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Series C – Third Wednesday in Lent – Wednesday, March 27, 2019 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough

Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough:

Time Stamp	Transcript
0:27	A reading from
0:30	First Peter chapter 3.
0:33	likewise wives be subject to your own
0:37	husbands so that even if some do not
0:39	obey the word they may be one without a
0:41	word by the conduct of their wives when
0:43	they see you respectful and pure conduct
0:46	do not let your adorning be external the
0:49	braiding of hair the putting on of gold
0:52	jewelry or the clothing you wear but let
0:55	your adorning be the hidden person of
0:57	the heart with the imperishable beauty
0:59	of a gentle and a quiet Spirit which in
1:02	God’s sight is very precious for this is
1:05	how the holy women who hoped in God used
1:07	to Adorn themselves by submitting to
1:10	their own husbands as Sarah obeyed
1:13	Abraham calling him Lord and you are her
1:16	children if you do likewise and do not
1:19	fear anything that is frightening
1:21	likewise husbands live with your wives
1:24	in an understanding way showing honor to
1:26	the woman as the weaker vessel since
1:28	they are heirs with you of the grace of
1:30	life so that your prayers may not be
1:32	hindered
1:33	finally all of you have Unity of Mind
1:36	sympathy
1:38	brotherly love
1:40	a tender heart a humble mind
1:43	do not repay evil for evil or reviling
1:46	for reviling but on the contrary bless
1:49	for to this you were called
1:52	that you may obtain a blessing for
1:55	whoever desires to love life and to see
1:57	good days let him keep his tongue from
1:59	evil and his lips from speaking deceit
2:01	let him turn away from Evil and do good
2:04	let him seek peace and pursue it for the
2:06	eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
2:08	and his ears are open to their prayer
2:10	but the face of the Lord is against
2:12	those who do evil now who is there to
2:15	harm you if you are zealous for what is
2:17	good
2:18	but even if you should suffer for
2:20	righteousness sake you will be blessed
2:22	have no fear of them nor be troubled but
2:25	in your hearts honor Christ the Lord Is
2:27	Holy always being prepared to make a
2:29	defense to anyone who asks you for a
2:32	reason and for the hope that is in you
2:34	yet do it with gentleness and respect
2:37	having a good conscience so that when
2:39	you are slandered those who revile your
2:41	good behavior in Christ may be put to
2:43	shame for it is better to suffer for
2:45	doing good if that should be God’s will
2:48	than for doing evil for Christ also
2:51	suffered once for sins the righteous for
2:54	the unrighteous that he might bring us
2:56	to God being put to death in the flesh
2:58	but made alive in the spirit in which he
3:00	went and proclaimed to the spirits in
3:02	prison because they formally did not
3:04	obey when God’s patience waited in the
3:06	days of Noah while the ark was being
3:08	prepared in which a few that is eight
3:10	persons were brought safely through
3:12	water baptism which corresponds to this
3:15	now saves you not as a removal of dirt
3:17	from the body but as an appeal to God
3:19	for a good conscience through the
3:21	resurrection of Jesus Christ who has
3:24	gone into heaven and is at the right
3:25	hand of God with angels and authorities
3:28	and Powers having been subjected to him
3:32	this is the word of the Lord
3:36	in the name of Jesus
3:42	so we are two the third chapter of First
3:45	Peter and I’ve named the sermon series
3:48	not first Peter I’ve named it
3:50	impractical Christianity because you’ll
3:53	note that pretty much everything we’ve
3:55	been reading week after week has we’ve
3:57	been working our way through first Peter
3:58	seems completely
4:01	out of whack with our postmodern culture
4:05	and I must warn everybody that as we
4:08	work through these little vignettes of
4:10	thoughts and these are kind of they’re
4:12	kind of strung together Loosely that as
4:14	we work our way through them there’s
4:16	some things here that uh well could get
4:19	us in trouble if we were to say these
4:21	things in public
4:22	well technically we are in public but
4:24	and it’s being recorded so I expect
4:26	there will be a people with pitchforks
4:28	outside my home sometime before the end
4:30	of the week but all of that being said
