FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

The Feast Is Ready; Come to the Feast

September 5, 2010

 AS WE GATHER

True humility, it has been said, consists of knowing who God is, knowing who we are, and being able to differentiate between the two. None of us comes to the banquet of grace by our own merit. Today we celebrate our Lord’s invitation to join him in the Father’s presence praying always for the continuing grace to be bearers of that invitation to others who are not yet a part of the family of God.

 “The Lord be with you” 

  Ruth 2:4, Luke 1:28, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16

Psalm 119:161-168

READING  Proverbs 25:6-7

   EPISTLE Hebrews 13:1-8

  HOLY GOSPEL Luke 14:1, 7-14

 Hymn ” O Savior, Precious Savior   TLH 352     Lyrics

HYMN OF THE DAY  ..'Tis Not That I Did Choose Thee  TLH 37  Lyrics

Music during Distribution

Chief of Sinners Though I Be…………………         TLH 342         Lyrics

If You But Trust In God to Guide You        TLH 518          Lyrics

 CLOSING HYMN "God Loved the World So that He Gave" TLH 245 Lyrics

CALENDAR
On Wednesday evenings at 7.00 PM Pastor is conducting A Study in Matthew’s Gospel in depth, marveling at God’s providence and wisdom for our blessing.  Matthew is held by many scholars as the first catechetical effort of an apostle.  Join us in this scriptural exploration and bring your questions to Matthew and see what he says.

CALENDAR

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost                         9.15 AM  Christian Education Hour

                                                        10:30 AM  Divine Service

                                                        1.00 to 3.00 PM Catechism
WORSHIP HELPS for next Sunday

Psalm119:169-176

Proverbs 9:8-12

Philemon 1:2-9, 10-21

Luke 14:25-33

On WEDNESDAY evenings at 7.00 PM Pastor is conducting A Study in Matthew’s Gospel in depth, marveling at God’s providence and wisdom for our blessing.  Matthew is held by many scholars as the first catechetical effort of an apostle.  Join us in this scriptural exploration and bring your questions to Matthew and see what he says.

CATECHISM INSTRUCTION will begin next Sunday from 1 to 3 PM.  Each student needs their own Bible, a catechism,

 and a notebook.  Parents are welcome to sit in on any sessions.  Memory work not yet recited to an elder may continue until complete.

From

Elements of Religion

(1894)

by

Henry Eyster Jacobs

But God does not justify without a ground of Justification. The guilt and punishment of man’s sin are not

annihilated. Every penalty of transgression is exacted. All the disgrace of sin must have some one to whom

it is imputed. God does not declare man righteous and worthy of everlasting life unless there is actually

presented a complete equivalent for the most far-reaching demands of the Law. God’s mercy is not exercised

at the expense of His justice. But, in Justification, the righteousness of Christ is accounted ours.

Christ stands before God charged with our sins; and we stand before God, with all Christ’s merits

regarded as ours.  (pages 184-185).



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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD

   PENTECOST 15

LARGE CATECHISM

  THE LORD'S PRAYER

"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."  We pray that what must be done without us may also be done in us. As His name must be hallowed and His kingdom come whether we pray or not, so also His will must be done and succeed. This is true even though the devil with all his followers are angry, rage against it, and try to exterminate the Gospel completely.  But for our own sakes we pray that, even against their fury, His will be done without hindrance among us also.  We pray so that they may not be able to accomplish anything and that we may remain firm against all violence and persecution and submit to God's will.
Such prayer, then, is to be our protection and defense.  It is to repel and put down all that the devil, pope, bishops, tyrants, and heretics can do against our Gospel.  Let them all rage and attempt their utmost and deliberate and resolve how they may suppress and exterminate us, so that their will and counsel may prevail.  Over and against this one or two Christians with this petition alone shall be our wall, against which they shall dash themselves to pieces.  We have this comfort and confidence: the devil's will and purpose and all our enemies shall and must fail and come to nothing, no matter how proud, secure, and powerful they be.  For if their will were not broken and hindered, God's kingdom could not remain on earth nor His name be hallowed.   (Paragraphs 68-70)


Condensed from CONCORDIA: THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS, copyright 2005,2006 by Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. All rights reserved. To purchase a copy  call 800-325-3040.

that he has cannot be My disciple.

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

“The Wideness of God’s Mercy”

August 29, 2010

AS WE GATHER

There is one way of salvation. That way is Jesus, the “narrow door.” But the invitation to pass through that “door” comes from a God whose love is wide enough to embrace all people in all stations of life throughout all the world. We are here today to celebrate that mercy; we are here because of that unexpected mercy.

  Ruth 2:4, Luke 1:28, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16

Psalm   117

READING  Isaiah 66:10-14, 66:18-23

   EPISTLE Galatians 6:1-10, 14-16           Hebrews 12:18-24

  HOLY GOSPEL Luke 13:22-30

 Listen to Sermon 2010-08-29  

Hymn ” Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty TLH 1    Lyrics

HYMN OF THE DAY  ..Jerusalem the Golden TLH 613 Lyrics

Music during Distribution

O Lord, We Praise Thee…………………         TLH 313         Lyrics

Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray…….. TLH 314          Lyrics

 CLOSING HYMN "Jerusalem, O City Fair and High" TLH 619 Lyrics

CALENDAR
On Wednesday evenings at 7.00 PM Pastor is conducting A Study in Matthew’s Gospel in depth, marveling at God’s providence and wisdom for our blessing.  Matthew is held by many scholars as the first catechetical effort of an apostle.  Join us in this scriptural exploration and bring your questions to Matthew and see what he says.
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost        

9.15 AM  Christian Education Hour

                                                        10:30 AM  Divine Service

WORSHIP HELPS for next Sunday

Psalm 119:161-168

Proverbs 25:6-7

Hebrews 13:1-8

Luke 14:1, 7-14

From

Elements of Religion

(1894)

Page 6 of 6

From

Elements of Religion

(1894)

by

Henry Eyster Jacobs


There is probably no place where the treatment of doctrine has to be more carefully guarded, than in enforcing the duty of good works. That it is a most important part of the preaching of the Christian minister is manifest from Tit. 3:8: "I will that thou affirm constantly that they, which have believed in God, might be careful to maintain good works." The danger lies in so enforcing this duty that the doctrine of Justification by faith alone is obscured. This danger is avoided when it is clearly taught that the necessity for good works, arises not from the necessity for salvation, since neither salvation nor continuance in a state leading to salvation depends upon man’s good works. but from the fact, that it belongs to the nature of the Christian to perform good works, just as it belongs to the nature of the sun to shine, or of fire to burn. (pages 194-195).

　

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD

14TH S A PENTECOST

LARGE CATECHISM

THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR

Whoever would gladly receive grace and comfort should allow no one to frighten him away. Say, "I, indeed, would like to be worthy. But I come, not upon any worthiness, but upon Your Word, because You have commanded it. I come as one who would gladly be Your disciple, no matter what becomes of my worthiness." This is difficult. We always have this obstacle to encounter: we look more upon ourselves than upon Christ's Word and lips. For human nature desires to act in such a way that it can stand and rest firmly on itself. Otherwise, it refuses to approach.

There is besides this command also a promise, as we heard above. This ought to stir us up and encourage us. For here stand the kind and precious words, "This is My body, which is given for you.. This is My blood. shed for you for the forgiveness of sins." These words, I have said, are not preached to wood and stone, but to me and you. Otherwise, Christ might just as well be silent and not institute a Sacrament. Therefore consider, and read yourself into this word you, so that He may not speak to you in vain.

Here He offers to us the entire treasure that He has brought for us from heaven. With the greatest kindness He invites us to receive it also in other places, like when He says in St. Matthew 11:28, "Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Paragraphs 62-66)





Condensed from CONCORDIA: THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS, copyright 2005,2006 by Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. All rights reserved. To purchase a copy call 800-325-3040.

