Thank you, Pastor, I missed these! The most liberating thing about the theology of good works is that we don't even know we are doing them. Since they are the fruit of faith, Christians can't help but carry out good works. Although, I really should take out the trash more often.
Christians can't help but carry out good works? Can you give specific examples of what you mean by that? What exact good work do you carry out as part of your Christian duty?
@@desmondesmond7424 Fighting fot the faith on youtube is also lutheran, and he explains I no longer know exactly what video it was but the good works themselves, being (Ehpesians 6): your good work as a good husband and a good wife and a good child as a good parent, helping your children with their homework is a good thing. Work in God's book, husbands emptying the dishwasher is a good work, women cooking is a good work in the Lord, children taking out the garbage is a good job, helping your child when he or she is sick, is a good job. You don't have to go to the end of the world to do good works, they are everywhere in life
@@desmondesmond7424 more concrete examples of good works as Lutherans would see them are making dinner for your family, being a good boss or employee, helping your neighbor mow the lawn, reading to your child at night. Basically, anything that helps another person, when done in faith, is a good work. As Christians we live our lives just like everyone else, and we are completely unaware of the good works we do, for the most part. They aren’t simply these extrodinary works like building wells for those who have no water, though indeed, that too would be one.
@@Aleks-JesusismyLORD But these good deeds are not specific to being a Christian. I am not a Christian and I do all these things (other than fighting for the Lutheran faith on UA-cam, obviously). It's called being a decent person. It's not something I need to be told to be by a God. I do find it odd that Christians pick and choose passages from the Bible in terms what it means to be a good Christian. Jesus didn't say anything about taking out the trash or cooking your husband's dinner (I find that incredibly sexist by the way - I don't need my dinner cooked for me, I can cook for myself thank you very much). Christ was very specific about what it meant to be one of his followers. Throw away your material wealth or give it to the poor because you don't need it. Then follow me. Something along those lines anyway. Again, I go back to Matthew 19:21-24. I am afraid, according to those passages, you have absolutely ZERO chance of entering the Kingdom of Heaven. Sorry to break that one to you.
While we are here we have God’s work to do and OH the glorious rest that awaits us when our work is done. No task it too small. It may not be a huge impact to the world but a smile and kind word may mean everything to one person. God’s Will be done.
I heard an interesting thought recently though that, like Christ, our self-giving to others will not be over when we receive our glorified bodies, it will just be beginning. But then it will be done more joyfully to one another. The glorified Christ still gives himself away (Lewis pictures him as a waterfall continually pouring Himself out.) in service and so will we.
Being the text for our sermon too, it prompted this thought/family discussion afterwards. (And I'm not touching on salvitical issues.) Indeed, Jesus does not mention heroic deeds. Nor does he mention the tiniest of human needs or wants in regards to ministry. He drills into parts of (now called) Maslow's hierarchy of needs: Food, drink, welcoming, clothes, visits to sick, visits to prison. And that's it. Physiological needs: food, drink, clothes. Safety needs: Maybe clothes too, but welcoming the stranger. In OT times hospitality was so important, that it included the safety of the overnight (stranger) guest. Think of Lot and his guest. Love and belonging: the prisoner and the sick? Obviously there are multiple needs met at once in clothing and visiting. The Good Samaritan covers a few in that list. Just a thought. Thanks Rev BM.
Gentle Pastor, please explain the Lutheran perspective about the Scripture about the people where "...one will be taken and one will be left...." I know you've taught on this passage in the past but I can't find it. Thank you.
Love this perspective on works in the end times and the term "resume good works" . The dragon we need to crusade against is the guy siting by the side of the parking lot needing a meal and a friend, or the single Mom need diapers or the forgiveness of the friend/loved one who has betrayed us. You and Ravi Zacharias point my mornings to Jesus, God be praised. Forgive the next comment please, but do you know who Clutch Cargo is? Every time I watch you I see him, strange mind that I have. Thanks for your teachings.
8:49 No, this isn't Lutheran or a mystery. It's the standard christian and pretty widespread non-christian defence for their God, which is basically the argument of "heads, I win, tail, you loose".
Isn't Jesus referring to His messengers? The Apostles or sim[ply the pastors within His Church ,the Office of the Keys? In other words support His Church?
His messengers just got out of a Detroit prison today. THey served 10 years behind bars. One of them molested a 3 year old, and the other one, well, shot a 76 year old in the chest after robbing his home in Cali back in 2010 after demanding for the man to hand over the gangster pounds of cocaine, and crack.
