Sermon: All Saints’ Sunday (Epistle)
4 November AD 2012
Title: God’s Children Now ... and Forever (MP3 Audio)
Summary: Look! Behold! Pay attention!
Led by the Spirit and following those who came before him, John the Apostle points clearly to Jesus. Any good gifts, any true blessings flow through Him from the Father. Because He is the perfect Son, we are God’s children. Because He lives, we live also — in time and throughout eternity.
We can only define ourselves negatively before God. We are the rebels, Satan’s bastard children, heirs of wrath and judgment. Yet even the vilest sinner discovers by faith in Christ that no iniquity is greater than Jesus’ forgiveness. The most wayward and prodigal of sons still find the Father’s arms welcoming them as He redefines them as His dear children.
And so we don’t play guessing games, trying to figure out what eternal life will be like or what it means when Jesus returns and we are “like Him.” It is enough to know that we will be completely satisfied, absolutely joyful, and perfectly pure in heart and mind. No matter how closely the New Creation resembles green pastures and still waters, a never-ending banquet, or a bejewelled city of gold, we know that it will be our home because it is where our Savior will lead us to dwell.
Text: See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.
The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 1 John 3:1-3
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 God’s Children Now ... and Forever, 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 149; Revelation 7:(2-8) 9-17; Matthew 5:1-12
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Title: God’s Children Now ... and Forever (MP3 Audio)
Summary: Look! Behold! Pay attention!
Led by the Spirit and following those who came before him, John the Apostle points clearly to Jesus. Any good gifts, any true blessings flow through Him from the Father. Because He is the perfect Son, we are God’s children. Because He lives, we live also — in time and throughout eternity.We can only define ourselves negatively before God. We are the rebels, Satan’s bastard children, heirs of wrath and judgment. Yet even the vilest sinner discovers by faith in Christ that no iniquity is greater than Jesus’ forgiveness. The most wayward and prodigal of sons still find the Father’s arms welcoming them as He redefines them as His dear children.
And so we don’t play guessing games, trying to figure out what eternal life will be like or what it means when Jesus returns and we are “like Him.” It is enough to know that we will be completely satisfied, absolutely joyful, and perfectly pure in heart and mind. No matter how closely the New Creation resembles green pastures and still waters, a never-ending banquet, or a bejewelled city of gold, we know that it will be our home because it is where our Savior will lead us to dwell.
Text: See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.
The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 1 John 3:1-3
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 God’s Children Now ... and Forever, 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 149; Revelation 7:(2-8) 9-17; Matthew 5:1-12
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