4:33	consider what Peter is writing here
4:36	consider what the Holy Spirit would have
4:38	us look at and consider well the type of
4:43	relationship that husbands and wives are
4:46	to have here and I think about years ago
4:49	there was a fellow who made his wife a
4:53	pastor and and so she was preaching one
4:57	Sunday and I happened to review a lot of
4:59	really bad sermons and she was preaching
5:01	one Sunday and she said you know that
5:03	Proverbs 31 Woman
5:06	and from the pulpit she says I hate her
5:09	foreign
5:11	just sitting there going there’s so much
5:14	wrong here there’s no way to fix this
5:16	this is this is just really bad but you
5:20	know she went on you know when in her
5:22	liberated feminine self you know female
5:24	feminist that she is she you know felt
5:28	that we could just put all of that aside
5:29	yeah this is the 21st century and so but
5:32	listen to these words that God the Holy
5:35	Spirit has had the Apostle Peter penned
5:37	for us wives
5:40	be subject to your own husbands don’t
5:42	throw stones at me or tomatoes please
5:44	that’s what the text says
5:47	be subject to your own husbands so that
5:50	even if some do not obey the word they
5:52	may be one without a word by the conduct
5:54	of their wives when they see your
5:56	respectful
5:58	and pure conduct
6:01	what
6:03	and you’re going to note here that
6:04	Peter’s admonition to Christian women
6:08	does not apply
6:11	merely to those wives who have husbands
6:14	who are believers
6:18	the idea here is actually quite simple
6:21	the office of husband is established by
6:23	Christ
6:25	in the office of wife is established by
6:27	Christ
6:28	and that being the case whomever holds
6:31	that office
6:32	is to be respected by virtue of that
6:35	office
6:37	yeah but my husband you don’t understand
6:38	he’s completely worthless he he does
6:42	things that drive me completely Bonkers
6:44	and crazy if you had to live with this
6:46	man you wouldn’t want to show him any
6:48	respect either
6:50	yeah put all that away
6:53	you see note it says that they may be
6:55	one without a word by the conduct of
6:58	their wives when they see a respectful
6:59	and pure conduct and do not let your
7:01	adorning be external
7:03	braiding of your hair the putting on of
7:06	gold jewelry or even the clothing that
7:09	you wear I cannot even imagine how much
7:12	money Peter is saving women to not have
7:15	to chase after the latest Vogue fashions
7:17	right instead he says let your adorning
7:20	be the hidden person of the heart with
7:22	the imperishable beauty of a gentle and
7:25	a quiet spirit with which which in God’s
7:28	sight is very precious
7:31	very precious in God’s sight remember
7:34	last week we heard about how our
7:36	suffering for doing good is very
7:39	precious in God’s sight and that this is
7:41	something that we are called to as
7:43	Christians and so in the same way
7:45	something that’s very precious in God’s
7:47	sight is that inner beauty that doesn’t
7:50	fade away with age in fact this kind of
7:54	beauty that’s being described here would
7:56	only grow
7:57	more beautiful over time
8:01	and then consider then as a great
8:03	cross-reference here what God the Holy
8:05	Spirit had penned in the Book of
8:07	Proverbs proverbs 31. an excellent wife
8:11	who can find
8:13	she is far more precious than jewels
8:16	the heart of her husband trusts in her
8:19	and he will have no lack of gain
8:22	she does him good and not harm all the
8:25	days of her life
8:26	she seeks wool and flax and works with
8:28	willing hands she is like the ships of
8:31	the merchant she brings her food from
8:33	afar she Rises while it is yet night and
8:37	provides food for her household and
8:39	portions for her maidens
8:41	she considers a field and she buys it
8:43	with the fruit of her hands she plants a
8:45	Vineyard she dresses herself with
8:48	strength makes her arms strong she
8:51	perceives that her merchandise is
8:53	profitable her lamp does not go out at
8:56	night she puts her hands to this staff
8:58	and her hands hold the spindle she opens
9:02	her hand to the poor reaches out her
9:05	hands to the needy She’s Not Afraid of
9:07	snow for her household for all of her
9:10	household are clothed in Scarlet
9:12	she makes bed coverings for herself her
9:14	clothing is fine linen and purple her
9:16	husband is known in the gates when he
9:18	sits among the Elders of the land she
