Pentecost 14 Sermon: Dinner with Sinners
Preached on Luke 15:1-10
14th Sunday After Pentecost — Proper 19C
15 September AD 2019
Title: Click to hear the MP3 of Dinner with Sinners.
Summary: Jesus received and ate with the type of people scorned by the outwardly righteous religious leaders and “church-going folk” of His day. These “sinners” were His people, not because He shared their sinfulness but because they were lost sheep who needed Him to shepherd them to forgiveness, righteousness, and eternal life.
Text: Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear [Jesus]. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’
“Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’
“Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Luke 15:1-10
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 Dinner with Sinners.
NB: A few people have had problems trying to play the inline audio with Windows Media 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 119:169-176; Ezekiel 34:11-24; 1 Timothy 1:5-17
14th Sunday After Pentecost — Proper 19C
15 September AD 2019
Title: Click to hear the MP3 of Dinner with Sinners.
Summary: Jesus received and ate with the type of people scorned by the outwardly righteous religious leaders and “church-going folk” of His day. These “sinners” were His people, not because He shared their sinfulness but because they were lost sheep who needed Him to shepherd them to forgiveness, righteousness, and eternal life.Text: Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear [Jesus]. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’
“Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’
“Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Luke 15:1-10
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 Dinner with Sinners.
NB: A few people have had problems trying to play the inline audio with Windows Media 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 119:169-176; Ezekiel 34:11-24; 1 Timothy 1:5-17
Labels: fellowship, Gospel, lost coin, lost sheep, luke 15, pentecost 14, proper 19, series c, sinners
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