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to seal their wills in Jesus trust A sermon that time Jesus invalidated his own sermon ( parable ): This might be the turning point in the whole Gospel. With this incident, the cross doesn’t just become inevitable; the resurrection does, too. Here, Christ turns everything , in the immortal words of Diana Ross, upside down , inside out , and round and ‘round . Yes, I know it looks like just another miracle, but with this miracle, Christ outdoes himself ! Literally ! And I don’t mean figuratively , either! I literally mean literally ! With this miracle, Christ literally outdoes HIMSELF! Let me tell you what I mean: But to do that, we have to go back a few weeks. And then, after that, we have to go back to last week. Are you willing to go there with me? Good! Ok. Remember a few weeks ago when Jesus told that parable about the sower and the different types of soil? There was the hard roadside soil, the shallow soil, the weed- infested soil, and then the good soil. And remember, ...

and i don't think you even see it in yourself The holy Gospel according to St. Mark the 10th chapter ! Daylight Savings Sunday. Easily the w orst Sunday of the year! You all half -awake, half -asleep. Perfectly grumpy ! Barely here. And I want to shake you awake! Get you a little more lively. And in so doing, I prove I am a lot like James and John… …You might remember on Ash Wednesday we reviewed one of Luther’s finer theological points; God’s proper work and God’s alien work. Quickly: God’s proper work is, in love, raising and restoring us. & God’s alien work is, in love, humbling us and taking us down a peg. The reason God works in a way so foreign to God’s character is because as sinful creatures, we regularly fool ourselves into believing we are alright on our own , thank you very much.   So God, in love, will come and show us otherwise , so that when we’ve been humbled we will be ready to look to God! God who’s prop...