9:20	makes linen garments and sells them she
9:22	delivers sashes to the merchant strength
9:25	and dignity are her clothing and she
9:27	laughs at the time to come she opens her
9:30	mouth with wisdom and the teaching of
9:32	kindness is on her tongue She Looks well
9:34	to the ways of her household and does
9:37	not eat the bread of idleness her
9:39	children rise up and call her blessed
9:41	her husband also
9:44	and he Praises her
9:47	beautiful picture
9:48	beautiful picture and it’s a picture of
9:50	what you know Christ intends for
9:55	our relationship with our wives to be
9:58	and over and again we must remember that
10:01	God created Eve fashioned her from Adam
10:04	and that she is Adam’s helpmate and so
10:07	you get a picture of this and I
10:09	understand that this is quite the
10:12	standard
10:13	and that bringing this up well would
10:15	cause one to feel like maybe I haven’t
10:17	lived up to that
10:18	that’s how the law works
10:21	consider then as Peter continues
10:26	talking still about the adorning of the
10:29	Hidden person
10:30	this is how the holy women who hoped in
10:32	God used to Adorn themselves
10:34	by submitting to their own husbands as
10:37	Sarah obeyed Abraham by submitting by
10:40	calling him Lord
10:42	and you are her children if you do
10:44	likewise and do not fear anything that
10:46	is frightening
10:47	the last part is actually quite
10:49	fascinating and do not fear anything
10:51	that is frightening over and again
10:53	you’ll note that many marriages struggle
10:56	struggle when a woman is fear is having
11:00	fear and anxiety and usually that fear
11:03	and anxiety will have something to do
11:04	with money
11:05	something to do with the family or
11:07	whatever and that fear and anxiety
11:09	causes them to freak out and take
11:13	matters into their own hands and to
11:14	seize control oftentimes and that is not
11:18	what they are called to do they are to
11:19	continue to submit to their own husbands
11:21	and do good even in the midst of
11:24	frightening situations it doesn’t say
11:26	that frightening situations will not
11:28	come
11:28	it says that do not fear anything even
11:31	when it is frightening but likewise
11:33	husbands live with your wives in an
11:35	understanding way showing honor to the
11:38	woman as the weaker vessel and weaker
11:41	vessel here I think this oftentimes gets
11:44	misunderstood I think a good way to
11:46	think of it is is that we men are a
11:48	little rough around the edges if we were
11:50	we were a vessel we’re kind of big large
11:53	ugly clay pots right and if we’re into
11:56	sports maybe we’ve got our favorite
11:58	sports teams logo on that pot or if
12:00	we’re into you know hunting or whatever
12:02	you have AR-15s and stuff like that on
12:05	the outside of the pot you kind of get
12:06	the idea and there’s nothing beautiful
12:07	about the pot and there’s nothing
12:10	fragile about it but a woman a wife
12:13	as the weaker vessel is a fine fine
12:17	china vase beautiful and ornate
12:20	and needs to be handled with care that’s
12:23	the idea here
12:24	so we are to treat honor our spouses our
12:27	wives as the weaker vessel since they
12:30	are heirs with you and you’ll note then
12:32	that Peter makes it very clear that
12:34	women and men both equally have the same
12:37	standing before the Lord and that women
12:39	and men both husbands and wives both are
12:42	Heirs of the grace of life and then that
12:45	then the little bit of a warning here
12:47	and the warning is is that treating your
12:49	wife harshly may actually cause your
12:52	prayers to be hindered
12:54	because you are sinning against
12:57	the woman whom God has honored the idea
13:01	is simple and when you read Ephesians
13:03	chapter 5 it makes it very clear that
13:06	this relationship between husbands and
13:08	wives physically portrays the mystery
13:10	between Christ and his bride the church
13:13	and so when a husband abdicates his
13:16	responsibility to love his wife as
13:19	Christ has loved the church to love her
13:21	sacrificially
13:22	then he is doing violence to her in a
13:25	way that is contrary to the very nature
13:27	of Christ and that’s why this warning
13:29	then that your prayers may be hindered
13:32	and now Peter changes the subject
13:35	finally all of you
13:37	now we’re talking to everybody because
13:38	you know that not everybody’s married
