Service Folder Service Folder (print) Our Only Hope Is in Christ’s Righteousness “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matt 5:20). God demands nothing less than perfection and holiness from you in regard to His commandments (Ex. 20:1–17). Your only hope, then, is not in your own goodness but in the…
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
“For by grace you have been saved through
faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God”— Ephesians 2:8, 9
Sermons on Romans
Service Folder Old Testament: Genesis 50: 15-21 Epistle: Romans 8: 18-23 Gospel: Luke 6: 36 “Be merciful, even as your Father also is merciful” (Luke 6:36–42). The old Adam in us wants to condemn. To condemn is to put yourself in the place of God. Jesus is our Joseph, who comforts us with words of pardon and reconciliation (Gen. 50:15–21). He…
Service Folder (.docx) Service Folder (.pdf) Sunday is Trinity Sunday. It is the custom of the Church to confess the Athanasian Creed on this day. While we will sing a hymn version of Athanasian Creed, the sermon will quote the following from it: “Whoever will be saved shall, above all else, hold the catholic faith…. and the true Christian faith is this,…
Service Folder Tonight we continue with our Lenten Series For Us. We talked about angels at Lent Vespers 1. Tonight we talk about the darker side of angels: the fallen angels who rebelled against God with their leader, the devil. We will see how God delivered a man possessed by a demon and how he has delivered you and me from the…
Service Folder Jesus talks all about seeking us in this week’s lessons. He does not wait passively for us to come to Him; nor does He act out of selfish gain. Praying, visiting, preaching – In all these things, Jesus is for us. This work is often overlooked because it is so ordinary. He comes in ordinary-sounding words to do his extraordinary…
Service Folder The Old Testament lesson continues with the history of Abraham’s family, specifically his grandson, Jacob. It takes us to Jacob’s wedding, where his Uncle Laban deceived him, so that he up with 2 wives, Rachel and Leah. While Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, Leah would be the ancestor of Jesus. We see Leah’s Descendant at another wedding: the Wedding…
Service Folder Moses takes us inside Isaac’s family, which like any family, had its family sins. Despite that, God was doing his good work – for Isaac and his son Jacob were next in line as ancestors of the Promised Savior, the very Savior they needed and we need. Their Descent Jesus was brought to the temple as a 12 year old…