Video and Sermon of Divine Service for 17th Sunday after Pentecost

Divine Service at St. Luke, Rensselaer 17 th Sunday after Pentecost Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:1-10 O Lord, your Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. The Apostle Paul closes his first letter to Timothy with the exhortation, “ O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you .” Three years later, in AD 68, the aging Paul who knows that his days are now limited as he awaits his execution by the emperor Nero, writes again to Timothy offering strong words of encouragement. “ Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you .” (1 Timothy 1:13-14) The word “deposit” is a connecting point between the two l...