13:40	right not everybody’s married I I look
13:42	at Brenda it’s going to be a while it’s
13:44	going to be a while for you right so
13:47	yeah so that that part of the sermon you
13:50	you go if you checked out it’s it’s okay
13:52	kind of but you should make note for the
13:54	future but this next part is for all of
13:57	us finally all of you
14:00	have Unity of mind
14:03	sympathy
14:05	brotherly love
14:07	a tender heart
14:09	and a humble mind
14:11	do not repay evil for evil or reviling
14:14	for reviling but on the contrary bless
14:19	and of course I always read passes like
14:20	this and then go really serious
14:23	so the idea it kind of works like this
14:25	you do not repay evil for evil instead
14:28	you repay evil with a blessing you do
14:30	not repay reviling for reviling but
14:33	instead you pay reviling with a blessing
14:36	of course you read something like that
14:38	and you go who does that
14:41	oh I I can name somebody who did that
14:44	he hung on a cross
14:46	that’s kind of the point right
14:47	so bless for to this and here’s that
14:51	word again you were called we were
14:53	called to this this is our calling so
14:55	that you may obtain a blessing for
14:58	whoever desires to love life and to see
15:00	good days and who doesn’t want that let
15:03	him keep his tongue from evil and his
15:05	lips from speaking deceit let him turn
15:07	away from Evil and do good let him seek
15:10	peace and pursue peace for the eyes of
15:13	the Lord are on the righteous and his
15:15	ears are open to their prayer but the
15:18	face of the Lord is against those who do
15:20	evil
15:21	important to note over and again it
15:23	always surprises me but it shouldn’t
15:25	that when people hear a passage like
15:28	this especially verse 12 that the eyes
15:30	of the Lord are on the righteous and he
15:32	hears their prayers that oftentimes we
15:35	as Christians think of ourselves outside
15:37	of that group because we look at our own
15:40	sin we look at our own shortcomings and
15:42	you go well I’m not exactly a righteous
15:44	person I may aspire to that someday but
15:48	maybe the Lord doesn’t hear me
15:52	um no no no no that’s not how this works
15:55	you see we must remember that we poor
15:59	sinners in our sin and our tattered Rags
16:03	of sin that Christ has taken those
16:05	tattered Rags on himself and he’s given
16:07	us an exchange his own clothing his own
16:09	righteousness and so because we have
16:12	been declared righteous by God that’s a
16:14	verdict given by the father himself you
16:17	have been declared to be righteous the
16:20	gavel has fallen it slaps down and y’all
16:23	are righteous so therefore know this and
16:26	be confident in it that God’s ears are
16:29	open to your prayers
16:31	because they are
16:33	now who is there to harm you if you are
16:35	zealous for what is good let that
16:38	question kind of hang out there in outer
16:39	space for a second who is to harm you if
16:42	you are zealous for what is good
16:45	of course you sit there and go well the
16:46	answer to that question is obvious no
16:48	good deed goes unpunished so
16:51	of course there’s people who are going
16:53	to harm you if we’re zealous for doing
16:54	what is good that’s kind of how things
16:56	operate and the Christians get in
16:57	trouble all the time for doing good
16:59	things
17:00	and then Peter anticipates the answer he
17:02	says yeah but even if you suffer for
17:04	righteousness sake you will be blessed
17:08	hmm
17:10	okay
17:11	so he says have no fear of them nor be
17:13	troubled but in your hearts honor Christ
17:16	the Lord Is Holy
17:18	always being prepared to make a defense
17:21	to anyone who asks you for a reason for
17:24	the hope that is in you and this is the
17:26	old apologist’s text right this is the
17:29	one that John Wort Montgomery and the
17:30	other apologists and you think of the
17:32	late Dr Walter Martin he would love to
17:34	tell you this taxi because defense
17:36	always be ready to make a defense it’s
17:38	the Greek word apologia so always be
17:39	ready to defend the Christian faith but
17:42	I would argue it’s not quite that when
17:45	you consider the context because listen
17:47	to this always be ready to give
17:52	a defense to anyone who asks you for a
17:56	reason for the hope that is in you
18:01	huh
18:02	oh
18:04	yeah and what is Our Hope
18:06	Our Hope
18:07	is a new heavens and a new Earth
