Sermon: Matthew 20:1-16
October 9th, 2008 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 CommentsI have finally posted my sermon from last week on my sermon blog. It’s based on Matthew 20:1-16, and entitled “You Can Come As You Are — But You Can’t Stay As You Are”.
Here’s a portion of it:
Maybe you’ve heard the story about the boy who – on his birthday – was outside playing – - and heard his mother calling him to come inside. He figured that his mother never called him unless she wanted him to do something like clean his room or some such chore — so he decided that it was his birthday — he had no intention of doing chores — and he would just hide in the garage until she gave up on finding him.
Well — little did he know that his mother had planned a surprise birthday party for him — and all his friends were gathered inside waiting for the guest of honor to appear.
He also didn’t know that his mother noticed him slipping into the garage — and figured out what he was doing.
Instead of going into the garage after him, she went inside and held the party without him. He missed his own party because he wouldn’t respond when his mother called.
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