Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church Sermon Podcast - Milton, Wa (lcms)

+ 7th Sunday after Pentecost – July 19th, 2020 + Series A: Isaiah 44:6-8; Romans 8:18-27; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Beautiful Savior Lutheran Milton, WA “The Parable of the Weeds” Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Chances are that when you pick up a new book and look at the dust jacket or when a friend recommends a new show to watch on Netflix, you ask, “What’s the story about?” Jesus’ parables are no different. A sower, a field, good seeds, wheat and weeds, enemies, servants, and harvest time. What’s this parable all about? It is a story about many things: trust, patience, and the Lord’s deliverance; the problem of evil and the end times. For such a short parable, there’s quite a lot going on. But the thread that holds it all together is the Lord’s patience and mercy, his longsuffering. You O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Keep those words in mind as our Lord explains the parable i