Fourth Sunday of Easter
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Steve and all the baptized, the Lord Jesus has you as one of his sheep, which seems at first to be nice until we start to think more and more about what it means to be a sheep. I’m told by the people who know these kind of things that sheep don’t have a…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. This Sunday, you might often hear it referred to as Good Shepherd Sunday, and I think it’s interesting that in our gospel text, we really don’t even get to the verses that talk about the Good Shepherd himself. But to follow the…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Alleluia. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear saints, we give thanks to God that Jesus has overcome the devil, the world, and our sinful flesh, and that he continues to overcome the devil, the world, and our own sinful flesh. That, from the beginning, the Lord is fighting back the devil and all of his ways and all…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints of God, have you ever sat down at dinner and looked at the plate of food in front of you and said, “There’s no way I’m going to finish this?” This is how I feel about the text this morning. So, this is what I want to do. I want to actually…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, St. Peter says, “You were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.” This picture of the shepherd with his sheep would have been very common in the ancient world, especially in Israel, especially around…
The Shepherd’s Voice
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. 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 comes from this morning’s gospel lesson, especially verses 27 and 28. Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they…
I Know My Own
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the texts for this morning are from the Epistle reading, as well as the Gospel reading, both by the Apostle St. John. Please be seated. Though I’m sure you don’t need the clarification for the…
He Leads You Out
[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, the text for this morning is the Gospel reading, also pulling some things from the Epistle. You may be seated. I’m sure you’ve had an occasion to quote this oft-said secular or pagan saying that there is nothing…
The Shepherd’s Heart and Grip
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be upon 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, Good Shepherd Sunday, is found in the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Every year on the fourth Sunday of Easter, the texts and the hymns all go together with the theme of sheep…
Knowing that You are Known
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Be seated. It’s a great Sunday to celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday because of also having the great celebration of what God has done with lambs of his flock here among us, not only as a very old Lutheran school, in fact the oldest in the…