Sermon Text: Matthew 21:23-32
“We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things.” (Small Catchecism I.2) This is Luther’s explanation of the First Commandment in the Small Catechism. God says “you shall have no other Gods” (Exodus 20:3) and Luther deftly explains what a false god means in a way much more broad than merely talking about Allah, Shiva, or Zeus. A god is whatever we put our fear, love, and trust in above all things. This could be some false god, made of wood or stone, but more often in our time gods are things like health, money, or even other people.
