Pr. Scott's Sermons Etc.: Recent Episodes
Pr. Scott Smith
Sermons from the Sunday Service, plus whatever other audio we may happen to record, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, OH.
Sorry, I didn't hit the recording button correctly until after the Gospel reading, so here it is:
Mark 7:31-37Evangelical Heritage VersionJesus left the region of Tyre again and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of the Decapolis.
They brought a man to him who was deaf and had a speech impediment. They pleaded with Jesus to place his hand on him. Jesus took him aside in private, away from the crowd. He put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. After he looked up to heaven, he sighed and said, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”) Immediately the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was set free, and he began to speak plainly. Jesus gave the people strict orders to tell no one, but the more he did so, the more they kept proclaiming it. They were amazed beyond measure and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak!”