Sermons from 2023 (Page 4)
Trinity 1 – Catechism Series-1st Commandment
2023
WHAT ARE YOUR IDOLS? (Sermon on the First Commandment for Trinity 1, 6-11-23) Sermon Text, Exodus 20:3-6; 1 Kings 18:25-29, 36-39. “You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image – any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those…
Trinity Sunday – 2023
On Trinity Sunday we began a series of catechism sermons on the Ten Commandments. THE LORD IS OUR GOD, WE BELONG TO HIM Sermon Text, Deuteronomy 5:1-6, 6:4-7. And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them. The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. The LORD did not make this covenant…
Festival of Pentecost – 2023
Sermon text- Acts 2:1-13 Note: Reading of Joel 2:28-32 in 5 languages (1 per verse) THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO SAVE US BY GRACE Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit! We trust in You to save us. Amen! Dear fellow redeemed in Christ, who keeps His promise to send the Holy Spirit to us: Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit. Amen. Pentecost did not begin in the New Testament. The…
Ascension – 2023
WHAT DOES JESUS’ ASCENSION GIVE YOU? (Sermon Text: Luke 24:44-53 Prayer: Lord Jesus, since You are ascended far above all heavens and are able to rule over Your Church, and give gifts, we pray You to watch over Your Church, to protect each soul from every danger, and bring us to be with You in heaven. Amen. Dear fellow redeemed: Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our ascended Lord Jesus Christ. In the Apostles’ Creed we…
Easter 6 – 2023
Sermon Text: John 15:1-8 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.[a] 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he is going to cut off. And he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will bear more fruit. 3 “You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I am going to remain in you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself;…
Easter 5 – 2023
John 14:1-11, “Knowing Jesus is Knowing the Father Personally,” KNOWING JESUS IS KNOWING THE FATHER PERSONALLY Prayer: Lord, our hearts are troubled over many things. Comfort us at all times with the knowledge that You are the Way to the Father, and if we know You we also know the Father, have direct access to Him, and by Your blood stand before Him already in the blessed mansions that You are preparing. Amen. In the name of Jesus, who shows…
Good Shepherd
Sunday – 2023
Sermon Text: John 10:1-10 JESUS SAYS, “I AM THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP” Prayer: Lord, gather us into Your sheepfold; lead us by Your hand. Give us shepherds who feed Your sheep on the good pasture. Bless them and guard Your flock. Let us also be found among Your people, and have life through You. Amen. (Book of Family Prayer 375-6) In the name of Jesus, the Chief Shepherd, who did lay down His life for His sheep, who was…
Easter 3 – 2023
Sermon: Luke 24:13-35, “Abide With Me!” Prayer: Abide with us, Lord Jesus! Abide with us in our home and in our heart. Open our eyes to see You, our minds to know You, and our hearts to give heed to You and to Your Word. Be our Companion on the path of life, and teach us in the perils of the day and in the darkness of the night to trust in Your loving care. When the evening of our…
Easter 2 – 2023
John 20:19-31 THE FORGIVING OF SINS Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank You that when You rose from the dead You did not forget Your Church, but instead You provided the gifts that Your Church needs – the Holy Spirit and the forgiveness of sins – not forgetting even Thomas, but giving him the worthiness to forgive others as he was forgiven and restored by You. Amen. In the name of Jesus, dear fellow redeemed: Grace to you and peace, from God…
Easter Festival Service – 2023
JESUS DID NOT RISE FROM THE DEAD FOR HIMSELF Sermon Text, St. John 20:1-18 (v. 1-3). 1 Now the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and…