Carl Bartz Sermons, Brian Bartz (2026)

27/11/2025

First Sunday in Advent - Gospel: Matthew 21:1-11

Prayer:
Almighty and Most Merciful God, grant us grace so to understand the passion of our Lord that we may find forgiveness for our sins. Grant that our hearts may be so fixed with steadfast faith in Him that we may not fear the power of our adversaries. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
And now may the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to Thy sight, O God, our Creator and our Redeemer. Amen.

Recalling the transfiguration of Our Lord, we will remember that Jesus discussed His death with God the Father and Moses and Elijah. It was determined at that time the course Jesus would take for the remainder of His earthly ministry. Three of His apostles were witness to His Glory, in which, it would seem that He devoted Himself, with sublime exaltation of spirit to the sacrifice of Himself for all of man’s sins.

Afterward He repeated the prediction of His death and having returned to Capernaum, He further instructed His disciples in that conception of God’s service as one of humanity, self-sacrifice and love; of which His own great act of devotion to God was to be the permanent example. With this in mind, it is interesting, to say the very least, to follow in the Holy Bible, the things that happened in the world and among men so that Jesus Christ’s mission could be carried out as planned.

Bible historians tell us that it was now probably the early autumn of the year 29 A.D. and leaving Capernaum for the last time, Jesus “steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.” It is almost impossible to follow in exact order Our Lord’s movements, for Luke, on whom we are mainly dependent for the record for this period, does not follow a precise order of chronological narration. However, the main features of the period are quite clear.

Jesus now sought to attract the public attention of the whole land, including Judea. He sent out the seventy to proclaim his coming. He visited Jerusalem at the feast of tabernacles and again at the feast of dedication. On both occasions He repeatedly offered Himself to the people. He was called, and called Himself, the Light of the World and the Good Shepherd of God’s flock. He boldly contended with the rulers who opposed His pretensions. He moved back and forth between Judea and Perea, and explained, with more beauty of illustration than ever before the true religious life and the true idea of God and His service. Here belong the parables of the Good Samaritan, the Wedding Feast, the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, The Prodigal Son, The Unjust Steward, the Rich Man and Lazarus, the Pharisee and the Publican. Thus, the announcement of the Gospel became more complete, while the fierceness of the opposition of the rulers became more intense, until an event occurred which brought matters to a climax.

Word was brought to Jesus of the sickness of His friend, Lazarus, in Bethany. Going to him, He found him already four days dead. Immediately He eclipsed all of His previous miracles by raising the dead man to life. This miracle was so stupendous, and performed so near Jerusalem, that it had a very noticeable effect on the people of the Capitol. The Sanhedrin, under the leading of Caiaphas, the high Priest, decided that the influence of Jesus could only be destroyed by His death. Upon learning of this, Jesus quickly retired from that area, evidently determined that He should not die until the Passover. As that time drew near, He approached the city through Perea, teaching as He went, but again predicting His death and resurrection until He reached Bethany, six days before the feast of the Passover. He spent the day in the house of Simon, the l***r. At the supper made for Him there, Mary, the sister of Lazarus, anointed His head and feet, an event in which Jesus saw a prophecy of His coming burial.

The next morning Jesus continued His journey with His disciples. The traffic was relatively heavy as there were many people on the road headed for Jerusalem for the Passover feast. When Jesus and His disciples reached Bethphage, a small village not far from Bethany and almost on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Jesus halted for a time, He sent two of His disciples on an errand. He gave them exact instructions. In this very village just ahead they would find, without difficulty, a donkey tied with her c**t near her. Without asking permission of the owner, they were to untie the donkey and bring them both to Jesus. Should the owners or any other person inquire as to their right in taking the animals away, they were to say to them, “The Lord has need of them.” This was to serve as a sort of password, bringing about immediate obedience and glad yielding on the part of the owner. This brings out some very significant facts. The Lord knew that the animals were at that designated place, and He again took the opportunity to convince His disciples that nothing was hidden from Him. His word has almighty power and authority. As the minute happenings of the future are known to Him, so He, the Lord to whom all things belong, can influence the heart of the owner, even at a distance, to consent to His wishes. The two disciples were entirely in the dark as to the object of their mission. They undoubtedly went with great reluctance to carry out His command, which might have taken them into some embarrassing situations, but they went at His word. They know from previous experience that He would remove all dangers. So it is that disciples of all times may trust completely in the word of the Lord, knowing that even in desperate times His authority will uphold them. It is better to be on the side of the Almighty God than that of the powerless world.

