Sermon: Proper 29 (Gospel)
Last Sunday of the Church Year
20 November AD 2011
Sermon Theme: Hello, Sheep! Good-bye, Goats!
Summary: Judgment Day draws ever closer and Jesus warns us that we will be judged by our works. Yet we know that our good works cannot save us.
What can we do? Cling to Jesus and His guarantee that His good works belong to those who believe in Him! Anything else is folly and leads to eternal death.
Text: [Jesus said,] “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
“Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Matthew 25:31-46
Scripture quoted from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®, © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Audio: Click to hear the MP3 of Hello, Sheep! Good-bye, Goats!, preached to the saints of God at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Marshall, Missouri.
Other Readings: Psalm 95:1-7a; Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28
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20 November AD 2011
Sermon Theme: Hello, Sheep! Good-bye, Goats!
Summary: Judgment Day draws ever closer and Jesus warns us that we will be judged by our works. Yet we know that our good works cannot save us.
What can we do? Cling to Jesus and His guarantee that His good works belong to those who believe in Him! Anything else is folly and leads to eternal death.
Text: [Jesus said,] “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
“Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Matthew 25:31-46
Scripture quoted from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®, © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Audio: Click to hear the MP3 of Hello, Sheep! Good-bye, Goats!, preached to the saints of God at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Marshall, Missouri.
Other Readings: Psalm 95:1-7a; Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28
Technorati Tags: Proper 29 | Last Sunday of the Church Year | Three Year Lectionary | 3 Year Lectionary | Series A | theology | Jesus | Jesus Christ | Christ | Law and Gospel | Law | Gospel | sheep | goats | justification | judgment | Judgment Day | salvation | damnation | 20 November 2011 | November 20, 2011 | Lutheranism | Lutheran | Church | Christian | Christianity | Christian Church | Matthew 25 | sermon | preaching | homily | text | theme | topic | Hello, Sheep! Good-bye, Goats! | audio | mp3 | Pastor Snyder | Pastor Walter Snyder | Walter Snyder | Ask the Pastor | Happenings
posted by Xrysostom | 20:22
1 Comments:
Thank You! I didn't get that at our church this morning and we really needed it.
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