First Sunday in Lent
Sermon for First Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for 40 days to be tempted by the devil. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, we have this most important text today, and especially you children. I want to make sure all the children can see me because we’ve got to think…
Sermon for First Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness, and Jesus was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we want to consider what it means that Jesus is tempted for forty days and forty nights in the wilderness by the devil and rejoice in the accomplishment that our…
Sermon for First Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan, for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.” You may be seated. Dear Theodore and all the baptized, dear Shannon and all the confessors of Christ, grace, mercy, and peace be yours from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Jesus is in the…
Sermon for First Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] And Jesus answered him, “It is written, you shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, in order to fulfill God’s will, we put our attention on the text before us and maybe see if we can take it up in three categories. First, wisdom; then,…
Sermon for First Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, with might of ours can nothing be done. Soon our loss would be effected. But for us fights the valiant one chosen by God. You ask who this is? Jesus, who fights for you to keep you and to bless you, and to give you all that you need. Jesus Christ it is, Lord of hosts, the Valiant One. If we can…
Fall
[Machine transcription] Genesis chapter 3, verse 8: they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. And then verse 15, the Lord says to the serpent, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and her seed. He will crush…
The Opening Battle
[Machine transcription] May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our rock and our redeemer. Amen. Our text for this morning’s sermon comes from the gospel lesson, Luke chapter 4. You may be seated. The old evil foe now means deadly woe. Deep guile and great might are his dread arms in fight. But for us fights…
God’s Tests
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this first Sunday in Lent comes from James’ epistle. You may be seated. The first Sunday in the season of Lent is a lot like Christmas, or Easter, or other major holidays. A Lutheran Christian…
Him Only Shall You Serve
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text is the reading about the temptation of our Lord Jesus Christ for you. You may be seated. In the Old Testament reading, enter the serpent, or really rather the evil one. The one who seeks someone to devour and the only people for him to…
Sin Is Alluring
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning, this first Sunday in Lent, is from the Gospel reading, The Temptation of Our Lord Jesus. You may be seated. This morning’s text talks about something that most of the world…