Our Lord Jesus Christ travelled much, and His custom was to travel on foot wherever He went. Many a dirty, weary step had He taken going about that region doing good and preaching the word of salvation. Yet, this once in His life He rode in triumph, and it was now when He entered Jerusalem to suffer and to die. But even though His triumph was readily seen, there was also evidence of His humility. Mounted on the c**t of a donkey which had never before been ridden, Our Lord came to the city of the men who were to take His earthly life. They had no saddle for the donkey and so some of the disciples took their outer robes and laid them on the donkey’s back so that Jesus might have a seat on the animal. We should not proclaim exactness in outward appearances. A holy indifference or neglect would well become us in these things. Sometimes, I think, we place too great emphasis on outward appearances and fail to see the beauty of what may lie within.

The disciples furnished our Lord with the best they had and did not object the possible spoiling of their clothing against the donkey’s back when the Lord had need of them. We must not think in that even the clothes on our backs are too dear to part with in service for our Lord. There was nothing stately of magnificent in Christ’s wardrobe but yet even that was stripped from Him for us.

While Christ delayed His journey during the finding of the donkey, others on the road hastened on to Jerusalem and spread the word that the King of the Jews, the Messiah, was on His way and would soon enter the city proper. We are told that a great number of the pilgrims who had already entered the city came back out to meet Him. When they met Him, they honored Him in the best way they could. When Jehu was proclaimed king, the captains put their garments under him in token of their subjection to him. This multitude of people did the same. They took off their outer robes and laid them under the donkey's feet, spreading their garments in His way. Some cut off tender palm branches and strewed them also on the road. Those that take Christ for their king must lay all at His feet, the clothes, in token of the heart. What honor shall we pay Him, in token of liberty, victory and joy?

The excitement spread infectiously. The climax was reached at the Mount of Olives. Here the ranks of the early crowd were swelled by great crowds of newcomers, and while the latter turned and marched ahead, the others followed behind the Lord. In antiphonal shouting, the joyous acclaim of the people rose up to heaven as they chanted sections from the great Hallel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallel), with the doxology used on great festivals. They openly proclaimed Him as the Son of David, as the true Messiah; they wished Him blessings and salvation from above. Far and wide, the people joined in this demonstration in honor of the humble Nazarene. They gladly sacrificed their holiday garments, their festival ornaments. They brought the palm branches and waved the green fronds of early spring to give full expression to their joy, to their confession of their Lord, the Messiah. It was most unfortunate that this exultation was only temporary, and quickly forgotten. And yet, the Spirit of the Lord had here, for a short while at least, taken hold of the people. God wanted thus to give testimony in behalf of His Son, before the shame and the horror of the Cross would be laid upon Him. And it was prophetic of the time when every tongue would confess that Jesus is Lord.

The demonstration before Jesus continued all the way down the western slopes of the Mount of Olives, across the valley of the Kidron and into the very city of Jerusalem itself. As usual under the circumstances, the excitement spread rapidly and carried many with it that knew nothing of the actual reason. Even the city of Jerusalem, with its multitudes of festival pilgrims, was violently moved. The popular enthusiasm was transmitted to all classes of people. The apostle Matthew declared that everyone began to question the identity of the man who had in this way, come into the city. The inhabitants of the city had had plenty of opportunity to know Him, but many had forgotten the great miracles done in their midst; others had come from a distance and had never come into any contact with His glorious work and message. In answer to this it was openly heralded before Him the He was Jesus, the Prophet from Nazareth in Galilee. Their knowledge was not all clear, and those that had a clear-cut understanding hesitated about making such a public statement of that fact. To proclaim and confess Him as the Messiah was a dangerous undertaking in the chief city of the Jews, since the high priests and members of the Sanhedrin had openly threatened such confessors with ex-communication. So, it is even today, that many are willing to proclaim Christ in the midst of a great multitude but are not willing to stand up of Jesus when the individual confession might cause them some unpleasantness or persecution.

