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Daily Lectionary: Zechariah 4:1-5:11; Romans 15:14-33
For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed. (Romans 15:18)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. The archbishop John Chrysostom’s last name means Golden-tongue. Folks heard him preach and he got a new last name because he was that good. Even so, he died in exile. That sounds like a bummer, yet he preached Christ to the end. This is the greater thing.
We want the titles. The praise. The acclamations. Stop. To God be the glory. We remember Chrysostom for what God has done through him. We read his sermons to hear the Law proclaimed in sternness and the Gospel preached in all sweetness. We remember Chrysostom, who only wanted to speak of Jesus. It’s easier to deal with Epiphany in the person of Jesus who heals the sick, but signs and wonders are still being done by the power of the Spirit of God where His Gospel is preached. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. This Word is enough to raise the dead.
It’s hard to look at the visible Church sometimes and see the true and living God at work within it. Faith comes by hearing. It was preached by Chrysostom. It’s preached by your pastor. The Epiphany still happens as we hear the Word and believe. God is revealed. Dying men are given life. Christ is proclaimed, and death is conquered for you. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Harrison Goodman
To live is Christ, for us, to die is gain; Where then shall be our hunger, danger, pain? Our joy to preach good news to rich and poor, Then be with Christ, to live forevermore. (The Saints in Christ are One in Every Place, LSB 838:3)
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By Higher Things®Daily Lectionary: Zechariah 4:1-5:11; Romans 15:14-33
For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed. (Romans 15:18)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. The archbishop John Chrysostom’s last name means Golden-tongue. Folks heard him preach and he got a new last name because he was that good. Even so, he died in exile. That sounds like a bummer, yet he preached Christ to the end. This is the greater thing.
We want the titles. The praise. The acclamations. Stop. To God be the glory. We remember Chrysostom for what God has done through him. We read his sermons to hear the Law proclaimed in sternness and the Gospel preached in all sweetness. We remember Chrysostom, who only wanted to speak of Jesus. It’s easier to deal with Epiphany in the person of Jesus who heals the sick, but signs and wonders are still being done by the power of the Spirit of God where His Gospel is preached. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. This Word is enough to raise the dead.
It’s hard to look at the visible Church sometimes and see the true and living God at work within it. Faith comes by hearing. It was preached by Chrysostom. It’s preached by your pastor. The Epiphany still happens as we hear the Word and believe. God is revealed. Dying men are given life. Christ is proclaimed, and death is conquered for you. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Harrison Goodman
To live is Christ, for us, to die is gain; Where then shall be our hunger, danger, pain? Our joy to preach good news to rich and poor, Then be with Christ, to live forevermore. (The Saints in Christ are One in Every Place, LSB 838:3)