Are You Coming?

A Sermon by Rev Sjirk Bajema

on Heidelberg Catechism, LD 30b (Q & A 81-82)

Scripture Reading:

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Congregation in our Lord Jesus Christ.

In the period before Christmas the managers of some firms give a party for their employees and their families. It's a way of showing appreciation for the work the employees have done for the company that year. Now try to imagine a situation where the manager cannot attend. Before he's called away, he gives instructions to his deputy and assistants that only those who are presently employed by the company are allowed to come. All others are left out. So anyone, for instance, who worked for a while but then left, as well as those who were fired, can't come.

Then, when the party is on, all the present employees and their families come, plus some others. Among those others are a few curious, or greedy, trying to get in. And there are also those who've left their jobs, or who were fired because they weren't working properly.