Lectionary Homily for Reformation Day [2021]

Corey J. Mahler – Confident.Faith · Nov 5, 2021 · 10m

Revelation 14:6–7 Psalm 46 Romans 3:19–28 John 8:31–36 Matthew 11:12–19 The Jews were incensed: ‘We have never been enslaved.’ How could this Man tell them that He could set them free if they were not slaves? Surely some heard His words as holding the promise of deliverance from Rome — surely a sentiment with which we can nearly commiserate on Reformation Day. Others seemed to call to mind more literal, physical chains than those that bind Satan in the pit. Undoubtedly, they recalled to mind the slavery of their ancestors in Egypt, but they had never — themselves — been slaves…