Sermon “Therethey will see me”
Do we want to see
Jesus?
He has thrown the
horse and rider into the sea. He has shattered the enemy. Make no
mistake.
hard
times
dangerous
times
are
we going to see him as unbelievers do?
no
hope
no
confidence in eternity
cannot
stand
Good people?
Really nice
folks?
Generous
Known them all my
life
This makes no
guarantee about someone’s eternal state. Hell will be well stocked
with perfectly nice people, people who even went to church regularly,
people who were upstanding members of the community.
Where does our
hope come from?
die
with Christ
confidence
in his resurrection
no
other name by which we are saved
What are we
feeding ourselves with?
God’s
Word or our own personal ideas?
Worship
of the true and living God or of our own preferences?
Standing
with the saints throughout history or trying to go it on our own?
When the Lord
comes to us, will we be like the guards at the tomb, the horse and
rider he casts into the sea? Or will we be like the disciples,
seeking Jesus, who has gone ahead of us?
Let us follow our
Lord and Savior. He has conquered death. He will lead us on. As we
walk with him he will guide us
fellowship
with one another in the context of the assembled body of Christ
receiving
his blessings in Word and Sacrament
seeing
that the Lord can gather his people from every nation, tribe, and
tongue
knowing
that it is this true, biblical, Lutheran teaching of salvation by
grace, through faith, provided by Christ Jesus, in the context of the
local church which binds his people together.
He has gone ahead
of us.
Where are we
going now?
gather
to receive his gifts
give
to support efforts to bring the Gospel freely to all nations
building
up the body of Christ, never tearing it down
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