Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
“Time Is Short”
Rev. James L. Mayland
7:30am & 9am Sunday, October 22, 2023 in the Sanctuary
Trinity Lutheran Church & School
Wausau, Wisconsin
As We Gather One of the most famous sayings of Jesus appears to provide a neat and tidy divide between the worldly power of government and the spiritual power of the Church. Is that really what Christ is doing? Is He marking the divide or is He commending all things and the ultimate authority to the saving purpose of our heavenly Father? The things that belong to Caesar appear to be valuable in the moment but are temporary and temporal. The things of God are everything—all things in heaven and earth. They are eternal. In reality, there is nothing that does not belong to God, although the Lord assigns different people with the different responsibilities of church and state. In this question of who is in charge, God makes it clear that He is always in charge and always working for our salvation.
