Lutheran - St. Paul's Sydney Podcast
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Sydney, Australia.A regular podcast from Pastor Richard Schwedes and guests at St Paul's Sydney Lutheran Church, Australia. www.sydney.lutheran.org.au
Lutheran - St. Paul's Sydney Podcast
19th. Sunday after Pentecost - Bear with 0ne another - and clothe yourself in Love.
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Pastor Richard Schwedes
This week in our Gospel reading, Mark 9:38-50, Jesus tells us that everyone will be salted with fire.
Salt water can cleanse a cut or a scrape, and salt in our tears can cleanse our inner wounds as we release our cries of repentance.
Sanctification can be painful, like removing a foot, or a hand, or an eye, as even the deepest parts of ourselves are transformed from who we are today into who God is shaping us to be.
Is there a time when the pain of your sin made you feel like you were burning?
How did God take that pain away?
Todays' sermon was written and presented by Bishop Paul Smith.