Sermon: Proper 23B (OT)
14 October AD 2012 (Pentecost 20)
Title: Seek the Lord and Live (MP3 Audio)
Summary: “Love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:39)” Easy to say, difficult to do. Yet if we fail to identify and act upon our neighbor’s need, we are failing to recognize and receive God’s love for us in Christ Jesus. For the Christian, there is no “Social Gospel.” There is, however, faith active in love.
Text: Seek the Lord and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel, O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth. Therefore because you trample on the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins — you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. Amos 5:6-7, 10-15
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 Seek the Lord and Live, preached to the saints of God at Faith Lutheran Church, Knob Noster, Missouri.
NB: For some reason, a few people have had problems trying to play the inline audio if Windows Media is their default MP3 player. If this occurs, you can either change to QuickTime or another default browser player, copy and paste the link directly into a selected player, or download it to your computer, where it seems to work regardless of which player. Several folks have suggested VLC Player from VideoLAN.
Other Readings: Psalm 90:12-17; Hebrews 3:12-19; Mark 10:17-22
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Title: Seek the Lord and Live (MP3 Audio)
Summary: “Love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:39)” Easy to say, difficult to do. Yet if we fail to identify and act upon our neighbor’s need, we are failing to recognize and receive God’s love for us in Christ Jesus. For the Christian, there is no “Social Gospel.” There is, however, faith active in love.
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth. Therefore because you trample on the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins — you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. Amos 5:6-7, 10-15
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 Seek the Lord and Live, preached to the saints of God at Faith Lutheran Church, Knob Noster, Missouri.
NB: For some reason, a few people have had problems trying to play the inline audio if Windows Media is their default MP3 player. If this occurs, you can either change to QuickTime or another default browser player, copy and paste the link directly into a selected player, or download it to your computer, where it seems to work regardless of which player. Several folks have suggested VLC Player from VideoLAN.
Other Readings: Psalm 90:12-17; Hebrews 3:12-19; Mark 10:17-22
Tags: Pentecost 20 | 20th Sunday after Pentecost | Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost | Proper 23 | Three Year Lectionary | 3 Year Lectionary | Series B | theology | Jesus | Jesus Christ | Christ | Law and Gospel | Law | Gospel | justice | poor | poverty | social gospel | judgment | sin | love your neighbor as yourself | 14 October 2012 | October 14, 2012 | Lutheranism | Lutheran | Christian | Christianity | Amos 5 | sermon | preaching | text | theme | topic | Seek the Lord and Live | audio | mp3 | Pastor Snyder | Pastor Walter Snyder | Walter Snyder | Ask the Pastor | Happenings
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