  Ruth 2:4, Luke 1:28, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16

Psalm Psalm119:81-88

READING  Jeremiah 23:23-29

   EPISTLE Hebrews 12:1-13

  HOLY GOSPEL Luke 12:49-53

 Listen to Sermon 2010-08-22  

Hymn ” God’s Word Is Our Great Heritage"  TLH 283   Lyrics

HYMN OF THE DAY  The Gospel Shows the Father’s Grace TLH 297   Lyrics

Music during Distribution

Commit Whatever Grieves Thee”  TLH 520  Lyrics

 9.15 AM Christian Education

Hour

10:30 AM Divine Service

 

 

 

 

WORSHIP HELPS for Fourteenth

Sunday After Pentecost

 

 

Psalm117

Isaiah 66:10-14, 66:18-23

Galatians 6:1-10, 14-16

 Hebrews 12:18-24

Luke 13:22-30

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday evenings at 7.00 PM Pastor is conducting A Study in Matthew’s Gospel in depth, marveling at God’s providence and wisdom for our blessing.  Matthew is held by many scholars as the first catechetical effort of an apostle.  Join us in this scriptural exploration and bring your questions to Matthew and see what he says.

 

 

 

 

 

Page 6 of 6

 

 

 

From

 

 

 

Elements of Religion

 

 

 

(1894)

by

 

 

 

Henry Eyster Jacobs

 

(pages 67-68)

 

 

 

 

The sacrifice Christ made by His voluntary assumption of all the sufferings demanded by the Law, that attended His entire earthly life from Bethlehem to Calvary. All the acts of the State of Humiliation were sacrificial. All its sufferings were voluntary and cheerful satisfactions offered to God for man’s sins. They culminate in the death of Christ. For this reason, the blood of Christ is often mentioned as the price of Redemption, and He is said to have borne our sins upon the Cross, although these declarations do not exhaust the contents of His sufferings. Suffering unto death was the penalty which God had decreed against sin. Suffering and guilt are inseparable. If man was to be freed from guilt, someone must bear his sufferings for him If he was to be freed from suffering, some one must bear his guilt. Christ took this place. He made Himself chargeable with man’s guilt and sin. He became, so far as the Law is concerned, the guilty one that man is, in order than man might be the Holy One that He is, 2 Cor. 5:21. This is the doctrine of the vicarious satisfaction, according to which Christ and man are regarded as exchanging places. “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we were healed,” Isaiah 53:5.

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD

 

 

 

13TH S A PENTECOST

FORMULA OF CONCORD, SOLID DECLARATION

ARTICLE XI: GOD’S ETERAL ELECTION

 

 

 

If we want to think about our eternal election to salvation helpfully, we must hold strongly and firmly to this truth: just as the preaching of repentance is universal, so also the promise of the Gospel is universal, that is, it belongs to all people. For this reason Christ has given these commands:

Repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all nations. (Luke 24:47)

God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son. (John 3:16)

Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)

The bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh. (John 6:51)

[Jesus] is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:2)

God has consigned all to disobedience, that He may have mercy on all. (Romans 11:32)

Not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ [is] for all who believe. (Romans 3:22)

It is Christ’s command that this promise of the Gospel also should be offered to everyone in common to whom repentance is preached (Luke 24:47; Mark 16:15).

 

 

 

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Condensed from CONCORDIA: THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS, copyright 2005,2006 by Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. All rights reserved. To purchase a copy call 800-325-3040.

 

 

 

 

 

　

 

Blessed are those servants

whom the master, when he comes,

will find watching.

TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

“From Fear to Faith”

August 15, 2010

AS WE GATHER

As we come together for worship today, we are reminded that we are like a flock of sheep which have been grazing in different parts of the pasture and are now being called together by the Shepherd to be fed and cared for. As we feed on God’s Word and Sacrament today, our fears are replaced by faith and we are strengthened to go back into the “pasture” of the world. We hear the words of our Shepherd Jesus as He says, “Have no fear, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.”

  Ruth 2:4, Luke 1:28, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16

Psalm Psalm 50

READING  Genesis 15:1-6

   EPISTLE Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

  HOLY GOSPEL Luke 12:32-40

 Listen to Sermon 2010-08-15  

Hymn ” My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less TLH 370    Lyrics

HYMN OF THE DAY  O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe TLH 263 Lyrics

Music during Distribution

Commit Whatever Grieves Thee”  TLH 520  Lyrics

 CLOSING HYMN "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" TLH 514 Lyrics

ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

 Set Your Mind on Things Above

August 8, 2010

 AS WE GATHER

 The readings today emphasize that the treasures of this life are not of lasting value. Our hearts and minds should be set on things above. This is difficult to do. “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also (Matt. 6:21)” “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well (Matt. 6:33)” Thanks be to God who gives us His good gifts and Spirit as we journey from life to eternity, enabling us to have correct priorities in our lives.

