Category: 1 COrinthians 10 - Epiphany Lutheran Church
Budded Staff, Bronze Serpent---Pentecost
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Readings: Numbers 16:3; 17:1-13; 21:4-9; 1 Corinthians 10:6-11; John 3:3-5, 9-18
Sin makes us stupid. Stupid so that we think doing sin makes us happy. But as soon as we’ve done it, though it may have brought momentary pleasure, a rush or a thrill, or distraction from your pain, it immediately springs a trap on you of guilt, self-loathing, shame, and regret. You’ve been through it before. You’ll go through it again. Because sin makes you stupid. As Baptized Christians we all live in this cycle of sin, repentance, and faith. When we get particularly stuck in the sin part of the cycle sometimes the Lord uses the events of life to snap us out of our sin. He uses the consequences of life in this sin-filled, broken world to turn us back to Himself. To repent us. Sometimes His Holy Spirit works quickly, and as soon as you’ve sinned you repent. And then He grants His grace and mercy to refresh you and give you joy. And if you doubt it, where do you go? To Christ’s called and ordained ministers: for Holy Absolution, the declaration from God’s mouth to your ears that you are forgiven in Jesus’ name; for the Lord’s Supper which puts Jesus’ own living body and life blood in your mouth, giving you life to the full. (John 10:10)
Fed THE Bread---5th Sunday of Easter
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Readings: Exodus 16:2-35; 17:1-7; Psalm 78:12-20, 23-28, 32-35
(antiphon: v. 35); 1 Corinthians 10:2-4; John 6:31-35
Newly freed from slavery, on the move for about month, and running out of food the Israelites complain. (Exod. 16:1-3) So the Lord rained down meat for supper and bread for breakfast. (Exod. 16:8, 11-14) Sweet bread that tasted like honey. (Exod. 16:31) Miraculous bread that appeared when the dew burned off in the light of day, when the Lord appeared in the cloud (Exod. 16:10), when the sun burst upon the white stuff covering ground like snow. (Exod. 16:13-14) It must have radiated just like fresh snow when the sun bursts through the clouds, increasing the glory of Lord as the stuff on the ground shone with heavenly light. And they said, “What is it?”—“Manna?” in their language. And never ones to understate the obvious, or maybe they were folks with a deep sense of humour, they called it that throughout the 40 years that they ate it. Manna—What is it? And the answer to that question is important: “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.” (Exod. 16:15) Bread from heaven, bread of life, given by the Lord, the second person of the Trinity, who is the living bread from heaven. That bread that when eaten gives eternal life. (John 6:47-51)
Baptized in the Cloud---4th Sunday of Easter
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Readings: Exodus 14:1-31; 32:1-20, 30; 1 Corinthians 10:1-5; Matthew 17:5
Have you ever noticed how often clouds pop up in the Bible? Or where? Our Lord ascends to the right hand of the Father and He is hidden by a cloud. (Acts 1:9) That’s not just because of weather. He’s speaking on a mountain to Moses and Elijah – two prophets who spoke to Him in the past (Exod. 3:4-7ff; 1 Kings 19:9ff) and prepared His way – and as He is transformed, transfigured, glows bright with light, a cloud covers Him. (Matt. 17:2-5) Why? Because Jesus, the Son of God in our flesh, was the One in the pillar of cloud. Before He took on flesh He was the One at the Red Sea saving the children of Israel in the pillar of cloud.
Category: 1 COrinthians 10 - Epiphany Lutheran Church
Budded Staff, Bronze Serpent---Pentecost
budded_staff_bronze_serpent_-_2015-05-24.mp3
File Size: 4653 kb
Readings: Numbers 16:3; 17:1-13; 21:4-9; 1 Corinthians 10:6-11; John 3:3-5, 9-18
Sin makes us stupid. Stupid so that we think doing sin makes us happy. But as soon as we’ve done it, though it may have brought momentary pleasure, a rush or a thrill, or distraction from your pain, it immediately springs a trap on you of guilt, self-loathing, shame, and regret. You’ve been through it before. You’ll go through it again. Because sin makes you stupid. As Baptized Christians we all live in this cycle of sin, repentance, and faith. When we get particularly stuck in the sin part of the cycle sometimes the Lord uses the events of life to snap us out of our sin. He uses the consequences of life in this sin-filled, broken world to turn us back to Himself. To repent us. Sometimes His Holy Spirit works quickly, and as soon as you’ve sinned you repent. And then He grants His grace and mercy to refresh you and give you joy. And if you doubt it, where do you go? To Christ’s called and ordained ministers: for Holy Absolution, the declaration from God’s mouth to your ears that you are forgiven in Jesus’ name; for the Lord’s Supper which puts Jesus’ own living body and life blood in your mouth, giving you life to the full. (John 10:10)
Fed THE Bread---5th Sunday of Easter
manna_&_rock_-_20150503.mp3
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Readings: Exodus 16:2-35; 17:1-7; Psalm 78:12-20, 23-28, 32-35
(antiphon: v. 35); 1 Corinthians 10:2-4; John 6:31-35
Newly freed from slavery, on the move for about month, and running out of food the Israelites complain. (Exod. 16:1-3) So the Lord rained down meat for supper and bread for b
reakfast. (Exod. 16:8, 11-14) Sweet bread that tasted like honey. (Exod. 16:31) Miraculous bread that appeared when the dew burned off in the light of day, when the Lord appeared in the cloud (Exod. 16:10), when the sun burst upon the white stuff covering ground like snow. (Exod. 16:13-14) It must have radiated just like fresh snow when the sun bursts through the clouds, increasing the glory of Lord as the stuff on the ground shone with heavenly light. And they said, “What is it?”—“Manna?” in their language. And never ones to understate the obvious, or maybe they were folks with a deep sense of humour, they called it that throughout the 40 years that they ate it. Manna—What is it? And the answer to that question is important: “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.” (Exod. 16:15) Bread from heaven, bread of life, given by the Lord, the second person of the Trinity, who is the living bread from heaven. That bread that when eaten gives eternal life. (John 6:47-51)
Baptized in the Cloud---4th Sunday of Easter
easter4_-_exodus_-_20150426.mp3
Readings: Exodus 14:1-31; 32:1-20, 30; 1 Corinthians 10:1-5; Matthew 17:5
Have you ever noticed how often clouds pop up in the Bible? Or where? Our Lord ascends to the right hand of the Father and He is hidden by a cloud. (Acts 1:9) That’s not just because of weather. He’s speaking on a mountain to Moses and Elijah – two prophets who spoke to Him in the past (Exod. 3:4-7ff; 1 Kings 19:9ff) and prepared His way – and as He is transformed, transfigured, glows bright with light, a cloud covers Him. (Matt. 17:2-5) Why? Because Jesus, the Son of God in our flesh, was the One in the pillar of cloud. Before He took on flesh He was the One at the Red Sea saving the children of Israel in the pillar of cloud.