The Weekend - “‘You gotta go’” (Matthew 21:28 – 22:14)

Jesus took on the religious establishment of his day. His opponents were religious insiders who often got the outward stuff right but missed the heart of God’s message. It’s not that difficult to see ourselves in them and apply his message for them to ourselves. 

But sometimes Jesus had a direct message for his church, the gatherings of his disciples that would constitute his people after his ascension. It’s somewhat rare. He only mentions the church two times in the gospels. 

This weekend’s passage doesn’t mention the church, but it directly addresses those who will make up his church. To some he will nod and say, “You can stay in my kingdom party.” To others in his church he will say, “You gotta go.” And the criteria will be, believe it or not, whether or not they dressed appropriately for his party. 

I look forward to worshiping with you this weekend. 

10 Tweets on “Deaf to God” (Luke 16:11-15,19-31)

Here's last weekend’s sermon in 10 tweets.

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1/ The Rich Man and Lazarus is about how wealth, by it’s very nature, makes us ridiculous with disastrous results. 

2/ There’s probably not a one of us that believes money is as dangerous as Jesus says it is. I’m trying to believe him.

3/ Wealth hardens our hearts toward others.

4/ “It literally is a compassion deficit that’s produced by lots of wealth.”

5/ The rich man is the trajectory of the life of a man who loves money. 

6/ You have to intentionally counteract the corrupting power of money and wealth.

7/ Jesus: “The way is easy that leads to destruction.”

8/ Loving money makes us deaf to God.

9/ We simply will not listen to God when money has our devoted attention.

10/ You can’t just stop loving money.

You can watch the sermon here.

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