  Ruth 2:4, Luke 1:28, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16

Psalm Psalm 100  

READING  Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:18-26

   EPISTLE Colossians 3:1-11  

  HOLY GOSPEL Luke 12:13-21  

 Listen to Sermon 2010-08-08  

HYMN OF THE DAY  ”Praise the Almight, My Soul, Adore Him TLH 26  Lyrics 

  MUSIC DURING DISTRIBUTION 

Oh, that the Lord would Guide My Ways”     TLH 416         Lyrics 

Luke 12:32-40

From

“A Contentious Question:”

Whether the Godhead is truly known to some degree, or may indeed be known by human understanding without the revealed Word of God? (1619)

by The Theological Faculty at Wittenberg

TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

A prayer prescription for conversing with God.

August 1, 2010

AS WE GATHER

God’s saints fervently converse with God, pleading for mercy, life, preservation, and eternal salvation. As Abraham begs for others, so we too implore God on behalf of other people and ourselves. The Church resonates in prayers of thanksgiving as we receive the gracious waters of baptismal life. God truly understands our stammering and silence when we know not what to pray. He does not leave us alone with babbling words like the pagans, but gifts His Church with the very words of the Lord’s Prayer. This is how we should pray, and we do!

”The Lord be with you”

Ruth 2:4, Luke 1:28, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16

 Psalm    Psalm 138

  READING               Genesis 18:20-32

 EPISTLE                    Colossians 2:6-15

 HOLY GOSPEL     Luke 11:1-13

Listen to Sermon 2010-08-01 

HYMN ….”O Day of Rest and Gladness”       TLH 9    Lyrics

HYMN OF THE DAY ” If God Himself Be for Me”  TLH 528         Lyrics

  MUSIC DURING DISTRIBUTION

  “God Loved the World”           TLH 245              Lyrics

O Christ, Our True and Only Light           TLH 512  Lyrics

CLOSING HYMN               In Loud, Exalted Strains     TLH 638     Lyrics

Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:18-26

Colossians 3:1-11

Luke 12:13-21

“A Summary of the Christian Faith”

by David Chytraeus (1568)

We must consider five points in this form of praying which Christ set forth in Luke 11 and Matt. 6:

I.          Who God is whom we address, namely, the eternal Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who revealed Himself by sending this very Son, the Mediator, for whose sake we also flee for refuge to Him in faith, who embraces us with fatherly gentleness and accepts and hears our prayers. Our address of God, “Our Father,” contains this teaching.

II.        The mandate of Christ which commands invocation and, in fact, the recitation of this verbal formula which Christ has given.

III.       The promise that God certainly wants to accept and hear our invocation to reveal the desired blessings in that order and way which He expressed in the promise. We therefore say, “Our Father.” Thus He embraces us with parental gentleness and benevolence as we read in great detail in Luke 14: “If you then are veil,” etc. Also, He is our Father, that is, not only loving His only-begotten Son, about whom He says: “This is My beloved Son,” but also loving us, His adopted children for His sake, having regard for us, caring for us, defending us, listening to us, saving us.

IV.       The faith which adds its “Amen” to the divine promise.

(page 161

)

NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

God reveals Himself to His people.

July 25, 2010

 AS WE GATHER

The Lord proclaims salvation to His people by His own Word and deed—in His own flesh and blood.  Abraham unexpectedly becomes the gracious host to angelic company and God reveals to him that he will be gifted with a son.  Paul preaches the unadorned sacrifice of Jesus Christ through whom we are gifted with eternal life.  Mary and Martha are gifted with “one thing needful”—the inestimable Word of Jesus Christ.  Indeed the Lord’s Kingdom is evident in His holy church where Word and Sacrament show forth the real presence of Jesus Christ.

