Service Folder Tonight we introduce our Lent sermon series, which is based on the ancient hymn “O Love, How Deep” (LSB 544). This hymn, written in the fifteenth century, contemplates the love of God in becoming man, taking on our life, dying our death, and rising again, all for us. But for us to understand and appreciate this love, we must first…
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Sermons on Matthew (Page 2)
Service Folder The Children of Israel, at God’s Word, marked their doorframes with blood of lambs. When the Lord saw the blood-marked doors, the destroyer passed over their homes. The blood of those lambs foreshadowed Jesus. We see him, standing with sinners, in the waters of baptism to be the Lamb of God for us. Baptism marks our hearts with his blood…
Service Folder So much of what we do in life is related to merit. An employee merits a paycheck, a student merits a grade, an Olympic Athlete strives to merit a gold medal. It’s not surprising that our fallen nature likewise thinks we merit, at least in part, God’s grace. Sunday’s theme is that we are saved not by any merit on…
Service Folder At the Transfiguration, Jesus’ glory as God radiates through His human nature. It was a foretaste of Jesus always fully radiating in glory after he went the way of the cross. (Matthew 17:2) The prophet, Moses, gives us a foreshadowing of Jesus in Joseph. Joseph was raised in glory next to Pharaoh after suffering crosses in his own life. (Genesis…
Service Folder.docx Service Folder.pdf Theme: Light Shines in the Darkness The Feast of the Epiphany centers in the visit of the Magi from the East. In that respect, it is a “Thirteenth Day” of Christmas; and yet, it also marks the beginning of a new liturgical season. While Christmas has focused on the Incarnation of our Lord—that is, on God becoming flesh—the…
Service Folder Forerunners of Christ The coming of the Promised Savior, Jesus, was foretold throughout the Old Testament. Noah was among those. Immediately after the flood he built an altar to the Lord and sacrificed a burnt offering pointing to Jesus’ sacrificial offering on the altar of the cross. Others foretold Jesus coming – among them, Moses, David, and Isaiah. Finally, John…
Service Folder The season of Advent, begins by focusing on the lowly coming of Jesus. His coming was first promised when Adam and Eve fell to the devil’s temptation in paradise. When they fell, all humanity fell with them and paradise was broken. Fast forward four millenia, Matthew shows us Promised Savior: “Behold, your king is coming to you, lowly and riding…