16th Sunday after Pentecost 2024

Grace Lutheran Church of Lily Lake

Worship service

September 8th, 2024

TODAY’S THEME: James tells us to stop showing favoritism in the assembly,

treating the rich visitor with more honor than the poor one. Jesus himself

seems to show partiality in his first response to the Syrophoenician woman in

today’s gospel. Was he testing her faith in saying Gentiles don’t deserve the

goods meant for God’s children? Or was he speaking out of his human worldview,

but transcended those limits when she took him by surprise with her reply?

Either way, the story tells us that God shows no partiality. Everyone who

brings a need to Jesus is received with equal honor as a child and heir.

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