”The Lord be with you”

Ruth 2:4, Luke 1:28, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16

 Psalm    Psalm 27

  READING             Genesis 18:1-10a

 EPISTLE                    Colossians 1:21-28

 HOLY GOSPEL     Luke 10:38-42

Listen to Sermon 2010-07-25 

HYMN ….”God Himself Is Present”…….. TLH 4 Lyrics

HYMN OF THE DAY  ”Oh, Blest the House, Whate’er Befall ”  TLH 625 Lyrics

  MUSIC DURING DISTRIBUTION

Speak, O Lord, Thy Servant Heareth TLH 296   Lyrics

Lamp of Our Feet Whereby We Trace   TLH 291   Lyrics

CLOSING HYMN  ”How Blest Are They Who Hear God’s Word    TLH 48  Lyrics

CALENDAR

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost         9.15 AM  Christian Education Hour

                                                                      10:30 AM  Divine Service

WORSHIP HELPS for next Sunday

Psalm 138

Genesis 18:20-32

Colossians 2:6-15

Luke 11:1-13

  John 8:44), he constantly seeks our life. He wreaks his vengeance whenever he can afflict our bodies with misfortune and harm. Therefore, it happens that he often breaks men’s necks or drives them to insanity, drowns some, and moves many to commit suicide and to many other terrible disasters (Mark 9:17-22). So there is nothing for us to do upon earth but to pray against this archenemy without stopping. For unless God preserved us, we would not be safe from this enemy even for a hour.Condensed from CONCORDIA: THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS, copyright 2005,2006 by Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. All rights reserved. To purchase a copy of CONCORDIA, call 800-325-3040.These are excerpts from theBook of Concord.

From

“A Contentious Question:”

Whether the Godhead is truly known to some degree, or may indeed be known by human understanding without the revealed Word of God? (1619)

by The Theological Faculty at Wittenberg

Indeed all men are by nature vain. They know nothing of God and the visible blessing that He is. They know and see none of the works of Him who is the Master. Instead, man regards as gods either the fire or wind or strong wind or the lights in the sky as ruling the world. They rightly should have know very much better that it is He who is Lord over everything and has created everything. And, by marveling at His power and might they should rightly have noticed from this how much more powerful is He who has brought about all this. For indeed the great beauty and the works of this very same Creator should be known as from a picture. (page 13)

…

The most knowledgeable have imagined an invisible God for themselves, yet one about whom they knew nothing, not even who He is. And they have not attained the enlightenment by which they could say that the true God is Jehovah, whom Israel serves, who is one in essence but threefold in person, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (page 14)

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD

NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

LARGE CATECHISM

PART III, THE LORD’S PRAYER

Deliver us from evil.

In the Greek this petition reads, “Deliver or preserve us from the evil one,” or “the hateful one,” the devil… The entire substance of all our prayer is directed against our chief enemy, who hinders among us everything that we pray for: God’s name or honor, God’s kingdom and will, our daily bread, a cheerful good conscience, and so forth.

We finally sum it all up and say, “Dear Father, grant that we be rid of all these disasters.” But there is also included in this petition whatever evil may happen to us under the devil’s kingdom: poverty, shame, death, and, in short, all the agonizing misery and heartache of which there is such an unnumbered multitude on the earth. Since the devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer (

God wishes for us to pray to Him also for all the things that affect our bodily interests, so that we seek and expect help nowhere else except in Him. (paragraphs 112-117)

brought to an inn, and took care of him.

EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

“And who is my neighbor?”

July 18, 2010

 AS WE GATHER

The lawyer in today’s Gospel asks the ultimate question: “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus agreed with the lawyer’s suggestion to “Love God and love your neighbor.” The lawyer was not satisfied. Next he wanted to know “And who is my neighbor?” We want to know, too. Is my neighbor the one who  lives next door or in the next town? Is my neighbor the one who sleeps on a park bench because he has no home? Is my neighbor the one who is considering an abortion because she knows she can’t raise a child all by herself? Who is my neighbor? And how am I to be a neighbor to them?

