Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church - Olive Branch, MS

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).

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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

September 17, 2025 - Midweek Ministry - Rev. 20:1-3

Rev. 20:1-3

September 14, 2025 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Acts 18:1-17

Acts 18:1-17

September 14, 2025 - Trinity 13 Sermon

Color: Green

Old Testament: 2 Chronicles 28:8–15
Psalm: Psalm 32; antiphon: v. 2
Epistle: Galatians 3:15–22
Gospel: Luke 10:23–37
Introit: Psalm 74:1–2, 19b, 21b; antiphon: vv. 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a
Gradual: Psalm 77:14–15
Verse: Psalm 88:1

Jesus Is Our Good Samaritan
 
The Law cannot help us or give us life. Rather, it confines everyone under sin as wounded and naked before God (Gal. 3:15–22). So it is that two figures of the Law, the priest and the Levite, passed by the injured man on the side of the road (Luke 10:23–37). Only the promised Seed of Abraham can rescue us and make us righteous before God. Only the Samaritan, our Lord Jesus, had compassion, as did the Samaritans of old (2 Chronicles 28:8–15). He came down to us in our lost and dying condition, pouring on the oil and wine of the Sacraments. He placed us on His own animal, bearing our sin and brokenness in His body on the cross to restore us. Jesus brought us to the inn, that is, the Church, and gave the innkeeper two denarii, that His double forgiveness might continue to be ministered to us. In this way the Lord, by whose Law we are torn and stricken, heals us and revives us by His Gospel and raises us up with Himself.

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