Preachrblog

Lent 4 March 30 th , 2014 John 9:1-41 Our Savior Lutheran Church, Whitefish Bay, WI It is part and parcel of our sinful nature to get things wrong. Turned around. Backwards, even. We make ourselves God, and try to make God answer to us. We tell ourselves that God somehow owes us, and we live in denial that we owe him everything and more. We think we please him with our good works, rather than trust that Christ has pleased God with his good work for us. We have a keen sense of justice when we are wronged, but are quite lax and flexible with the law applied to ourselves. We selectively apply the rules of politeness, kindness, and regard for our neighbor. We know our neighbor's sins all too well, especially those sins against us. But when we sin, we are quick with excuses and rationalizations. We think we know, when we are ignorant. We think we hear, when we are really deaf. We think we see, when we are truly blind. The Pharisees were no diffe...