”The Lord be with you”

Ruth 2:4, Luke 1:28, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16

 Psalm    Psalm 25:1-10

  READING             Deuteronomy 30:9-14

 EPISTLE                    Colossians 1:1-14

 HOLY GOSPEL     Luke 10:25-37

Listen to Sermon 2010-07-18 

HYMN ….”O God of Mercy, God of Might”…….. TLH 439 Lyrics

HYMN OF THE DAY  ”Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us”  TLH 442     Lyrics

  MUSIC DURING DISTRIBUTION

Speak, O Lord, Thy Servant Heareth TLH 296   Lyrics

Lamp of Our Feet Whereby We Trace   TLH 291   Lyrics

CLOSING HYMN  ”God of the Prophets, Bless the Prophet’s Sons           TLH 483  Lyrics

CALENDAR

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost         9.15 AM  Christian Education Hour

                                                                      10:30 AM  Divine Service

WORSHIP HELPS  Tenth Sunday After Pentecost

Psalm 27

Genesis 18:1-10a

Colossians 1:21-28

Luke 10:38-42

On Monday evenings at 7.00 PM Pastor has been conducting A Study in Matthew’s Gospel in depth, marveling at God’s providence and wisdom for our blessing.  Matthew is held by many scholar’s as the first catechetical effort of an apostle.  Join us in this scriptural exploration and bring your questions to Matthew and see what he says.

but the laborers are few.

SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.”

July 11, 2010

 AS WE GATHER

We gather to find strength for our mission. As beautiful as this

place of worship is, we cannot linger here. We have the Lord’s work

to do. Let us pause for these few moments and move on. “The harvest

is plentiful, but the workers are few.”

”The Lord be with you”

Ruth 2:4, Luke 1:28, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16

 Psalm    Psalm 19

  READING             Isaiah 66:10-14

 EPISTLE                    Galatians 6:1-10, 14-16

 HOLY GOSPEL     Luke 10:1-12, 16:17-20

On Monday evenings at 7.00 PM Pastor has been conducting A Study in Matthew’s Gospel in depth, marveling at God’s providence and wisdom for our blessing.  Matthew is held by many scholar’s as the first catechetical effort of an apostle.  Join us in this scriptural exploration and bring your questions to Matthew and see what he says.

HYMN ….”All Praise to God, Who Reigns Above”      TLH 19    Lyrics

HYMN OF THE DAY  ”Hark! The Voice of Jesus Crying ”  TLH 496     Lyrics

  MUSIC DURING DISTRIBUTION

Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared        TLH 306                  Lyrics 

Savior, I Follow On          TLH 422  Lyrics

CLOSING HYMN    ”O Christ, Our True and Only Light           TLH 512  Lyrics

CALENDAR

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost        9.15 AM  Christian Education Hour

                                                10:30 AM  Divine Service

WORSHIP HELPS for next Sunday

Psalm 25:1-10

Deuteronomy 30:9-14

Colossians 1:1-14

Luke 10:25-37

From

“A Summary of the Christian Faith”

by David Chytraeus (1568)

The Second Petition

“Thy Kingdom Come”

The kingdom of God in this life is God’s management by which He not only guards and preserves the whole nature which He created and mankind and punishes the wicked, but also gathers the Church to Himself through the Gospel for Christ’s sake at all time of the world, forgives its sins, delivers it from eternal death, sanctifies it by giving it the Holy Spirit, defends it wonderfully, rules it when it is oppressed by the cross in this life, restrains the devils and tyrants and corrupt onslaughts of nature, and raises it from death to eternal life and glory.
A READING FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD

SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST          

APOLOGY OF THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION

ARTICLE V: LOVE AND FULFILLING THE LAW

The way of justification they teach is that people merit grace by good works. This way is the doctrine of reason. For reason, not seeing the uncleanness of the heart, thinks that it pleases God if it performs good works. Therefore, other works and other acts of worship are constantly invented. The Fathers did not intend that we follow the ordinances in order to seek after righteousness, but they were given for the sake of mutual peace among people, so there might be a certain order in the church. Another way of justification is handed down by the scholastic theologians when they teach that we are righteous through a habit infused by God, which is love. They say that, aided by this habit, we keep God’s Law outwardly and inwardly, and that this fulfilling of the Law is worthy of grace and of eternal life. This doctrine is plainly the doctrine of the Law. For what the law says is true, “You shall love the Lord your God” (Deuteronomy 6:5). Also, “You shall love your neighbor” (Leviticus 19:18). Love is therefore, the fulfilling of the Law.

