. My heart, prepare for this most holy feast. Amen. O Lamb…
Grant Me Humility
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading about the gift of humility that we pray, Lord, to grant us all. As of late, we have been looking at the Gospel readings all from the Gospel according to St. Luke.…
