Sermon for Ash Wednesday, AD 2026

There is a temptation, a lie, that the devil will tell every Christian, that many of us in fact fall for again and again. He will tell us that repentance is something that is easy. He will convince us that we can sin, we don’t need to worry about sin, because we can always repent in the end. When we are in temptation and holding that decision in our mind, and know what we might do is sin, the devil will sidle up to us and whisper in our ear. He will say, “What’s the worst that can happen? Suppose you sin, it is no big deal to return to God, to confess, to be sorry, to say, Lord have mercy. Just do those easy steps and God will forgive you, pardon your sins, and save your soul.”