Both of these ways [of justification] exclude Christ. They are, therefore, to be rejected. They do not teach that justification is the forgiveness of sins. Nor that we overcome the terrors of sin and death through faith in Christ. They claim they fulfill the Law and come to God, without Christ as the Atoning Sacrifice. (paragraphs 167-169)

 (paragraphs 57-60)Condensed from CONCORDIA: THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS, copyright 2005 by Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Following Jesus

July 4, 2010

 AS WE GATHER

When Elijah called Elisha to follow him, Elisha was at first reluctant.  He wanted to go home and say good-bye first.  When Jesus invited some to follow Him, they too wanted to do other things first.  Jesus’ call to follow Him is urgent.  Following Jesus may call for some change in life style, but it is a call filled with promise:  “He leads me beside still waters; He restores my soul.  He leads me in right paths for His name’s sake.”

”The Lord be with you”

Ruth 2:4, Luke 1:28, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16

 Psalm    Psalm 16

  READING                1 Kings 19:14-21

 EPISTLE                    Galatians 5:1, 13-25

 HOLY GOSPEL     Luke 9:51-62

Listen to Sermon 2010-07-04 

On Monday evenings at 7.00 PM Pastor has been conducting A Study in Matthew’s Gospel in depth, marveling at God’s providence and wisdom for our blessing.  Matthew is held by many scholar’s as the first catechetical effort of an apostle.  Join us in this scriptural exploration and bring your questions to Matthew and see what he says.

HYMN ….”Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”      TLH 39    Lyrics

HYMN OF THE DAY ” Come Follow Me,’ Said Christ the Lord TLH 421                  Lyrics

  MUSIC DURING DISTRIBUTION

Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared        TLH 306                  Lyrics   

Savior, I Follow On          TLH 422  Lyrics

CLOSING HYMN    ”Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken”     TLH 423     Lyrics

CALENDAR

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost        9.15 AM  Christian Education Hour

                                                10:30 AM  Divine Service

WORSHIP HELPS-Seventh Sunday After Pentecost

Psalm 19

Isaiah 66:10-14

Galatians 6:1-10, 14-16

Luke 10:1-12, 16:17-20

From

“A Summary of the Christian Faith”

by David Chytraeus (1568)

What is the kingdom of Christ on earth?

I provided the definition earlier in the common-place, “On God.” On the basis of it, it is clear that the title “kingdom of Christ” unites Christ’s offices of Priest and King with the Church. Moreover in Holy Writ it very often means that the Church or assembly of people who believe in Christ is subject and obedient to Christ, the King, as when we say that, in this life, the kingdom of Christ has been oppressed by the cross and tribulation. In some places it means the duties of Christ, the King, and all the blessings which He bestows upon the Church, as when we say that the kingdom of Christ is spiritual; that is, that the blessings which Christ bestows upon His Church through the Gospel are not money, wealth, power, physical peace, but spiritual and eternal blessings: forgiveness of sin, freedom from sin and death, light, wisdom, righteousness, eternal life and glory. In other passages it means the manner of gathering and governing of the Church through the Word and Holy Spirit rather than with physical weapons. It also means the King Himself, and God. Elsewhere it means all of these together.

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF CONCORD

SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

APOLOGY OF THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION

ARTICLES VII AND VIII: FREE WILL

 Paul says the Church should be cleansed in order to be holy.  He adds the outward marks, the Word and Sacraments,

Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her,

that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that He might present the Church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.  (Ephesians 5:25–27)

The Church is defined by the Third Article of the Creed, which teaches us to believe that there is a holy Catholic Church.  The words, “the communion of saints,” seems to be added in order to explain what the Church signifies: the congregation of saints, who have with each other the fellowship of the same Gospel or doctrine and the same Holy Spirit, who renews, sanctifies, and governs their hearts.

Infinite dangers threaten the destruction of the Church.  In the Church itself, the number of the wicked who oppress it is too high to count.  Therefore, this article in the Creed shows us these consolations that we may not despair, but may know that the Church will remain ‹until the end of the world›.  No matter how great the multitude of the wicked is, we may know that the Church still exists and Christ provides those gifts He has promised to the Church—to forgive sins, to hear prayer, to give the Holy Spirit.                                                 (paragraphs 7-9)

 (paragraphs 57-60)Condensed from CONCORDIA: THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS, copyright 2005 by Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. All rights reserved.