The Wheat & The Weeds

A Father's Love

How did we become sons and daughters of God?
The short answer is because God said so.

Just like in creation God said, “Let there be light” and there was light, so it was in the waters of our baptism that God said, “You are my beloved child,” and sure enough we were made his beloved daughter or son.

It was nothing we did.  And so the ability we have to call God, Father, is a pure gift; the gracious work of God.

"Your Faith Has Saved You"

Our gospel this morning contains several important lessons; any one of which could fill a sermon.

There’s the lesson about being faithful in doing what the Lord has given us to do.

As well as the lesson about the importance of giving thanks to God for using all the blessings he gives us
And finally, there’s the lesson of salvation; and more specifically about how we are saved through faith.

 
• 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Psalm 111  • 
 
• 2 Timothy 2:8-15  • 
 
• Luke 17:11-19

Christ is Our Good Samaritan

We're going to look at the parable of the Good Samaritan in two different ways.

The first way we’ll call the way of the Law: the way of thinking we need to do something to earn our salvation.

The second way, we’ll call the way of the Gospel: the way that reminds us that we can’t do anything to earn eternal life, because it’s a gift God has freely shared with us in our baptism.

• Deuteronomy 30:9-14 and Psalm 25:1-10  • 
 
• Colossians 1:1-14  • 
• Luke 10:25-37