Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin

13. December 2020 - Advent 3 - Matthew 11:2-10  

The flesh, the world, and demonic authoritarians hate everything given by God the Father. They hate creation and violently want to reshape it. They hate human life and seek to destroy, alter, and transcend it through violent manipulation. Their violence leads to immorality, destruction, and death. But most of all they hate the gift of the Son of the Father, Jesus, and the kingdom of heaven, the Church. Why does the mob hate you and despise the Church? Because the violent must oppress anything that undermines their worldview.

Study notes: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11-yYmOujq-Nnkys7U7SJXmsfDrYRAdI1

Text: Isaiah 40:1-11

Text: Luke 1:57-80

Text: Luke 1:39-56

Text: Psalm 139

Text: Psalm 139

Text: Luke 1:26-38

Text: Luke 1:5-25

What is the future? What is your future? Everything is moving forward toward that great day when we shall meet the Lord face to face. Time is given that the Gospel be preached to all people. The future is for repentance. The great net of Christ’s kingdom must be drawn through the sea of time. A great catch will be brought upon the shore. And all the righteous and evil finally separated from one another forever.