Todays sermon was given by our priest in charge the Rev Nick Mwandia on the 17th Sunday after Trinity, 1st Octorber 2023. Download Mp3 HERE! Sermon starts at 2:32 Matthew 21 v 23-32 The Authority of Jesus Questioned 23 Jesus entered … Continue reading →
Todays sermon was given by our priest in charge the Rev Nick Mwandia on the 17th Sunday after Trinity, 1st Octorber 2023.
Download Mp3 HERE!
Sermon starts at 2:32
Matthew 21 v 23-32
The Authority of Jesus Questioned
23 Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and
the elders of the people came to him. “By what authority are you doing these
things?” they asked. “And who gave you this authority?”
24 Jesus replied, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by
what authority I am doing these things.
25 John’s baptism—where did it come from?
Was it from heaven, or of human origin?”
They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will
ask, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’
26 But if we say, ‘Of human origin’—we are
afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”
27 So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
Then he said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
28 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and
said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29 “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
30 “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I
will, sir,’ but he did not go.
31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The first,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are
entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
32 For John came to you to show you the
way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the
prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.