As usual there were some Pharisees in the crowd and they began their usual grumbling, asking the Lord to rebuke and to silence His disciples. Their requests fell upon no agreement from Jesus. He told them that the very stones would burst forth in shouting if the disciples were to be quiet. Jesus accepted the praise of the throngs of people and permitted Himself to be proclaimed a king in Israel, and that the kingdom of Israel was His own kingdom and people. He accepted it, not because He glowed under the praises of man but because by so doing this, they were praising the glory of God the Father. The high Priests and great lords of Jerusalem could not bear this, and it disturbed them and made them even angrier. They were not concerned too much about the miracles because having seen they could not refute them. They permitted Him to make the blind see, the lame to be straight, and to do more such miracles. But that He should want to come riding into the city with singing and pomp, and without so much as asking their permission to do so did not suit them at all. They, who were always ready to judge the other man, were unable to see the beam in their own eye. They were aware that the performance of miracles was indeed something unusual but thought that to sing that He is Lord and king does not look good for a prophet. If He had gone first to the high priests and asked for permission, all might have been well. He did it without their permission, and being poor and uncluttered with worldly things, did not even own the c**t upon which He was riding. On top of that He had come so strongly against them and their will, and it angered them immensely.

Whether men praise Christ or not, He will and shall and must be praised. The pharisees wanted to silence the disciples in their praise of Christ but they could not make their desires carry any weight with Jesus. “As God can out of stones raise up children to Abraham,” so can He out of the mouths of those children, bring praises to God.

It has been said that “The Lord works in wonderous ways His wonders to perform.” In reading through the Bible of the accounts of the life of Jesus Christ we can see that not the least of these is His triumphal ride into Jerusalem upon a donkey. So great and perfect as Jesus Christ is and yet so humble and courageous that He could face torture and death because it had been willed by God the Father, is reason enough for praise. But that God should will that this be done for the sins of mankind, even for us, so that we would have a way open to us for becoming His children to spend all eternity with Him, demands not only our praise but our very lives, spent in His service.

May the peace of God which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Amen.

13/11/2025

Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost - Gospel: Luke 21:5-28 (29-36)

Prayer:
Almighty and most merciful God, as we contemplate Your Word as recorded in the Holy Bible, give us wisdom, strength and courage. Wisdom to be able to recognize Your handiwork in the events of today throughout the world and how these events effect our lives. Strength to be able to stand fast in faith against the evils of the world and carry out Your will for us. Courage to be able to pray for Christ’s glorious return and to be able to stand before His Holy Judgement.
And now may the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Thy sight, O God, our Creator and our Redeemer. Amen.

In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus Christ was telling the people of Israel what was going to happen before He again returns to the world to take command. In the same chapter of Luke, but in previous verses, He tells about the temple being torn down or destroyed completely. He also warns about being led astray from God’s word, saying that many will come in His name to make believe that they are Christ. He warned the Jews of Israel that they would be persecuted and hated and even put to death for His name's sake.

Recently a friend recommended to me that I read a book entitled, “The Late Great Planet Earth” written by Hal Lindsey. I found this book to be absolutely fascinating. Author Lindsey has lined up all the prophetic verses of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, and the results are intriguing to say the very least. It must be remembered that the interpretations are those of Hal Lindsey and are therefore not to be construed as God’s word, but I must say that the book is written very convincingly. He follows these prophetic verses up with his interpretations as to what has happened and what he expects to happen in the future. As far as has ever been determined Christ did not set any specific time or day or year in which he would return, but it would appear that there are many things that happen after each other, each dependent upon another, that must and will take place prior to His Coming.

In this chapter of Luke, the people of Israel are asking Jesus “what will be the sign of your coming?” and “what will be the sign of the end of the age?” This “coming” they were referring to is commonly known as the second coming of Christ. It was only natural that they wanted to know what signs would indicate His return to set up God’s promised Kingdom. In answering, Jesus gave many general signs involving world conditions. He said signs such as religious apostasy, wars, earthquakes, pestilences and famines would increase in frequency before His return. He foretold that the nation of Israel would be overcome, and its people scattered about the world, persecuted and then be restored again as a nation. The temple in Jerusalem would be destroyed and rebuilt again. When the time is at hand when Christ shall appear to rule over God’s Kingdom, Israel will be locked in war and Jerusalem will be surrounded. It will appear that nothing can save Jerusalem and Israel from total and complete destruction. It is in this context that Jesus presents an extremely important clue. It is the Parable of the Fig Tree. When the leaves come forth, you know summer is near – also when you see these things happen, know that the Kingdom of God is near.

