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Homilies on Matthew 21

You searched for sermons from the Book of: Matthew 21
 
Red-Carpet Day  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 1–11
Summary: Jesus’ popularity was at its peak on Palm Sunday and in the pits five days later. But his apparent has-been situation, his position of weakness, enables us to be saved by grace.
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A Vignette From the Vineyard  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 23–32
Matthew 21: 28–32 for LFM
Summary: Jesus uses a family drama to offer some hard teachings about faithfulness, and he gives us a snapshot of life in the church and the world that is just as applicable now as it was then.
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A Tale of Two Sons  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 23–32
Matthew 21: 28–32 for LFM
Summary: God calls us to serve. God entrusts us with the responsibility to work in God’s vineyard. If God does not doubt our ability, who are we to argue? We are called to say yes to God and offer our best effort.
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Don’t Milli Vanilli Your Faith  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 23–32
Matthew 21: 28–32 for LFM
Summary: The life of faith is not simply about being able to mouth the right words. God is looking for those who are willing to get their hands dirty for the sake of his kingdom.
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Showing Up  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 23–32
Matthew 21: 28–32 for LFM
Summary: Scheduling is tricky. Whether we’re on the inviting or the attending side of things, and whether we have responded “yes” or “no,” circumstances may change whether we “show up.” Jesus takes this common experience and helps us notice the ways we do this with God as well. Surprisingly, the people we least expect are the ones who tend to show up for God, while the highly “religious” often don’t. What about us?
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Called to Walk  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 23–32
Summary: The work of Christians is to be focused on building up, not tearing down. It is to reach out a helping hand, not to point fingers. Christ has shown us what to do, and has illustrated it by his life of love and healing. That is where we are called to walk.
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The Right Deed  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 28–32
Summary: God wants us to work on the intentions of our heart, but as this parable shows us, the right action or the right deed is good enough for a start. Our intentions can catch up as we allow the grace of God to permeate our lives along the way.
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Fruits of the Kingdom  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 33–46
Matthew 21: 33–43 for LFM
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Jesus presents the church as a vineyard, one in which we can engage in fights or in fruitful labor. When harvest time comes, he wants us to be able to give good produce to God.

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Whose Church?  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 33–46
Matthew 21: 33–43 for LFM
Summary: It’s natural for Christians to refer to the congregations they belong to as “my church,” but thinking that we really “own” the church can be a problem. In our text from Matthew, Jesus tells a parable directed at the religious authorities of his time in Jerusalem who acted as though they owned the temple and the community associated with it. Even though he was rejected by those authorities, Jesus has become the foundation of the church that is called to proclaim him.
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Jesus Doesn’t Need a Fan Club  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 33–46
Matthew 21: 33–43 for LFM
Summary: Jesus doesn’t want fans. He wants disciples who bear good fruit.
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Stealing Fruit  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 33–46
Matthew 21: 33–43 for LFM
Summary: This challenge by Jesus to the keepers of the “vineyard” in his day is a challenge to today’s church. We are “tenants,” holding a “vineyard” in trust for God. What kind of tenants are we?
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You Just Don't Get It, Do You!  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 33–46
Summary: Sometimes when we’re confronted by truth, we miss the point completely; other times we understand it, but only at an objective level, without letting it change us. And the there are the times when we get it!
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Hostile Takeover  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 33–46
Summary:  Jesus told a parable about a vineyard owner who rented his fields to farmer-tenants who then refused to pay the rent. It reminds us that nothing really belongs to us and that everything we have is a gift of God. It also suggests that one day, God may call us to “collect the rent” from a hostile group of people who need to experience the grace of God.
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From Outsider to Insider  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 33–46
Matthew 21: 33–43 for LFM
Summary: Jesus’ parable of the wicked tenants serves as a warning to “insiders” not to take their status for granted. At the same time, the parable is an invitation to “outsiders” to receive God’s grace.
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Bicycle Mechanics and the Patience of God  Click here Click title to view sermon Matthew 21: 33–43
Summary:  That God is patient with us is a primary message of the Bible. Instead of an angry Deity ready to chuck us out, he is the one who is patiently working in us, against our sins surely, but for us so that we become the people we were created to be.
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