Sermons by “Vicar Nathan Schmidt”
Stay awake.
We are to keep watch, that is, to stay awake, for we do not know the day or the hour of our Lord’s return.
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Not to stay awake means a deadening of spiritual awareness. We tend to lose diligence in following Him. We grow lazy in our faith.
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The Christian saint, Nicholas, (the real Santa Claus), expressed his love for God in loving his fellow man through goodness and generosity to the poor and needy. St. Nicholas’ gifts bring to mind Christ’s teaching “in as much as you have done so to the least of these, you have done it unto me.” Like St. Nicholas, we too are to care for others, as we share the gospel and wait for the Lord’s return. Even as we stay awake, we can rest in the promise that Christ our Lord is always with us.
Look to Christ and Live
So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole, And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live…. for by grace you have been saved, through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God….. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already…
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What is This?
“What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”
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Believe, Repent, Repeat.
“For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.”
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