18:10	our hope is a world recreated by Christ
18:13	where there is no sin There Is No Death
18:15	there is no pain there is no suffering
18:17	our hope is to see God face to face
18:22	hmm you see that’s a great hope and so
18:25	once anyone says why do you have that
18:26	hope well a defense will go along the
18:29	lines of wow haven’t you heard that the
18:30	tomb is empty things like this you can
18:32	talk like that so but when you make your
18:35	defense do so with gentleness and
18:37	respect having a good conscience so that
18:39	when you are slandered notice he doesn’t
18:41	say if
18:42	so when you are slandered
18:45	you Christians pay attention when you
18:47	are slandered
18:49	then those who revile your good behavior
18:52	in Christ that they may be put to shame
18:54	it is better to suffer for doing good if
18:57	that should be God’s will than for doing
18:59	evil
19:01	I would prefer a different option is
19:04	there any way we can have some
19:06	alleviation on the suffering part but
19:08	then again this is what we are called to
19:10	remember last week it is better to
19:12	suffer for doing good and here’s the
19:15	reason why and you’ll note so far we’ve
19:17	been hearing
19:19	a whole lot of law again
19:23	and I is as I read through these texts
19:26	and preach through them and as you’re
19:28	hearing them I can see on your faces
19:30	that you sit there and go huh this is
19:33	this is
19:34	great stuff pastor
19:37	if only I measured up me too
19:41	but know this then and here’s the gospel
19:43	again Christ also suffered
19:46	he suffered once for sins the righteous
19:50	for the unrighteous so that he might
19:52	bring us to God
19:54	being put to Death In the Flesh he was
19:56	made alive in the spirit
19:58	you see because we do not measure up
20:00	because over and again even we
20:02	Christians who have a sinful nature have
20:06	to be admonished have to be told again
20:10	and again
20:13	to put that old sinful Adam to death
20:15	consider him already dead you know to
20:18	walk by faith in sanctification means to
20:21	believe the truth about what has
20:23	happened to your sinful nature and
20:25	according to scripture
20:28	your Sinful Nature has already been
20:30	crucified with Christ you have been
20:33	United with Jesus in his death and his
20:35	resurrection and your old sinful nature
20:38	pulls the old Monty Python stunt and
20:41	says I’m not dead yet
20:44	you say yes you might think so but Jesus
20:48	says likewise so I am going to believe
20:51	what Jesus says and I’m going to
20:53	consider you dead and crucified I’m
20:55	going to stop listening to you and I’m
20:57	going to listen to Christ
20:59	because he has suffered for me
21:02	he is the righteous one and he is bled
21:05	and died for the unrighteous which is
21:07	you
21:08	as we approach Good Friday and it’s just
21:10	a few weeks away consider again vividly
21:14	the details of what it took to save you
21:18	and to save me that Jesus having been
21:22	flogged and beaten and having a crown of
21:24	thorns pressed into his head
21:27	was suspended Between Heaven and Earth
21:29	and had to pull himself up by his arms
21:31	even to breathe when he was on the cross
21:33	and he suffered and he languished and he
21:36	bled and died the righteous one for you
21:39	and me the unrighteous ones and he did
21:42	that because of his great love for us so
21:44	that he might bring us to God and being
21:46	put to Death In the Flesh he was made
21:48	alive in the spirit and then he went and
21:51	proclaimed to the spirits in prison and
21:54	this is that portion over and again when
21:56	you hear in the Creed he descended into
21:58	hell and you sit there and scratch your
22:00	head and go what’s that all about well
22:02	here’s one of the texts that gives us
22:04	just a glimpse as to what that meant
22:05	that when Jesus went down to sheol after
22:08	he died and he said he cried out it is
22:11	finished and gave up his spirit because
22:13	he was in charge of when he died he went
22:15	down to sheol and there in shayol we
22:18	remember from that story of the rich man
22:20	and Lazarus that in shayol there’s the
22:22	two compartments Abraham’s bosom on the
22:25	one side were the righteous those who
22:27	had faith and then another side that’s
22:29	well called Hades it sounds a lot like
22:33	the the warm-up act for hell
22:36	and between them there’s a great Chasm
