Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, Jesus came to do the will of his Father and his will is this, that he would lose none that come to him. That he will by no means cast away those who come and look upon him and believe in him. And that’s you and I, in our confidence, because I think we are afraid sometimes that the Lord surely would not…

Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, if I’ve learned something as a pastor, I’ve learned that it is often more difficult to watch someone suffer than to suffer yourself. There’s a prayer that comes from those who are suffering, it’s this, Lord help me. But the prayer that comes from those who are watching people…

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.…

Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for this morning’s sermon is the Gospel reading from the book of John, Gospel of John, which was just read. In the name of Jesus, amen. The people listening to Jesus are confused, and they ask, how can this man give us his flesh to…

Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear Saints of God, dear Christians, Jesus has been traveling around with the disciples now up north in the region of Tyre and Sidon, over to the Decapolis, the Ten Cities, and now all the way up to the foothills of Mount Hermon, to Caesarea Philippi, to the pagan city that…

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 and making his way to…