Sermons from February 2023
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 wilderness being…
Sermon for Ash Wednesday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, there are two things that God wants us to know, two things that He wants us to believe. The first is this, that we are sinners. Sinners who have broken God’s law, who have not kept His commands, and who deserve, because of our sin, His wrath, and anger. Now the Lord has to convince us of this…
Sermon for the Transfiguration of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Evelyn, you are clothed with the robe of Christ’s righteousness that covers all your sins. You are ready for the wedding feast of the Lamb that has no end. You’re ready to stand before the Lord on the day of judgment…
Sermon for Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
[Machine transcription] Dear Baptized in Christ, especially today, Daniel Augustine, grace, mercy, and peace to you from God the Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Well, today we’ve heard more of the sermon from Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount, as we refer to it. And although it is definitely a sermon, I think that we could also see this as kind…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
[Machine transcription] Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, our Lord Jesus Christ and his Sermon on the Mount is refuting Phariseeism, the doctrine that we can be righteous according to our own works and please God by our own efforts.…
