In the film \u00abThe She\u00adp\u00adherd\u00bb, it is impres\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly shown how Jesus chan\u00adges the life of the she\u00adp\u00adherd Simon. With a limp, a gaping wound on his arm and a defec\u00adti\u00adve sacri\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal lamb, he is humi\u00adlia\u00adted. He brings up the rear and car\u00adri\u00ades the Red Lan\u00adtern. When Jesus is born, he is sud\u00adden\u00adly first. Jesus turns his life upsi\u00adde down. Jesus \u2013 the light of the world \u2013 took the Red Lan\u00adtern from him and \u2013 he still does.<\/p>\n
Hol\u00adding the Red Lantern In the film \u00abThe She\u00adp\u00adherd\u00bb, it is impres\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly shown how Jesus chan\u00adges the life of the she\u00adp\u00adherd Simon. With a limp, a gaping wound on his arm and a defec\u00adti\u00adve sacri\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal lamb, he is humi\u00adlia\u00adted. He brings up the rear and car\u00adri\u00ades the Red Lan\u00adtern. When Jesus is born, he is sud\u00adden\u00adly first. Jesus turns his life upsi\u00adde down.\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[23],"wpfc_sermon_series":[72],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":["wpfc_preacher-matthias-altwegg","wpfc_sermon_series-metamorphose","wpfc-sermon-single","post-3799","wpfc_sermon","type-wpfc_sermon","status-publish","hentry","wpfc_service_type-gottesdienst"],"acf":[],"sermons_blog_filters_topics":"\t\t\t\t
\nThis lan\u00adtern with the red cand\u00adle stands sym\u00adbo\u00adli\u00adcal\u00adly for the so-cal\u00adled red lan\u00adtern, for the tail\u00adlight. We know the expres\u00adsi\u00adon: to car\u00adry the red lan\u00adtern, to be the tail\u00adlight. Last weekend, the preli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adry round of the Super League was com\u00adple\u00adted. FC<\/span> Luzern, cal\u00adled \u00abthe shi\u00adning city\u00bb, is in last place and car\u00adri\u00ades the red lan\u00adtern. Simon, the she\u00adp\u00adherd, is also such a typi\u00adcal tail light. Always a litt\u00adle late. Full of shame. Then he brings a sacri\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal lamb that is not spot\u00adless. The priest reproa\u00adches him: \u00abYou won\u00adder that the Mes\u00adsiah is not yet here? It is peo\u00adp\u00adle like you who keep him away.\u00bb In respon\u00adse, his fel\u00adlow she\u00adp\u00adherds snub him, \u00abSee that you keep up or you will go alo\u00adne in the future.\u00bb Simon is asha\u00admed, very sad, he falls down and hurts his arm.
\nIn par\u00adal\u00adlel, he hears pro\u00adphe\u00adtic texts about the Mes\u00adsiah being read in the synagogue:
\n\u00abBut to Beth\u00adle\u00adhem in the ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adry of the clan of Efrat the Lord says, \u00abYou are inde\u00aded one of the smal\u00adlest cities in Judah, but out of you comes the man who will lead the peo\u00adp\u00adle of Isra\u00adel in my name\u00bb (Micah 5:1 HFA<\/span>).
\n\u00abStreng\u00adthen the feeb\u00adle hands! Let the trembling kne\u00ades beco\u00adme firm again! Say to tho\u00adse who are afraid: \u00abTake heart! Fear no more, for your God is with you! Now he will repay your enemies for all the wrong they have done you. God hims\u00adelf is coming to save you.\u00bb Then the eyes of the blind are ope\u00adned, and the deaf can hear all at once. The para\u00adly\u00adsed leap like a deer, and the dumb sing at the top of their voices. Springs burst forth in the desert, streams flow through the bar\u00adren step\u00adpe\u00bb (Isai\u00adah 35:3\u20136 HFA<\/span>).
