A Sermon on Ephesians 6:10-17 by Aeltester Abraham L. Friesen, Nebraska, presented to the Kleine Gemeinde in Manitoba in February 1882 after the Holdemans had separated themselves from the Kleine Gemeinde.

I believe that Jesus told this parable as a polemic (condemnation) against the Pharisees regarding their unjust treatment of the poor and outcasts in their society. In doing so, he calls us to examine how we do the same in our world today.