Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo
4th Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A
Jesus' words today bring to mind the old saying, "You're damned if
you do, and you're damned if you don't." Can I say that in a sermon?
Based on the reactions I heard to this sermon, apparently I can, so long
as that's not the content of my actual message. Law and gospel is the
word today.
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
16“But to what will I compare this generation? It is like
children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, 17‘We
played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not
mourn.’ 18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,
‘He has a demon’; 19the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and
they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and
sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
25At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven
and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the
intelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26yes, Father, for
such was your gracious will. 27All things have been handed over to
me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows
the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28“Come
to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give
you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am
gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For
my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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