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 prepare two…
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 Jerusalem.…
