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Sermons and Bible Studies from Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Olive Branch, Mississippi and Peace Lutheran Church in Oxford, MS
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Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
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).
Lectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
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.
Lectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
Color: Red
First Reading: Acts 15:1–12
First Reading: Acts 15:1–21
Psalm: Psalm 46; antiphon: v. 11
Epistle: Galatians 2:1–10
Gospel: Matthew 16:13–19
Introit: Psalm 89:1, 5, 15–16; antiphon: Psalm 119:46
Gradual: Romans 10:15b, 18b; Isaiah 52:7b, alt.
Verse: Matthew 16:18b
St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles
Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living God.” So confessed St. Peter. And Christ promised to build His Church on it by the forgiveness of sins (Matt. 16:16–19). He does this so we don’t try to build the Church ourselves, on this or that person, or by any human means. “Let no one boast in men … whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas,” for “all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s” (1 Cor. 3:21–23). The same Lord “who worked through Peter … worked also through” Paul and is still at work in His Gospel and Sacraments (Gal. 2:7–8). The Church of every age must be recalled to “hear the word of the gospel” — the free forgiveness of sins for Christ’s sake apart from the Law — “and believe.” The Holy Spirit makes “no distinction” among men, but cleanses “hearts by faith” alone. So “we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus” (Acts 15:7–11). Both were imprisoned (Acts 12:1–11), both wrote Scripture (2 Peter 3:15–16), both opposed the world — and sometimes each other (Gal. 2:11–16) — all so “that the truth of the gospel might be preserved” for us (Gal. 2:5).
Lectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship