Sermon given on the Second Sunday of Advent, December 6, 2009, at Wooddale Lutheran Church by Pastor Tim Rauk. Text is Luke 3:3-9.
Sometimes it’s really hard to get people’s attention.
Why you bunch of hypocritical venomous snakes. Why are you here today? You come here in your big cars and your fancy clothes, to this big expensive church and sing pretty, nice hymns and say things that make you feel good; throw a few coins in the plate, and then go home and worship the only things we build cathedrals to worship today: professional football.
You talk about Christ changing your life.. But you go out of here with no intention of living any differently than you did when you came in. Let’s see some action for a change instead of just a lot of talk and empty promises.
And don’t think that you can comfort yourself by saying that you’re children of God. Or “I’m a lifelong Lutheran.” Why I tell you, God could take these hymnals and make them into his children. God could take lutefisk and make it into Lutherans. I tell you, none of this makes any difference to God at all.
Already God is prepared to cut it all away and all those who have no room in their life for God are going to find that … God just may find it hard to make room for them.
So you better wake up. You better be prepared for nothing will stand as it is when God comes. Everything will be shaken up. So you better get ready.