According to Hal Lindsey, when the Jewish people, after nearly 2000 years of exile, and under the relentless persecution, become a nation again in May of 1948, the “fig tree” put forth its first leaves. Christ’s words are “Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place.” Author Lindsey interprets this to mean that the generation referred to would be the generation which sees the sign or the rebirth of the nation of Israel. A biblical generation is something like 40 years. If this is correct, then within 40 years or so from 1948, all of these things could take place. The stage was set further by the Israeli six-day blitz in 1967. On the third day of fighting, Moshe Dayan, the Israeli general marched to the Wailing Wall. This is the last remnant of the Old Temple. General Dayan is reported to have said, “We have returned to our holiest of holy places, never to leave her again.”

“There does remain one more event to completely set the stage for Israel’s part in the last great act of her historical drama,” writes the author Lindsey. “This is to rebuild the ancient Temple of worship upon its old site.” According to the Law of Moses, this is upon Mount Mariah, where the two previous temples were built. The first was built by Solomon 3000 years ago. The second Temple was built by the returning Babylonian exiles 2400 years ago. The second Temple was totally destroyed by Titres (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus) and the Roman Legions in the year 70 A.D.

The Temple site is now occupied by the “Dome of the Rock,” the second holiest place of the Muslim faith and believed to be built squarely in the middle of the old Temple site. However, Lindsey declares that Prophecy demands that the Temple be rebuilt, obstacle or no obstacle. After the Temple is rebuilt, Lindsey writes, the stage is set for the “abomination of desolation,” of desecration of the inner sanctum of the Temple, which will occur at the midway point of God’s last seven years of dealing with the Jewish people before setting up the long-awaited Kingdom of God as stated in Daniel 9:27. The apostle Paul speaks of this “abomination of desolation as a person who exalts himself above every object of worship and displays himself as being God. This then, sets the stage for other predicted signs to develop in history. Lindsey calls it the key piece of a jigsaw puzzle being found and then having the many adjacent pieces fall rapidly into place.

Today’s Gospel tells us there will be signs in sun, moon and stars as well as signs upon the earth and seas, men fainting from fear of what is happening on earth. Then the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Jesus was speaking to the Israelites at the time but His words to them then apply also to us now. We are still waiting for Christ to re-appear and He is telling us that when these things take place we should look up and raise our heads, for our redemption is near. We can be assured that Christ will come as described in today’s Gospel but just how these things will come about is pure conjecture. The important thing is that he is giving us signs by which we can see for ourselves that He is coming so that we, as Christians, can be ready for His return.

When Christ returns this time, he will not come as our Savior, but as our Judge. In that day He will separate the wheat from the chaff, the Christian from the non-Christian, the believer from the non-believer. With power and glory like we have never seen, He will arrive out of a cloud and claim us as His own for eternity. We know this because it is written in the Book of Truth.

In the same chapter of Luke, Jesus tells us that we will be persecuted for His name’s sake and that false prophets will come declaring that they are the Christ. Those who follow these false prophets will be condemned with them. He says, take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life and the day of God’s Judgement come upon you suddenly like a snare. For it will come upon all who dwell upon the face of the whole earth. We are to stand fast in faith, being ready and watchful for that day. We must “pray for strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of man.”

We do not know the day or hour of His coming, and it may well be at the time we may least expect it. We do know that the time is coming closer with each happening.

Time is growing shorter. Has the Church done all she can to bring the message of Christ’s Salvation to the peoples of the world? Is She doing all that can be done or is she getting tangled up in the cares of the world and overlooking some loose ends? Is the Church ready for Christ to come?

Are there things this congregation can do to prepare itself for Christ’s Judgement? Have the wishes of God been upheld in the teachings of this Temple of God? Has this congregation done all it can to reach God’s errant children or is there still work to be done?

