"He Makes the Deaf Hear and the Mute Speak" Trinity 12 2022

Jesus recognizes this man’s bodily need and heals him. The man and his friends have exhausted every possible remedy. There is no technology, no medicine, and no miracle worker that has unshackled him from this burden. He gives the man what neither the man nor anyone else could give him. Jesus doesn’t free him from his body but restores his body in part to the Creator’s original intent. “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.” This kind of healing is never beyond our Creator; thus, we pray daily for the sick, the infirm, and those with any mental or physical disability. We trust that Jesus can and does heal according to His good and gracious pleasure.

And you, even if you have your five senses, must remember that the Holy Spirit inspired the prophets to speak of our whole condition as rebels as a kind of deafness. Jesus today is teaching us that not only does He heal mental and physical disability, but He comes to set us free from our spiritual disability. The broader context of Jesus restoring senses is that He is about restoring your fear, love, and trust in Him above all things. He is opening your ears, implanting His Word in your hearts, and loosening your tongue to confess faith in Him.

Join the congregation of St. John in prayer each day and for Divine Service each Sunday at 9:30 am, Wednesdays at 7:00 pm, and on festival days, where God serves us with His gifts of forgiveness, life, and salvation.

SUPPORT:
* Website: https://stjohnrandomlake.org/support/
* Text GIVE to (920) 843-9323 (standard data and messaging rates apply).
* Mail: St. John Ev. Lutheran Church, W5406 Hwy SS, Random Lake, WI 53075

CONTACT and FOLLOW:
* Map: W5406 Highway SS, Random Lake, Wisconsin https://goo.gl/maps/YCoyfG5WZMz
* Website: https://stjohnrandomlake.org
* Email mailto:church@stjohnrandomlake.org
* Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stjohnrandomlake/
* Twitter https://twitter.com/STJLRandomLake
* Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stjohnrandomlake/
* Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/st-john-ev-lutheran-church-and-school-random-lake

SUBSCRIBE:
* YouTube Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMWtSsXOUVtdebFLYNWrbhA?sub_confirmation=1
* YouTube Live https://www.youtube.com/c/stjohnrandomlake/live
* Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stjohnrandomlake/live
* Odysee https://odysee.com/$/invite/@stjohnshermancenter:1
* Rumble https://rumble.com/c/c-811077
* Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/shermancenter

* Anchor (podcast) https://anchor.fm/stjohnrandomlake
* Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sermons-of-rev-christopher-r-gillespie/id1344559511
* Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2ANc5uTut6dXPyeUEsPspY
* Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1344559511
* Google Play https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yNWM5NzAwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz