Showing posts with label Advent 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advent 4. Show all posts
Saturday, December 21, 2024

Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Advent 4 - "Now here are found two kinds of people: some believe the crying of John and confess it to be what he says. These are the people to whom the Lord comes, in them his way is prepared and made even, as St. Peter says in 1 Peter 5:5: “God giveth grace to the humble”; and the Lord himself says in Luke 18:14: “He that humbleth himself shall be exalted.” You must here diligently learn, and understand spiritually what the way of the Lord is, how it is prepared, and what prevents him from finding room in us."

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  Fourth Sunday in Advent, John 1:19-28. The Witness and Confession of John the Baptist; and the Spiritual Meaning of His Witness John tells...
Thursday, December 19, 2024

Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Advent 4 - "We insist, therefore, that the Gospel, through which Christ has come into all the world, is the last message before the day of judgment; before this message and advent of Christ John came and prepared the way. And although all the prophets and the law prophesy until John, it is not allowed to apply them, neglecting John, to another Elijah who is yet to come. Thus also the prophecy of Malachi must fit the times of John. He carries the line of the prophets down to John’s times and permits no one to pass by. — And so we conclude with certainty that no other Elijah is to come, and that the Gospel will endure unto the end of the world. “Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.”

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  Fourth Sunday in Advent, John 1:19-28. The Witness and Confession of John the Baptist; and the Spiritual Meaning of His Witness 16. Yet wo...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Advent 4 - "Yet would I not trust the interpretation of the Jews alone, were it not confirmed by Christ, Matthew 10:10ff. When, on Mount Tabor, the disciples saw Elijah and Moses, they said to the Lord, “Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come?” They meant to say, “You have already come; yet Elijah has not come first, but only now, after you: and was it not said that he was to come before you?” This interpretation was not rejected, but confirmed by Christ, who said, “Elijah truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you that Elijah is come already; and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed.” Then the disciples understood, says St. Matthew, that he spoke of John the Baptist."

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  Fourth Sunday in Advent, John 1:19-28. The Witness and Confession of John the Baptist; and the Spiritual Meaning of His Witness 12. The Je...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Advent 4 - "They sent to him, why did they not come themselves? John had come to preach repentance to the entire Jewish people. This preaching of John they did not heed; it is clear therefore, that they did not send to him with good and pure intentions, offering him such honor. Neither did they truly believe him to be the Christ, or Elijah, or a prophet; otherwise they would have come themselves to be baptized, as did the others. What then did they seek of him?"

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  Fourth Sunday in Advent, John 1:19-28. The Witness and Confession of John the Baptist; and the Spiritual Meaning of His Witness 8. They se...
Monday, December 16, 2024

Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Advent 4 - "With many words the Evangelist describes and magnifies the testimony of John. Although it would have been sufficient if he had written of him, “He confessed,” he repeats it and says, “He confessed and denied not.” This was surely done in order to extol the beautiful constancy of John in a sore trial, when he was tempted to a flagrant denial of the truth. And now consider the particular circumstances."

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  Fourth Sunday in Advent, John 1:19-28. The Witness and Confession of John the Baptist; and the Spiritual Meaning of His Witness FOURTH SUN...
Saturday, December 17, 2022

Luther's Epistle Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Advent

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FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT EPISTLE TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 4:4-7. 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your forbea...
Sunday, December 19, 2021

Luther's Gospel Sermon for Advent Four - John the Baptist

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Cover by Norma A. Boeckler FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. TEXT: John 1:19-28. And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto...