How Good Is Good Enough? | Matthew 5:17-26 | Trinity 6

Making Friends | Luke 16:1-13 | Trinity 9 (Pastor Kress)

Making Friends | Luke 16:1-13 | Trinity 9 (Pastor Kress)

A Godly Wife, What Man Can Find? | Proverbs 31:10-31 | Wedding of Kaibo Feng & Sarah Clanton

Proverbs 31:10-31 | Wedding Sermon In this wedding sermon for Kaibo and Sarah, Pastor Rojas walks through Proverbs 31 as what it actually is: the final word of a book that has spent thirty chapters training a son’s eyes toward true wisdom—not a scorecard for wives, but an oracle taught to a king by his own mother, an acrostic poem, A to Z, pointing to a woman whose strength, generosity, and fearlessness all flow from one root: the fear of the Lord. But the question “who can find her” doesn’t stop with marriage. It reaches all the way to the cross. Because none of us can earn our way into being found — not by a spouse, and not by God. We are found. Christ himself spent his life seeking a bride who could never make herself worthy, and he paid for her with his own blood. Every ounce of value you have was set not by what you’ve done, but by what he was willing to pay. This sermon is for anyone getting married, anyone already married, and anyone who has ever wondered whether they’re loved because they’re good enough — or because Someone decided they were worth everything, long before they had anything to offer. Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith. 🎧 Spotify: Christ For You 🇧🇷 Portuguese Podcast (“Cristo Para Você”) 🌐 Website: https://www.zionwg.org/podcast Looking for a faithful Confessional Lutheran church in the Winter Garden, Florida area? We’d love to welcome you to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. To support the preaching of God’s Word through this podcast and other outreach efforts, visit: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZCN9/home

Beware of False Prophets | Matthew 7:15-23 | Trinity 8 (Pastor Frye)

Beware of False Prophets | Matthew 7:15-23 | Trinity 8 (Pastor Frye)

When Jesus Called Your Name | John 20:1–18 | St. Mary Magdalene & Baptism of Maria Madeline Hageman

Mary Magdalene stands at the empty tomb, staring directly at the risen Jesus — and doesn’t recognize him. She mistakes her own Savior for a gardener. If the woman who watched him die can miss the resurrection standing three feet away, what hope do the rest of us have of recognizing what God is doing in our own lives? In this sermon, preached for the baptism of Mary Madeline, Pastor Rojas walks through Jesus’ resurrection appearance to Mary Magdalene and shows that an empty tomb — even proof itself — is not enough to create faith. Left to ourselves, we stand in the wreckage of grace and call it an ordinary morning. But He doesn’t leave her there. Jesus doesn’t argue Mary into belief. He speaks one word — her name — and grief becomes worship. That is the same voice that spoke over Mary Madeline in her Baptism: the Good Shepherd calling his own sheep by name before they have done anything to earn the hearing of it. Faith isn’t your achievement. It’s his voice landing on you and making you his own.

How Good Is Good Enough? | Matthew 5:17-26 | Trinity 6

How Good Is Good Enough? | Christ For You Matthew 5:20-26 | Trinity 6 How good is good enough to get into heaven? Is it enough to be a good person? To keep the Ten Commandments? To be better than average? That’s what millions of people believe. But what if Jesus says even the most outwardly righteous people who ever lived weren’t good enough? In this Trinity 6 sermon, Pastor Rojas walks through Jesus’ shocking words from the Sermon on the Mount and shows that the Fifth Commandment was never merely about murder, but about the heart. Jesus exposes the impossible standard of God’s Law, leaving every sinner without excuse and every self-righteous hope shattered. But He doesn’t leave us there. Jesus did not come merely to teach the Law. He came to fulfill it. Every commandment He kept, He kept in your place. Every act of perfect obedience was rendered on your behalf. His death forgives your sins, and His perfect righteousness is given to you as a free gift through faith. If your death should come tomorrow, your eternal life does not depend on the life you lived, but on the life Christ lived for you. If you have ever wondered, “How good do I actually have to be to get into heaven?” this sermon has the answer. And that answer is not found in you. It is found in Jesus Christ, your righteousness. Subscribe & Share if this sermon strengthened your faith. 🎧 Spotify: Christ For You 🇧🇷 Portuguese Podcast (“Cristo Para Você”) 🌐 Website: https://www.zionwg.org/podcast Looking for a faithful Confessional Lutheran church in the Winter Garden, Florida area? We’d love to welcome you to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. To support the preaching of God’s Word through this podcast and other outreach efforts, visit: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZCN9/home