#25 Sixth, the Church Is Recognized by Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving

Sixth, the holy Christian people are externally recognized by prayer, public praise, and thanksgiving to God. Where you see and hear the Lord’s Prayer prayed and taught; or psalms or other spiritual songs sung, in accordance with the word of God and the true faith; also the creed, the Ten Commandments, and the catechism used in public, you may rest assured that a holy Christian people of God are present. For prayer, too, is one of the precious holy possessions whereby everything is sanctified, as St. Paul says [I Tim. 4:5]. The psalms too are nothing but prayers in which we praise, thank, and glorify God. The creed and the Ten Commandments are also God’s word and belong to the holy possession, whereby the Holy Spirit sanctifies the holy people of Christ. However, we are now speaking of prayers and songs which are intelligible and from which we can learn and by means of which we can mend our ways. The clamor of monks and nuns and priests is not prayer, nor is it praise to God; for they do not understand it, nor do they learn anything from it; they do it like a donkey, only for the sake of the belly and not at all in quest of any reform or sanctification or of the will of God.  (Luther’s Works, v.41, p.164)

Picture:  Veronica window: The Face of Jesus

Book of Concord, Bible Class #26: Ap. IV Justification, part 6

This Bible study examines the Lutheran’s “Reply to Arguments of the Adversaries” in Apology, article IV. Justification.

Quiz #25 (tan sheet): Quiz-25-for-Mar-29-2020-Apology-IV-continued.pdf
Chart for Apology IV numbering:  Chart-for-Apology-IV-Tappert-and-Monoglot.pdf
Overhead 1: Luke 7 and Apology IV-III-31-34.pdf
Overhead 2: Overheads-for-Mar-29-2020.pdf
Text of the Apology IV:  Apology-IV-Continued-March-29-Reply-to-the-Opponents.pdf

Note 1: After 15 minutes, one of my children closes the window to silence the chimes you hear.
Note 2: A Matins service was also video recorded and is available at trinityh.org, under the tab, Sermons
Note 3: This is the audio only post.  The vimeo video is also available.   Click here –>  Video of Class #26

Matins for Lent Five on March 27 2020

Due to the restrictions imposed by the spread of the coronavirus, this Matins service was held early in the hopes of recording it and making it available to those who are not able to attend church on Sunday, March 29, 2020.

Service Bulletin 1:  Judica-Matins-for-Online-3-29-2020.pdf
Printed Sermon:  SRM1902-Keep-the-Word.pdf

0.00 Hymn LW #362 “Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness”
3:00 Order of Matins, p.208
3:45 Venite with Invitatory, p.209
6:00 Hymn LW #98 “Glory Be to Jesus”
7:50 Psalm 43
10:20 Readings:  Genesis 22:1-14, Hebrews 9:11-15, John 8:42-59
17:30 Responsory for Lent, p.212
18:40 Sermon “Keep the Word” Jn 8:51  (length: 16 minutes)
34:40 Te Deum, p.214
38:20 Prayers
45:30 total time

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL)
This post is the audio, if you want the video CLICK HERE –> Vimeo Video
Note: The Bible class was also recorded and will be available at trinityh.org.

 

Devotions for Wednesday in Lent 4, March 25, 2020

Invocation
Psalm 122 (chanted)
Reading: Galatians 4:21-31
Sermon Title: “The House of the Lord”    Text: SRM1901-The-House-of-the-Lord.pdf
“Prayer for the Afflicted and Those Suffering Hardship” Johann Gerhard, chapter VII, “The Daily Exercise of Piety” (1629)
Blessing

Total time = 14:27 min
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL)

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For Men for the Ministry.

O LORD, we beseech Thee, to raise up for the work of the ministry faithful and able men, counting it all joy to spend and be spent for the sake of Thy dear Son, and for the souls for which He shed His most precious blood upon the cross; and we pray Thee to fit them for their holy function by Thy bountiful grace and benediction; through the Same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.   (Oremus, 1925, p.73).

#24 The Minister’s Personal Qualifications: A Married Man?

