Bethany Lutheran Church

Bright Spirit | Bless

October 23, 2022 Pastor Kevin Lentz
Bethany Lutheran Church
Bright Spirit | Bless
Show Notes

People experience the church through our work that blesses others. The narrative around Christians is similar to that of Matthew. We vote, shout, protest, scream, carry signs, use bullhorns to tell everyone else how to live and yet do not lift a finger to help others. We should not neglect to show hospitality and love. We should see ourselves as servants as we follow Christ who in service to us gave everything.

Hebrews 13:1-3 (ESV)
Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.

Matthew 23:1-12 (ESV)
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.