@@williammetz7500 I am sure you do think that. The Pastor is clearly a very intelligent and personable human being. But honest? I have absolutely no idea how any intelligent person can preach the Word of God. For what evidence do we have? None. None whatsoever. We are not children. We are not living in the dark ages. In the West we are privileged to have personal freedoms that allow us to have this sort of conversation online. So why would anyone preach the word of God? It does not make sense. Unless. Unless, of course, it is for monetary gain. That is not honest in my opinion.
@@desmondesmond7424 you’ve accused Pastor of lying (with zero evidence). Now you’re falsely accusing him of preaching for monetary gain. How about you come down to Austin and sit in with us one Sunday. I’m sure pastor would be willing to talk with you over a coffee.
There’s far more evidence for Christianity than there is evidence for the accusations you’ve lobbed at pastor. He’s not a prosperity preacher. He’s not making tons of money. In fact, as I recall, we keep him locked in the tower and sustain him on buckets of boiled fish heads.🤔
This is so revolutionary: ‘find the readiness for the last day in the need of my neighbour’. Quite extraordinary and counter intuitive. Thank you.
Yaaaay! Sunday drive home!!!! So happeeeee!😁
Thank you, Pastor, I missed these! The most liberating thing about the theology of good works is that we don't even know we are doing them. Since they are the fruit of faith, Christians can't help but carry out good works. Although, I really should take out the trash more often.
Christians can't help but carry out good works? Can you give specific examples of what you mean by that? What exact good work do you carry out as part of your Christian duty?
@@desmondesmond7424 Fighting fot the faith on youtube is also lutheran, and he explains I no longer know exactly what video it was but the good works themselves, being
(Ehpesians 6): your good work as a good husband and a good wife and a good child as a good parent, helping your children with their homework is a good thing.
Work in God's book, husbands emptying the dishwasher is a good work, women cooking is a good work in the Lord, children taking out the garbage
is a good job, helping your child when he or she is sick, is a good job.
You don't have to go to the end of the world to do good works, they are everywhere in life
@@Aleks-JesusismyLORD exactly! You took the words right out of my mouth. Thanks!
@@desmondesmond7424 more concrete examples of good works as Lutherans would see them are making dinner for your family, being a good boss or employee, helping your neighbor mow the lawn, reading to your child at night. Basically, anything that helps another person, when done in faith, is a good work. As Christians we live our lives just like everyone else, and we are completely unaware of the good works we do, for the most part. They aren’t simply these extrodinary works like building wells for those who have no water, though indeed, that too would be one.
@@Aleks-JesusismyLORD But these good deeds are not specific to being a Christian. I am not a Christian and I do all these things (other than fighting for the Lutheran faith on UA-cam, obviously). It's called being a decent person. It's not something I need to be told to be by a God.
I do find it odd that Christians pick and choose passages from the Bible in terms what it means to be a good Christian. Jesus didn't say anything about taking out the trash or cooking your husband's dinner (I find that incredibly sexist by the way - I don't need my dinner cooked for me, I can cook for myself thank you very much). Christ was very specific about what it meant to be one of his followers. Throw away your material wealth or give it to the poor because you don't need it. Then follow me. Something along those lines anyway. Again, I go back to Matthew 19:21-24. I am afraid, according to those passages, you have absolutely ZERO chance of entering the Kingdom of Heaven. Sorry to break that one to you.
Glad to have SUNDAY DRIVE HOME! Loved the Service also. God's peace be with you
Wow, that is such a humbling quote and it gives glory where it belongs.
Thanks
I turned this on just moments after LITERALLY taken the trash out to the road like I do every week! 🤣🤣😂🤣 So thankful for Sunday Drive Home!!!
The Augustine quote is from:
Retractions I, 19:3; quoted in Apology IV:172
Yes, the goats were proud of the good things they had done and had no faith.
And it's very visible in the agnostics and gentle atheists, who think that they'll be saved for being a "good person."
“Knights of the End of the World.” I like that.
Yaaay, Sunday Drive Home!!
I love “Sunday Drive Home” 😀
That St. Augustine quote is awesome. Unfortunately I haven’t found the reference on the net.
Love having Sunday Drive Home back. Don’t like coveting your beautiful weather. 😁
Thank you!!!
While we are here we have God’s work to do and OH the glorious rest that awaits us when our work is done. No task it too small. It may not be a huge impact to the world but a smile and kind word may mean everything to one person. God’s Will be done.
I heard an interesting thought recently though that, like Christ, our self-giving to others will not be over when we receive our glorified bodies, it will just be beginning. But then it will be done more joyfully to one another. The glorified Christ still gives himself away (Lewis pictures him as a waterfall continually pouring Himself out.) in service and so will we.
Being the text for our sermon too, it prompted this thought/family discussion afterwards.
(And I'm not touching on salvitical issues.)
Indeed, Jesus does not mention heroic deeds. Nor does he mention the tiniest of human needs or wants in regards to ministry.
He drills into parts of (now called) Maslow's hierarchy of needs: Food, drink, welcoming, clothes, visits to sick, visits to prison. And that's it.
Physiological needs: food, drink, clothes.
Safety needs: Maybe clothes too, but welcoming the stranger. In OT times hospitality was so important, that it included the safety of the overnight (stranger) guest. Think of Lot and his guest.
Love and belonging: the prisoner and the sick?
Obviously there are multiple needs met at once in clothing and visiting. The Good Samaritan covers a few in that list.
Just a thought.
Thanks Rev BM.
Gentle Pastor, please explain the Lutheran perspective about the Scripture about the people where "...one will be taken and one will be left...." I know you've taught on this passage in the past but I can't find it. Thank you.
Hi. I was on Tuesday morning Nov24th I’m the ex jdub. Thank you for that extra time.
Love this perspective on works in the end times and the term "resume good works" . The dragon we need to crusade against is the guy siting by the side of the parking lot needing a meal and a friend, or the single Mom need diapers or the forgiveness of the friend/loved one who has betrayed us.
You and Ravi Zacharias point my mornings to Jesus, God be praised.
Forgive the next comment please, but do you know who Clutch Cargo is? Every time I watch you I see him, strange mind that I have.
Thanks for your teachings.
Happy to hear the Sunday Drive Home Music again! Be Safe out there. HEY, did you leave Marty at church? He's not buckled up in the back seat.
Amen
That passage is about how to treat fellow Christians right?
End of the church year 3 weeks previous? Like mid-Nov?
thanks. how slow driving you are that even the truck were overtaking toy hehehe
Ack! Everbook is perilously unbuckled. Backseat Luther is unavailable for comment.
Hannah Arendt?
May have been Hannah Arendt that watched the trials
Hanna Arendt
8:49 No, this isn't Lutheran or a mystery.
It's the standard christian and pretty widespread non-christian defence for their God, which is basically the argument of "heads, I win, tail, you loose".
Whoever gave the thumbs-down, you, sir / madam, are a cotton-headed-ninnymuggin.
Isn't Jesus referring to His messengers? The Apostles or sim[ply the pastors within His Church ,the Office of the Keys? In other words support His Church?
His messengers just got out of a Detroit prison today. THey served 10 years behind bars. One of them molested a 3 year old, and the other one, well, shot a 76 year old in the chest after robbing his home in Cali back in 2010 after demanding for the man to hand over the gangster pounds of cocaine, and crack.
IAM are you
Already a dislike? Who did you anger?
It wasn't me. I have the decency to tell Pastor Bryan exactly what I think of his lies.
@@desmondesmond7424 I happen to know the Most Holy Reverend Father and he seems like an honest chap to me.
@@williammetz7500 I am sure you do think that. The Pastor is clearly a very intelligent and personable human being. But honest? I have absolutely no idea how any intelligent person can preach the Word of God. For what evidence do we have? None. None whatsoever.
We are not children. We are not living in the dark ages. In the West we are privileged to have personal freedoms that allow us to have this sort of conversation online. So why would anyone preach the word of God? It does not make sense. Unless. Unless, of course, it is for monetary gain. That is not honest in my opinion.
@@desmondesmond7424 you’ve accused Pastor of lying (with zero evidence). Now you’re falsely accusing him of preaching for monetary gain. How about you come down to Austin and sit in with us one Sunday. I’m sure pastor would be willing to talk with you over a coffee.
There’s far more evidence for Christianity than there is evidence for the accusations you’ve lobbed at pastor. He’s not a prosperity preacher. He’s not making tons of money. In fact, as I recall, we keep him locked in the tower and sustain him on buckets of boiled fish heads.🤔
Over 12 minutes and hardly said very much. he brought attention to his perfect hair twice.