\nWe all know the fee\u00adling of hol\u00adding the red lan\u00adtern in our hands. What does it mean to be at the bot\u00adtom of the league or in last place? Until recent\u00adly, we were still in the lead and had some\u00adthing to show for it. Then came set\u00adbacks: An ill\u00adness that pulls the rug out from under you. Busi\u00adness was going gre\u00adat until Coro\u00adna came along. Ever\u00ady\u00adthing fell apart for him. Insol\u00adven\u00adcy. His wife moved out, divorce. His fami\u00adly was fine until it came out that he was lea\u00adding a dou\u00adble life, the affair beca\u00adme known, and now the war of the roses is raging. Health-wise, ever\u00ady\u00adthing was fine, then a litt\u00adle twin\u00adge and tweak and now, at 63, the devas\u00adta\u00adting can\u00adcer dia\u00adgno\u00adsis. The tumour has spread ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre. That\u2019s the tail\u00adlight. The red lan\u00adtern. Well, what to do then? Often the last cars are uncou\u00adpled, one feels com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly left behind.
\nHan\u00adding over the red lantern
\n\u00abNow the Lord is giving you a sign of his own accord: The young woman will con\u00adcei\u00adve and have a son. Imma\u00adnu\u00adel (\u00abGod is with us\u00bb) she will name him\u00bb (Isai\u00adah 7:14 HFA<\/span>).
\nSimon, the man with the tail light, was the first to rea\u00adli\u00adse on the field that some\u00adthing epo\u00adchal was hap\u00adpe\u00adning right now. In recent years, he had never run as fast as he did in the sprint to Beth\u00adle\u00adhem with his han\u00addi\u00adcap. Sud\u00adden\u00adly he seems vital and healt\u00adhy. When the she\u00adp\u00adherds storm the sta\u00adble, Joseph feels that his inti\u00adma\u00adcy has been dis\u00adtur\u00adbed. He stands pro\u00adtec\u00adtively in front of Mary, who is car\u00adry\u00ading Jesus in her arms. But when he reco\u00adg\u00adni\u00ads\u00ades Simon, he beck\u00adons the she\u00adp\u00adherds and places Jesus in Simon\u2019s arms. Full of deep joy, Simon says: \u00abWe have wai\u00adted so long for this, end\u00adless\u00adly!\u00bb Mary hands Simon a ban\u00adda\u00adge from Jesus to bind his inju\u00adred arm. When he then lear\u00adns that the child is to be cal\u00adled Jesus (the Lord saves), all dams burst. Full of enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm, Simon lea\u00adves the sta\u00adble to bring the good news to all the peo\u00adp\u00adle. Simon\u2019s gaping wound on his arm and his bro\u00adken foot are healed.
\n\u00abFor unto us a child is born! A son is given to us! He will take over the reig\u00adns. He is cal\u00adled \u00abWon\u00adderful Coun\u00adse\u00adlor\u00bb, \u00abStrong God\u00bb, \u00abEver\u00adlas\u00adting Father\u00bb, \u00abPrin\u00adce of Peace\u00bb. He will extend his reign far and bring las\u00adting peace\u00bb (Isai\u00adah 9:5f HFA<\/span>).
\nOn his prea\u00adching tour, he meets the priest who brusque\u00adly rejec\u00adted him some time ago. \u00abI told you, you are not wan\u00adted here. So whe\u00adre is it, have you final\u00adly found a spot\u00adless sacri\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal lamb?\u00bb he asks him. Simon con\u00adsiders and smi\u00adles mischie\u00advous\u00adly. He knows Jesus is the spot\u00adless sacri\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal lamb! Becau\u00adse Jesus is spot\u00adless, I am right with him with my blemishes.
\nAnd this Jesus came into the world as a light (Isai\u00adah 42:6). One of the tasks of this light is: \u00abHe will not break the bent reed or extin\u00adgu\u00adish the smould\u00ade\u00adring wick. Unwa\u00adve\u00adrin\u00adgly he stands up for what is right\u00bb (Isai\u00adah 42:3 HFA<\/span>). Jesus does not extin\u00adgu\u00adish even a tail\u00adlight. On the con\u00adtra\u00adry: the incon\u00adceiv\u00ada\u00adb\u00adly bril\u00adli\u00adant mes\u00adsa\u00adge of Christ\u00admas is: Jesus makes lights out of tail\u00adlights! And as such they shi\u00adne into the dark world.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"