Divine Service Holy Tuesday – April 15, 2025

Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Readings:  Jeremiah 11:18-20, 1 Timothy 6:12-14, St. Mark 14:1-15:46
Hymn “Drawn to the Cross, Which You Have Blessed” LW 356
Sermon
Hymn “There Stands a Fountain Where for Sin” LW 506

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Holy-Tuesday-Cover-4-15-2025-Online-b.pdf

Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430  (IV:37) Jesus in the Garden in John 18:1-11

#28 Part 9 Good Works are the Fruits of Faith.

No work pleases God the Lord—though it be as big and grandiose as it may wish—unless the person who does it is pleasing to God, just as it is described in Gen. 4:5: God looked graciously on Abel and his offering; namely, because it was brought to God through faith and in faith, just as it is explained in Heb. 11:4. Through this faith, Abel was reconciled with God and was made acceptable to Him. However, God did not accept Cain and his offering; namely, because it was offered there without faith and the person was not reconciled with God the Lord. The works which will please God the Lord have to flow forth from the Spirit of fellowship. For those whom God the Lord has not yet received as His beloved children, their works are unable to please Him. (Schola Pietatus-Volume 1 by Johann Gerhard, Repristination Press, p. 15)

Divine Service Holy Monday – April 14, 2025

Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Readings:  Isaiah 50:5-10, 1 Peter 2:21-24, St. John 12:1-43
Hymn “Jesus, I Will Ponder Now”  LW 109
Sermon
Hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” LW 114

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Holy-Monday-Cover-4-14-2025-Online.pdf

Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430  (IV:24) Palm Sunday Entrance in John 12:12-19

#27 Part 8 Repentance Followed By The Fruits of Repentance.

So that we may all the more orderly and clearly show what the holy apostle wants us to understand by the godliness in which we are to train ourselves, it can readily be summarized in two parts; especially since true, upright, and God-pleasing godliness, first of all, encompasses within itself true, genuine repentance, followed by righteous fruits of repentance, namely bettering of life, new obedience, and a holy conduct. That is the form in which the tree, along with its fruit, is to be composed. Consequently, we may draw this kind of conclusion from this: Godliness is comprised of not only just one or two Christian virtues, not just one or two good works; rather, all Christian virtues in their entirety and the entire flow of good works; when St. Paul consequently says in 1 Tim. 2:10 that godliness is manifested through good works, he is not just talking about a good work as being one; rather, through good works, as though many. However, if truly good and God-pleasing works are to be produced by us, they have to flow forth from faith in Christ; for whatever does not proceed from faith is a sin (Rom. 14:23) and without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6). (Schola Pietatus-Volume 1 by Johann Gerhard, Repristination Press, p. 14-15)

Divine Service Palmarum Sunday – April 13, 2025

Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Palm Sunday Procession (Matthew 21:1-9)
Hymn “All Glory, Laud, and Honor” LW 102, TLH 160
Readings:  Zechariah 9:9-10, Philippians 2:5-11, St. Matthew 26:1-27:66
Hymn of the Day: “Lamb of God, Pure and Holy” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #25, LW 208, TLH 146)
Sermon
Offertory: “Create in Me…”         p.18
General Prayer………                    p.19-20
Hymn: “Invited, Lord, by Boundless Grace” TLH 308
Exhortation                                    p.21
Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
Communion Hymns: “Ride On, Ride On in Majesty” LW 105, TLH 162
“Hail, O Once Rejected Jesus” LW 284
“The Royal Banners Forward Go” LW 103, TLH 168

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Palmarum-Cover-4-13-2025-Online.pdf

Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430  (III:61b) Jesus Before Pilate in Luke 23:1-25

Bible Class #31 on Exodus 34 – April 13, 2025

We continue our study of the book of Exodus with chapter thirty-two.
Overhead 1: Text-for-Exodus-33-April-2025.pdf
Overhead 2: Text-for-Exodus-34-April-2025.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

 

Morning Prayer for Wednesday 2

  1. Unto Thee, Lord, God Almighty, do I this day commend my body and soul, all my goods, my wife, child, father, mother, and all my thoughts and words, my heart, my ambitions and all my purposes. Again, I commend unto Thee also my tongue and all my words. All my acts also I commend, that the same may serve unto Thy honor and the welfare of my fellow men. Let me be this day a vessel of Thy grace and an instrument of Thy mercy. Bless all my undertakings, make my business to prosper, and prevent everything that could hinder these things. Amen. (Pages 288)

#26 Part 7 A True Living Active Faith AND Proper Saving Knowledge of Christ.

1 Pet. 1:8-9: For whenever you possess such, it will not make you lazy or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But anyone who does not possess this is blind and with his hands is groping in the dark (that is to say, he does not possess any proper, saving knowledge of God and His Son Jesus Christ. He has no true, living, active faith. He is unable to properly and rigidly set his foot on the Way. Instead, he gropes around like a blind person). Indeed, he also forgets the cleansing of his former sins. For without a true, living, active faith and without the proper saving knowledge of Christ, he cannot partake of the grace of God or the forgiveness of sins or the hope of everlasting life. Take note: this is the heartfelt apostolic description of true godliness, what it entails, and what pertains to it. It is in such a context that the apostle especially here uses the word “godliness” as he says to Timothy: train yourself in godliness, that is to say, in faith, in virtue, in discernment, in moderation, in patience, in godliness, in brotherly love and love in general, so that you are not found to be lazy or fruitless in the knowledge of Christ. (Schola Pietatus-Volume 1 by Johann Gerhard, Repristination Press, p. 13-14)

Evening Prayer for Tuesday. 2

  1. Eternal, Gracious, and Great God in heaven, Who through abounding grace and paternal care hast permitted me to complete this day in good health, I heartily render thanks unto Thee as is meet to do. Since I have not lived all this day unto Thy glory and honor, nor to the benefit of my fellows, because my whole nature ever inclines to evil rather than to the good, help me, who am conceived in sin, O most faithful God, that I may rightly acknowledge my weaknesses and become a partaker of Thy divine grace. Teach me often to dwell upon my latter days that I may compose myself thereunto through true repentance; and, when the end draweth nigh, may I gladly depart from this vale of sorrow to be translated with all believers into Thy heavenly paradise. In the meanwhile, so long as I am yet to abide here, receive me under Thy protection and graciously defend me against all harm and danger of body and soul, for Christ’s sake. Amen. (Page 280)