Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church - Olive Branch, MS

June 23, 2024 - Trinity 4 Sermon

Color: Green

Old Testament: Genesis 50:15–21
Psalm: Psalm 138; antiphon: v. 8b
Epistle: Romans 8:18–23
Epistle: Romans 12:14–21
Gospel: Luke 6:36–42
Introit: Psalm 27:3–4a, 5; antiphon: vv. 1–2
Gradual: Psalm 79:9–10a
Verse: Psalm 9:4b, 9

Christ’s Mercy Is Ours to Show to Others
 
“Be merciful, even as your Father also is merciful” (Luke 6:36–42). The old Adam in us wants to condemn and seek vengeance. But the Lord says, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay” (Rom. 12:14–21). To condemn, to avenge yourself, is to put yourself in the place of God. It is to fail to trust that He is just. Ultimately, it is to disbelieve that Jesus suffered the full vengeance for all wrongs. Only Christ is merciful as the Father is merciful. He is the one who overcame all evil with the good of His cross, forgiving even His executioners. Jesus is our Joseph, who comforts us with words of pardon and reconciliation (Gen. 50:15–21). He is the One who does not condemn but gives life that runs over. Only through faith in Christ are we sons of the Father—being merciful, forgiving, doing good to our enemies. For in Christ we know that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us (Rom. 8:8–13).

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June 19, 2024 - Apologetics 101 - What is it and Methods

What is Apologetics and Apologetic Methods

June 16, 2024 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Mark 11-12

Mark Cont. 

June 16, 2024 - Trinity 3 Sermon

Color: Green

Old Testament: Micah 7:18–20
Psalm: Psalm 103:1–13; antiphon: v. 8
Epistle: 1 Timothy 1:12–17
Epistle: 1 Peter 5:6–11
Gospel: Luke 15:1–10
Gospel: Luke 15:11–32
Introit: Psalm 25:1–2a, 5b, 15, 20; antiphon: vv. 16, 18
Gradual: Psalm 55:22a, 16, 18a
Verse: Psalm 18:1–2a

Jesus Receives Sinners
 
“This man receives sinners and eats with them” (Luke 15:2). The Pharisees’ statement of judgment against Jesus is in fact a proclamation of Gospel truth. For our God is one who delights in mercy, who casts all our sins into the depths of the sea through the cross (Micah 7:18–20). “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Tim. 1:15). Those who refuse to be counted as sinners also refuse Jesus who came only for sinners. Those like the older son (Luke 15:11–32), who think they are righteous of themselves, will not join in the heavenly celebration over the sinner who repents and so remain outside of the Father’s house. Let us therefore be on guard against self–righteously trusting in our own merits. “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you” (1 Peter 5:6). Rejoice that Jesus receives sinners like us and that He still sits at table with us in the Holy Supper, bestowing His forgiveness and life.

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June 9, 2024 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Mark 11:1-14, 20-25

 Mark 11:1-14, 20-25

June 9, 2024 - Trinity 2 Sermon

Color: Green

Old Testament: Proverbs 9:1–10
Psalm: Psalm 34:12–22; antiphon: v. 11
Epistle: Ephesians 2:13–22
Epistle: 1 John 3:13–18
Gospel: Luke 14:15–24
Introit: Psalm 18:1–2a, 27, 30a, 49; antiphon: vv. 18b–19
Gradual: Psalm 120:1–2
Verse: Psalm 7:17

The Gospel Call Goes Out to All
 
Wisdom has issued an invitation to the divine feast: “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight” (Prov. 9:5–6). This is the call of the Spirit of Christ to believe the Gospel and to receive His saving gifts in the Holy Supper. Many make excuses and reject this invitation, even as the Jews did in the days of Jesus, yet the Master’s house will be filled. The Gospel call therefore goes out to the lowly and despised, into the highways, even to all the Gentiles (Luke 14:15–24). For “you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ” (Eph. 2:13–22). In Christ, believing Jews and Gentiles are no longer strangers but fellow members of the household of God. The enmity of class and race is put to death through the cross. Having been reconciled in the one Body of Christ, we are enabled to love one another (1 John 3:13–18) as we await the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom which will have no end.

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June 5, 2024 - Apologetics 101 - Movie Discussion and What is Apologetics

Collision Documentary and What is Apologetics pt. 1

June 2, 2024 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Mark 10:35-52

Mark 10:35-52

June 2, 2024 - Trinity 1 Sermon

Color: Green

Old Testament: Genesis 15:1–6
Psalm: Psalm 33:12–22; antiphon: v. 20
Epistle: 1 John 4:16–21
Gospel: Luke 16:19–31
Introit: Psalm 13:1–4; antiphon: vv. 5–6
Gradual: Psalm 41:4, 1
Verse: Psalm 7:1

Faith Trusts in Christ for Life Eternal
 
When the beggar Lazarus died, he was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. For he was truly Abraham’s seed. Like Abraham, he believed in the Lord, and the Lord “counted it to him as righteousness” (Gen. 15:6). The name Lazarus means “God is my help.” The unnamed rich man, on the other hand, did not love and trust in God. For he evidently cared little for the beggar at his gate. And “he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen” (1 John 4:20). He who loved and trusted in possessions and prestige died and was in torments in Hades (Luke 16:19–31). Repentance and faith are worked only through Moses and the prophets—that is, the Word of God, for it points us to Christ. Only through His death and resurrection are we brought the comfort of life everlasting.

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May 26, 2024 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Mark 10 Continued

Mark 10 Continued