22:38	and so from this picture then we get
22:41	that Christ descending into hell goes to
22:45	the side of Abraham’s bosom the cat of
22:48	there and shouts out across the chasm to
22:50	those who refused to repent
22:53	to those who refuse to believe to those
22:56	who refused to be forgiven
23:00	and repent of their sins even when God’s
23:03	patience waited in the days of Noah that
23:06	he proclaimed his victory to them
23:09	and see
23:12	invoking Noah then does something kind
23:14	of twofold
23:16	Noah we learn here that while the ark
23:18	was being prepared only a few that’s
23:21	eight persons in all were brought safely
23:22	through water and that Noah was a
23:25	preacher of righteousness 120 years he
23:28	preached
23:30	worst results ever for a pastor as far
23:33	as preaching is concerned at the end of
23:35	the day only eight were saved and they
23:37	were all family
23:39	and yet God was patient and the end of
23:42	the world is likened by Christ to the
23:45	days of Noah
23:46	Jesus says that just like in the days of
23:49	Noah so it will be with the coming of
23:51	the son of man
23:52	on the day that he appears there will be
23:54	people marrying and giving in marriage
23:56	and going about their business not even
23:59	knowing
24:00	that Calamity is soon to strike you know
24:04	always think about that what Jesus says
24:06	there in Matthew 24 and you feel you got
24:09	to feel some sympathy for the the young
24:11	gal who planned her wedding for the day
24:13	when the flood came
24:15	right
24:16	[Music]
24:17	um
24:18	and now a little bit of fun here
24:23	Peter reminds us
24:26	that Noah being saved through the flood
24:30	is a type and Shadow and the thing that
24:33	it gives way to the substance is found
24:34	then in our baptism verse 21 baptism
24:38	which corresponds to the flood or is the
24:40	anti-tupas in the Greek the anti-type of
24:43	the flood it baptism now saves you
24:49	and it does
24:51	and it does this he says not as a
24:53	removal of dirt from the body but it’s
24:54	an appeal to God for a good conscience
24:56	and when you put all the passages
24:58	together and consider what Paul writes
25:00	in Romans 6 that in our baptisms we are
25:03	united with Christ and his death and his
25:05	resurrection Peter says that our sins
25:07	are washed away and that we receive the
25:09	holy spirit in another passage Paul
25:12	makes it clear that our hearts are
25:13	circumcised by Christ and that in our
25:16	baptisms our old sinful atoms are
25:18	crucified and so how could it not save
25:21	it is the means by which or one of the
25:24	means by which God regenerates people
25:26	that’s exactly what Titus Chapter 3 says
25:28	and so then for the Christian we return
25:31	in Repentance daily to our baptisms
25:37	because it says here of our baptism it
25:39	is an appeal to God for a good
25:41	conscience
25:43	and this is the reason why even though
25:46	the devil rage and try to remind you of
25:48	all of your past sins and say you are a
25:52	worthless lousy horrible half-hearted
25:55	Christian to which you say yeah thanks
25:58	for the reminder but I’m baptized
26:03	and I have a good conscience knowing
26:06	that what God has done for me in the
26:07	waters of baptism baptism it now saves
26:10	you Peter says
26:12	as an appeal to God for a good
26:14	conscience through the resurrection of
26:16	Jesus who has gone into heaven and is at
26:18	the right hand of God with angels and
26:21	authorities and Powers having been
26:23	subjected to him
26:27	what a fun text and I like the fact that
26:30	both chapters two and three
26:33	begin with law
26:34	and end with the gospel quite
26:36	appropriate especially during Lent as we
26:38	always and again remember that
26:40	repentance comprises sorrow for sin
26:44	lament even for it and yet at the same
26:48	time a confident belief in trust in
26:50	Christ that we are saved and forgiven
26:54	for his sake by his merits not our own
26:58	so let us again embrace our repentance
27:01	here let us again see the ways in which
27:04	we do not measure up the ways in which
27:06	we have fallen short and let us also
27:09	confidently believe in the one who has
27:10	suffered once for sins the righteous for
27:13	the unrighteous because we through him
27:16	have now been brought to God
27:18	in the name of Jesus
27:20	amen
27:21	[Music]

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