Discipleship Sermon IIII
Mission Today's discipleship sermon is about the mission. In today's Gospel we hear about how Jesus imagines his mission happening. And it is interesting that Jesus describes this mission as someone planting a little seed in their garden only to have a strong tree take root and house the birds of the air, or as a woman adding a little yeast to the dough to make a batch of bread... The problem is we're so familiar with these parables we don't let them shock us anymore... The truth is, I do not think this is how we expect Jesus to describe the way God's Kingdom comes. Let us pause to notice who Jesus preaches to; the type of people Jesus sends, and how Jesus sends these folks... I mean, let's just take a second to notice who Jesuspreaches to : Jesus is preaching to those who have lost it all, Those who are hungry, Those who are weeping, Those who have been the target of malicious rumors. These are the kind of people...