For Sunday the 6th of October, 2024 (Proper 22)
As we gather for worship Sunday the Scripture readings address our privilege and responsibility as special creatures of God. Because no helper fit for Adam was found among all the animals, God created one for him out of his own flesh. So fitting was this divinely designed match that it can truly be said that husband and wife are no longer two, but truly one flesh. That’s what God intended—intended for our blessing. It’s only through hardness of heart and rebellion against His perfect plan that such unity is broken. But the message of the Gospel, spoken by the Lord himself and attested to by miracles tells us that Jesus has freed us from such sin, by his blood offering an atoning sacrifice for our sins, by his death destroying the power of death—the devil, and freeing us to live in his kingdom of grace.
