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| "The blind receive their sight." By Norma Boeckler |
Advent, December 7, 2011
Pastor Gregory L. Jackson
Mid-Week Advent,
Thursday, 7 PM Central
The Hymn # 62 O Come, O Come Emmanual 4.51
The Order of Vespers p. 41
The Hymn # 62 O Come, O Come Emmanual 4.51
The Order of Vespers p. 41
The Psalmody Psalm 2 p. 123
The First Lection
The Second Lection
The Sermon Hymn #657 Beautiful Savior 4.24
The First Lection
The Second Lection
The Sermon Hymn #657 Beautiful Savior 4.24
Sanctified
by the Word
The Prayers and Lord’s Prayer p. 44
The Collect
for Peace p. 45
The
Benediction p. 45
The Hymn # 558 All Praise to Thee 2.9
KJV Matthew 11:2 Now when
John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? 4
Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye
do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers
are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the
gospel preached to them. 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be
offended in me. 7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes
concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken
with the wind? 8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft
raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. 9
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than
a prophet. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verily I
say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater
than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of
heaven is greater than he.
I.
John’s mission – to send
his followers to Jesus.
II.
Jesus’ answer – to sanctify
them with the Word and show Himself as the Messiah.
John
had the greatest and most difficult work of all – to point to an ordinary looking
man and said, “This is the Christ.”---
Narrow-minded Lutheran has left a new comment on your post "Mid-Week Advent Service. December 7, 2011":
Finally, someone gets it correct about the Baptist sending the diciples out so Jesus could speak His Word to them. Most pastors argue that the Baptist had a lapse of faith, since he was in prison.
Thanks, Pastor Jackson. You better get with the program, though, about sanctification. Most Lutherans today, like their Arminian heros, teach that we sanctify ourselves.
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GJ - I kelmed that from Martin Luther.
