Sermons on the First Readings
In some ways the Old Testament lesson today (Jeremiah 31:31-34) may seem rather strange for Reformation Sunday. It speaks of law more than gospel and it is futuristic rather than realized. Still, it does speak of the sure saving will of God! It is that will which will result in a new covenant to go with the new act of salvation about to be accomplished by the Lord, namely the return from exile.