Rev Bill

I have posted today’s sermon on my sermon blog. Based on the Old Testament and Gospel readings for the Third Sunday in Lent — Isaiah 55:1-9 and Luke 13:1-9 — it is entitled “Will We Get What We Pay For?”.

Here is a portion of it:

Our Old Testament lesson for today is an exception to that rule.
It may be true most of the time that you get what you pay for — and yet — here’s an offer that is for free.
Now — we all know that there’s no such thing as a free lunch — right?
And yet here is Isaiah giving us an image of God as a street merchant — hawking wine and milk that is free — wine and milk that has no price – that is free for the taking.
Now — if someone were to offer us wine and milk that is free — we just might be skeptical.
“What’s wrong with it?” we might ask.
“Has the wine soured?” “Does it taste like vinegar?” “Has the milk curdled”?
There is no such thing as a free lunch – and you get what you pay for.
And yet – here is God offering the very best — and offering it for free. In fact — God says that what we are working for — what we might be able to pay for — will never satisfy us. Only what God offers for free us will.
It makes no sense at all.
It goes against our better judgment.
We know we get what we pay for — don’t we?
And yet – this is God’s offer!

You can read the entire sermon here.

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