Sermon: for 17th Sunday after Trinity 10.12.2025
They Remained Silent Luke 14:1-11 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. On one Saturday, Jesus was invited to the home of a ruler of the Pharisees for a meal. He had been invited for a purpose, “they were watching Him carefully.” They were watching Him carefully because many people were following Jesus, listening to what He had to say, hanging on Jesus’ words . On the other hand, the Pharisees seemed to have be losing some of their following. Jesus was invited to dine at the home of this Pharisees on this particular Sabbath in order that they might catch Jesus in a slip-up. They set up the conditions so that He would break the Sabbath – they believed that is what He would do. Why did they believe He would break the Sabbath? Because the Pharisees believed Jesus did not follow God’s Torah. They had a different view of the Sabbath than Jesus – their Creator and Torah-giver by the way – than they did. ...