The worldwide Church is composed of people – individuals who profess to be Christians, just like this congregation is composed of Christians. Then the next question must be answered on an individual basis in your own hearts and be reflected in your actions. Are you, personally, individually, ready for Christ? Can you, now, feel that if Christ were to come down this very moment, that you would be ready for His judgement? Is there someone you must forgive? Is there someone who needs your love? Is there some wrong which you can make right? There will not be time to do these things after Christ appears. If they are to be done by you, they must be done now in order to be ready for Christ's return. Then, as quickly as conditions change in the world today, we must keep ready. Once ready for Christ we must not allow ourselves the luxury of becoming complacent in our faith. Remembering the Parable of the Ten Virgins awaiting the Bridegroom, we cannot sleep so soundly that it interferes with being always ready for the Coming of Jesus Christ. We must keep our wicks trimmed and our lamps full of oil, so to speak. We must keep our faith strong and active and not let it grow stale through inactivity. In the words of today’s epistle reading: “May the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men, so that he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before Our God and Father, at the Coming of our Lord Jesus with all His Saints.” Paul put it this way in 1 Corinthians 15:58, “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”

As we see the world becoming more chaotic, we can be steadfast and immovable, because we know where it is going and where we are going. We know Christ will protect us until His purpose is finished and then He will take us to be with Him for eternity. We can “abound in His work” as we trust Him to work in us and know that it is not in vain because He will give us rewards to enjoy forever for every work of faith.

May the Peace of God which passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Amen.

09/10/2025

Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost - Gospel: Luke 17:11-19

Prayer:
Almighty and Everlasting God, whose mercies are new to us every day, and who, though we have no way deserved your goodness, has provided abundantly for all our wants of body and soul; Give us, we pray, your Holy Spirit, so that we may gratefully acknowledge your merciful goodness toward us and give thanks for all of your benefits and serve you in willing obedience, through Jesus Christ, your Son, Our Lord.
And now may the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hears be acceptable in your sight, O God, Our Creator and Our Redeemer. Amen.

Today’s Gospel reading brings us into contact with gratitude, or perhaps I should say, the lack of gratitude.

Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem and as He was making this journey He passes through Samaria and Galilee. He did not go to Jerusalem by the shortest route but journeyed by easy stages along the boundary between Samaria and Galilee, now in one, and then again in the other province. He preached and taught as the journey progressed and as the occasion offered. He found villages which had not yet heard the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and when He happened on to one of these, He stayed a while to give them the Good News.

As he was about to enter one of these villages, ten leprous men came forward to meet Him. Apparently, they had heard of Jesus and the wonderful healing He was able to accomplish in a way that no other person possibly could. The Jews considered leprosy to be the most terrible disease that could befall any man, and although they may not have been too sure of how the disease was actually spread, they did not want to run any risks of getting it and so they treated it as being very contagious. They were careful not to come into any contact with a person who had that dreaded disease.

The Jews supposed that leprosy was, more than any of the other diseases, a mark of God’s displeasure. The effects of it were terrible to behold. The flesh sort of rotted and fell away from the bones. Watery sores like ulcers covered the body and other than being painful, the sight was enough to tune people away in horror. One of the rules of the day was that l***rs could come no closer to other people than fifty yards and especially so if there happened to be a strong wind.

The Jews had no business or social dealings with the Samaritans because there was a sort of philosophical difference between them. The Jews believed in trying to carry out the extreme fine points of religious law and were constantly arguing these points. The Samaritans were not impressed with the Jews outward displays of righteousness and were more concerned with inward acceptance of God’s Love.

No self-respecting Jew would have anything whatsoever to do with a Samaritan and yet in this band of ten l***rs there was one Samaritan. And here is another example of one of the great laws of life. A common misfortune had broken down the racial and national and philosophical barriers. In their common tragedy of their leprosy, they had forgotten that they were Jews and Samaritans and remembered only that they were men in need. It has been said that if a flood surges over a piece of country and the wild animals congregate on some little bit of higher ground, you will see them standing together, animals who are natural enemies and who, at any other time, would have done their best to kill each other. Surely, one of the things which should draw all men together is their common need of God.

Observing the rule that they could not come into any near contact with healthy people, the l***rs did not come all the way to Jesus but stood at some distance; near enough, however, so that their hoarse voices could be heard. “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” They knew Jesus through the medium of the wonderful stories that had been told about Him. These messages concerning Christ had worked faith in their hearts and their plea for mercy was and expression of this faith. Jesus, seeing them, and fully aware of their plight told them to show themselves to the priests. It was commanded in the Law of Moses that such persons as supposed themselves to be cured of the dread disease of leprosy, or had actually been cured, must present themselves to the priests on duty at the Sanctuary in the village, in order that their condition might be attested to and established. If they had been cured of their sickness, they were required to bring certain prescribed sacrifices connected with their cleansing.

