Sermon: What Causes You to Trip and Fall?

 My wife and I enjoy hiking along paths in the mountains and woods. From time to time one of us, while failing to pay attention to ourselves due to a great view or some wildlife in the area, will trip on a rock protruding from a path. Jesus uses this image when He says in speaking of our “hike” of faith, “Temptations to sin are sure to come.” The word that Jesus uses here is the Greek word “skandalon.”

 It’s the word for scandal. A “skandalon” is a stick, a stone, or a rock on a path that causes a person to trip and fall. Walking through the rocky, uneven path of this life in which sin, doubt, disease, and death are strewn all over the place, there are no shortages of things that cause us to trip and fall in our “hike” of faith. “Temptations to sin are sure to come…” But just as surely, a day is coming when every temptation to sin will be gone, every ‘skandalon’ will be removed, and there will be no more falling, only rising. 

Rising to be welcomed home by our Lord Jesus Christ, and perfectly reconciled to God and every brother and sister in Christ. Until then, “Pay attention to yourselves!”
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Trinity Lutheran Church, School and Child Care have been "Making Known the Love of Christ" in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and throughout the world since 1853 as a congregation gathering around God's Word and Sacraments to receive forgiveness and life everlasting. Trinity is located in downtown Sheboygan, only one block from the Mead Public Library and the Weill Center for the Performing Arts. We invite you to visit us in person!

Trinity Lutheran Sheboygan is a proud member of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Visit their website: https://www.lcms.org/​​​​

Music for this production was obtained through a licensing agreement with One License, LLC. The copyright permission to reprint, podcast, and record hymns and songs is acquired through ID Number: 730195-A

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