Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
“IF GOD IS FOR US”
Rev. Timothy D. Smith
7:30am & 9:00am Sunday, July 30, 2023 in the Sanctuary
Trinity Lutheran Church & School
Wausau, Wisconsin
As We Gather “All things work together for good,” today’s Epistle proclaims, “for those who love God” (Romans 8:28). That means us! But how does it happen that we love God? God predestined, called, justified, and glorified us, all because He loves us. He loved us so much that He “did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all” (Romans 8:32). By faith we are part of God’s people. By the grace of God, the Kingdom has been revealed to us like discovered treasure in a field or a pearl of great price, as Jesus teaches in two parables in the Gospel. Although as sinner-saints we may not perfectly endure tribulation, distress, and persecution, on the Last Day, by grace we shall be considered righteous because of all that God has done for us.
