Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Dr. Adam Filipek, pastor at Holy Cross and Immanuel Lutheran Churches in Lidgerwood, ND, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Luke 18:15-30. The humility of the tax collector in Jesus’ previous parable is comparable to the helplessness of the infants being brought to Him. He rebukes His disciples when they attempt to stop these children from coming to Him, for only in such dependence upon the Lord will anyone enter into His kingdom. A ruler approaches Jesus with the opposite attitude. The ruler believes he has kept the Law, and so Jesus seeks to expose the man’s false trust. The ruler’s riches prove to be too great an idol, and he hears Jesus’ call in sadness. In response, Jesus teaches how great an obstacle riches are to entering the kingdom of God; only the Lord Himself can overcome the human impossibility for salvation. Jesus has accomplished this salvation by His incarnation, death, resurrection, and ascension. “The Beloved Physician’s Orderly Account” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that