The pope condemns the marriage of bishops or priests; that is now plain enough. … St. Paul says (they say) in Ephesians 4 [5:31–32] that husband and wife are a great sacrament. I say, “Yes, in Christ and the church.” My dear man, can you gather from these words of St. Paul that marriage is the kind of a sacrament of which they speak? He says that husband and wife are one body, which is a great sacrament. Then he interprets himself, saying, “I speak of Christ and the church, not of husband and wife.” But they say that he is speaking of husband and wife. Paul envisages Christ and the church as a great sacrament or “mystery”; so they say that husband and wife are a great sacrament. Why then do they regard it as virtually the least of the sacraments, indeed, as sheer impurity and sin, in which one cannot serve God?…

Therefore do not worry (as was said) about the papists’ talk concerning the personal qualifications for an ecclesiastical office, for these asses do not understand St. Paul’s words, nor do they know what St. Paul’s language calls a sacrament. He says [Eph. 5:31–32] that Christ and the church are a sacrament, that is, Christ and the church are one body, as husband and wife are, and that this is a great mystery, to be apprehended by faith. It is not visible or tangible; therefore it is a sacrament, that is, something secret, a mystery, invisible, hidden. … Now wherever you find these offices or officers, you may be assured that the holy Christian people are there; for the church cannot be without these bishops, pastors, preachers, priests; and conversely, they cannot be without the church. Both must be together.  (Luther’s Works, v.41, p.156, 158-159, 163-164)

Picture: The Anchor

Book of Concord, Bible Class #25: Ap. IV Justification, Audio only

This Bible study examines subsection of article IV. Justification of the Apology{Defense} of the Augsburg Confession, which is called “Of Love and the Fulfilling of the Law.”

Quiz #24 (salmon sheet): Quiz-24-for-Mar-22-2020-Apology-IV-continued.pdf
Overhead 1: Review-of-Overheads-for-March-22-2020.pdf
Overhead 2: Overheads-for-March-22-2020.pdf
Overhead 3: Apology-IV-Continued-Mar-22-2020.pdf

Note: The Divine Service was also video recorded and is available at trinityh.org.

This is the audio only post.  The video is also available at BoC_Study_25_Mar_22_2020_24hbk.mp4

Book of Concord, Bible Class #25: Ap. IV Justification, Video

This Bible study examines subsection of article IV. Justification of the Apology{Defense} of the Augsburg Confession, which is called “Of Love and the Fulfilling of the Law.”

Quiz #24 (salmon sheet): Quiz-24-for-Mar-22-2020-Apology-IV-continued.pdf
Overhead 1: Review-of-Overheads-for-March-22-2020.pdf
Overhead 2: Overheads-for-March-22-2020.pdf
Overhead 3: Apology-IV-Continued-Mar-22-2020.pdf

Note: The Divine Service was also video recorded and is available at trinityh.org.

This is the video post (with audio).  Turn it up.  It is a bit quieter.
The video is also available at Book_of_Concord_Bible_Class_25_March_20_2020.mp3

Divine Service for Lent Four on March 22, 2020

Due to the restrictions imposed by the spread of the coronavirus, this Divine Service was held early in the hopes of recording it and making it available to those who are not able to attend church on Sunday, March 22, 2020.

Service Bulletin 1:  Laetare-Cover-3-22-2020b-color-bulletin.pdf
Service Bulletin 2:  Laetare-Insert-3-22-2020b-color-bulletin.pdf
Printed Sermon:  Sermon-He-Cares-For-You.pdf

0:00  “How Precious is the Book Divine” LW 332, TLH 285
2:28  Service Begins
18:00 “Jesus Priceless Treasure” LW 270, TLH 347
22:30  Sermon “He Cares For You” John 6:5
36:15  “Create in Me…” LW p.143
37:00  The Prayer of the Church
41:46  Communion Liturgy
50:36  “Lord Jesus Christ, Life Giving Bread” LW 248, TLH 312
54:28  “Lord, Now You Let Your Servant….” LW p.144
54:46  “Glory Be to Jesus”  LW 98, TLH 158
58:45  Service ends

Note: The Bible class was also recorded and will be available at trinityh.org.

Book of Concord, Bible Class #24: Ap. IV Justification, part 4

This Bible study examines article IV. Justification of the Apology{Defense} of the Augsburg Confession.

Quiz #23 (blue sheet): Quiz-23-for-Mar-15-2020-Apology-IV-continued.pdf
Overhead 1: Review-of-Overheads-from-March-1-2020.pdf
Overhead 2: Overheads-for-March-15-2020.pdf

Apology:  1. I forgot to turn on my lapel mic for the beginning of Bible Class and thus you miss half of the review of quiz #23 answers, which included some review.  2. I, also, forgot to turn off the upstairs congregational microphone during Bible class, so the last minutes of the Bible Class dialog will be occasionally covered up by organ playing.