Spirited Word
By God's Word proclaimed, the Holy Spirit works faith in God's grace in Jesus, when and where he pleases. Sermons by Pastor Adrian Kitson, Lutheran Church of Australia.
St Petri Lutheran Church, Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley, South Australia.
www.stpetri.org.au
Spirited Word
Palm Sunday: Face Like Flint
The world has taken many turns for the worst these last months. It is easy to worry and fret about what it all means. As Christians we ask why it is that the wicked seem to do so well and the everyday folks have to keep copping it!
Maybe it would be a good idea to switch off the news, the social media news feeds and whatever else contains all those voices of chaos and simply enter this journey with Jesus of his last week where he gets to the bottom of our sin barrel and creates a whole new future of this world.
Isaiah the prophet suggested similar to the people of God locked in a generational exile far from home. He speaks of this mysterious Suffering Servant to these suffering people.
Whoever this Suffering Servant is, he is sure that whatever he suffers, the Lord is with him in it and will one day deal with all suffering at the hands of evil.
The Servant says, ‘I set my face like flint’ and ‘do not hide my face’ from my accusers.
Sounds like Someone we know?
As Jesus descends into the place where darkness temporarily reigns this week, the prophet calls us Christians: Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on their God.
Pastor Adrian