Jesus did not heal the sick men outright, in order not to arouse the opposition of priests unduly. They would have had the power, if they so chose, for enmity toward Him, to declare that the men were still leprous. Jesus combined tact and discretion with kindness and mercy. Therefore, it happened that the men became clean after they had left Jesus’ presence, while they were on their way to show themselves to the priests at the sanctuary. We see that their going, in these circumstances was, in itself, an act of faith. Without really seeing the miracle happen, they believed that it would happen, and so it came about.

Ten l***rs had shown faith. Ten l***rs had been healed. There is no story in all the Gospels which so keenly shows the ingratitude of man. The l***rs had come to Jesus with a desperate longing. He had cured them and nine never even came back to give thanks. Out of that entire number, only one felt the obligation to return to give thanks to the person who had cured them, and he was the Samaritan: the one looked down upon, ordinarily, by the Jews, because they thought themselves to be the deserving ones, who knew the laws of God in the most minute detail. So often, once a man has what he wants, he never comes back. Ingratitude is a common sin, and we can readily see that it takes many forms and shows itself in many ways. The nine l***rs were no different then, than many people are now.

So often children are ungrateful to their parents. There is a time in life when a couple of days neglect would have killed us. Of all living creatures man requires the longest to become able to meet the needs which are essential for life. There were long years when we were dependent on parents for literally everything. I am sure that most parents here can remember and illness to a child which they have brought into the world as a gift from God and had that illness very nearly s***f out the life of that child. The anxieties and the worries which plague many parents about their young are felt only because the child is loved. The parent gladly accepts, through love, the responsibility of caring for the child from birth. I say responsibility because that is what it is. Parents are responsible to God for the lives of their children. It has been said, “as the twig is bent, the tree will grow.” Parents are to show the way to salvation through Jesus Christ and the child guided by the parent will come to Christ in due time. At birth a child lives by instinct alone and the parent must provide the necessities to further this life. When the child is hungry or uncomfortable it cries, and this warns the parent that something needs to be taken care of. The parent sends the child to school so that its education in the necessary things of making a living can be learned. The parent clothes, feeds, educates, and loves the child beyond any deserving of the child but does so out of love and a responsibility toward God.

And yet the day comes when an aged parent is a nuisance, and few young people ever think of re-paying the debt they owe. A debt which can never be repaid in mere dollars and cents. It can only be repaid by love. As King Lear said in the day of his own tragedy: “How sharper that a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.”

So often we are ungrateful to our fellow man. There are few of us who have not at some time owed a very great deal to some fellow man. There is not one of us who can say that he is self-made. Throughout our lifetime we have come in contact with other people who have assisted us in one way or another and without these people we would not be where we are today. There are few of us who, at the time of receiving help from someone, believed that we would ever forget, and yet there are few of us who in the end satisfied the debt of gratitude that we owe. Some owe their lives to doctors who have made the correct diagnosis of illness and prescribed the cure. Some owe their life to a friend who was able to act correctly in time to prevent death. Some owe great debts to teachers who have helped shape the knowledge of great men. It often happens that someone does something for us which it is impossible to repay. The tragedy of life is that we do not even try to repay it. So often we are ungrateful to God. In some time of bitter need we pray with desperate intensity. When the need has passed, we tend to forget God and think that we are able to manage our own lives without His help. It behooves us all to remember that God has given us our time and our talents which we turn into a medium of exchange to provide ourselves with the creature comforts of this life, even the luxuries of living which we could live without, but which make the living so much more enjoyable.

It is not really our doing that finds us living in the country which has the highest living standard in the world today, but God’s gifts to us that have made it possible. Can we do less than be grateful to Him?

He gave His only Son to suffer and die for our sins, so that on that final day when we come before His judgement, our sins will not be seen by God but only the sinlessness of Jesus Christ. Can we do less than be grateful to Him?

Can we not thank Him daily for all the gifts He has given to us? Can we not thank God for the fact that we are here and able to worship Him in the way we choose? Can we not thank God for all things but above all let us thank Him for His Son, Jesus Christ.

May the Peace of God – Amen.

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