Sunday, November 19, 2023
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon Text: Zephaniah 1:7-16
"[7] Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the Lord is near; the Lord has prepared a sacrifice and consecrated his guests. [8] And on the day of the Lord's sacrifice ‘I will punish the officials and the king's sons and all who array themselves in foreign attire. [9] On that day I will punish everyone who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master's house with violence and fraud. [10] ‘On that day,’ declares the Lord, a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second Quarter, a loud crash from the hills. [11] Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar! For all the traders are no more; all who weigh out silver are cut off. [12] At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’ [13] Their goods shall be plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them.’ [14] The great day of the Lord is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter; the mighty man cries aloud there. [15] A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness, [16] a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements."
Sermon Theme: "Complacent Hearts"