Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church - Olive Branch, MS

October 5, 2025 - Trinity 16 Sermon

Color: Green

Old Testament: 1 Kings 17:17–24
Psalm: Psalm 30; antiphon: v. 5b
Epistle: Ephesians 3:13–21
Gospel: Luke 7:11–17
Introit: Psalm 86:1, 7, 12–13; antiphon: vv. 3, 5
Gradual: Psalm 102:15–16
Verse: Psalm 115:11

Jesus Calls forth Life from Death
 
A large funeral procession carrying the only son of a widow is confronted by another large procession, Jesus and His followers. Death and Life meet face to face at the gate of the city (Luke 7:11–17). Filled with compassion, Jesus comes into direct contact with our mortality in order to overcome it. He touches the coffin and speaks His creative words of life, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” Jesus does what is neither expected nor requested. For through Christ, God the Father “is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think” (Eph. 3:14–21). Jesus bore our death in His body that we may share in His resurrection. Even as Elijah stretched himself out three times over the Zarephath woman’s son (1 Kings 17:17–24), God stretched Himself out over us in the threefold application of His name in the baptismal water, breathing new and everlasting life into us. “To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”

Lectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship

October 2, 2025 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Exodus 30:17-38

Exodus 30:17-38

October 1, 2025 - Midweek Ministry - Revelation 20:11-15

Revelation 20:11-15

September 28, 2025 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Acts 19:1-10

Acts 19:1-10

September 28, 2025 - St. Michael Sermon

Color: White

Old Testament: Daniel 10:10–14; 12:1–3
Psalm: Psalm 91; antiphon: v. 11
Epistle: Revelation 12:7–12
Gospel: Matthew 18:1–11
Gospel: Luke 10:17–20
Introit: Psalm 103:20–22; antiphon: v. 1
Gradual: Psalm 91:11; 103:1
Verse: Revelation 12:11

Our Father in Heaven Protects His Children by Giving His Holy Angels Charge Over Them
 
We live in “a time of trouble” (Dan. 12:1), in the midst of great tribulation. Satan and his wicked angels have been thrown out of heaven and have come down to earth “in great wrath,” with woeful “temptations to sin” and with constant accusations (Rev. 12:8–12; Matt. 18:7). Even so, we are encouraged by the presence and protection of St. Michael and the holy angels, whom God sends to help us in the strife (Dan. 10:11–13). By “the authority of his Christ,” His holy angels guard and keep us in body and soul. These heavenly servants of God preserve His human messengers on earth, the ministers of “the blood of the Lamb,” against all the power of the enemy, for by “the word of their testimony,” the Church is saved and the devil is defeated (Rev. 12:10–11; Luke 10:18–19). By their preaching and Baptism of repentance, the old Adam and the old evil foe are “drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matt. 18:6). As God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, so are His people delivered and raised from the dust of the earth through the forgiveness of their sins (Dan. 12:1–3).

Lectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship

September 25, 2025 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Exodus 30:1-16

Exodus 30:1-16

September 24, 2025 - Midweek Ministry - Revelation 20:4-6

Revelation 20:4-6

September 21, 2025 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Acts 18:18-28

Acts 18:18-28

September 21, 2025 - St. Matthew Sermon

Color: Red

Old Testament: Ezekiel 2:8—3:11
Psalm: Psalm 119:33–40; antiphon: v. 35
Epistle: Ephesians 4:7–16
Gospel: Matthew 9:9–13
Introit: Psalm 92:1–5; antiphon: Matthew 9:13b, c
Gradual: Psalm 119:105, 103; 45:1a, c
Verse: Matthew 28:19a, 20b

St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
 
Our ascended Lord gives “gifts” to His Church. In particular, He gave apostles and evangelists like St. Matthew, prophets like Ezekiel, and still gives pastors and teachers (Eph. 4:8, 11). All are “for the common good … empowered by one and the same Spirit” (1 Cor. 12:7, 11). They speak Christ’s “truth in love” to wind- and wave-tossed children so that the saints may be equipped, served and built up as the Body of Christ (Eph. 4:12–15). Christ is not only the head of this body, He is her Good Physician (Matt. 9:9–13). He has come not for the well but for the sick, not for “the righteous, but sinners” (Matt. 9:13) — even notorious tax collectors like Matthew. Christ’s team of spiritual physicians must serve faithfully. Their instrument is “thus says the Lord God,” to be spoken “whether they hear or refuse to hear” (Ezek. 3:11). To those stubborn, rebellious patients who believe they need no physician, the word “of lamentation and mourning and woe” must be fearlessly spoken: God’s Law calls to repentance (Ezek. 2:10). To those who recognize their trouble and sickness, the salve of the Gospel is to be applied. So Christ works to save us, as Matthew’s Gospel records.

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September 18, 2025 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Exodus 29:29-46

Exodus 29:29-46