Sermon Notes for November 11, 2007

Sermon:  They, Too, Are God’s Children
Text:    Luke 20:27-40

Outline:
  l. Everyone asks, with the Sadducees, "How do we make the kingdom
     of God be the way we want it to be?"
  2. Since God’s own ways seem silly to us, we believe that the
     expansion of the kingdom depends on us.
  3. Yet "the kingdom of God certainly comes by itself without
     our prayer" (Luther’s Small Catechism, page 19) by his power alone.
  4. God's kingdom comes to us in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  5. The Father graciously expands his kingdom by means, Word
     and Sacrament, which create faith.

Children’s message:  Signs of Holy Places
Text:                Exodus 3:1-15