November 19, 2014 | 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 | The holy Gospel According to |
| 0:30 | Saint Luke chapter 23 verses 33-46 |
| 0:34 | when they came to the place that is |
| 0:36 | called the skull there they crucified |
| 0:39 | Jesus and the criminals went on his |
| 0:42 | right and one on his left |
| 0:44 | Jesus said |
| 0:46 | father forgive them |
| 0:48 | they know not what they do |
| 0:50 | and they cast lots to divide his |
| 0:52 | garments |
| 0:53 | and the people stood by watching |
| 0:56 | but the rulers scoffed at him saying he |
| 0:58 | saved others let him save himself if he |
| 1:01 | is the Christ of God and his Chosen One |
| 1:05 | the soldiers also mocked him coming up |
| 1:07 | and offering him sour wine and saying if |
| 1:09 | you’re the king of the Jews save |
| 1:11 | yourself |
| 1:13 | there was an inscription over him |
| 1:15 | this is the king of the Jews |
| 1:18 | one of the criminals who were hanged |
| 1:21 | railed at Jesus saying are you not the |
| 1:24 | Christ save yourself in US |
| 1:27 | but the other rebuked him saying |
| 1:29 | do you not fear God since you are under |
| 1:33 | the same sentence of condemnation and we |
| 1:37 | indeed justly for we are receiving the |
| 1:39 | due reward for our Deeds but this man |
| 1:42 | has done nothing wrong |
| 1:45 | and he said |
| 1:47 | Jesus |
| 1:50 | remember me when you come into your |
| 1:52 | kingdom |
| 1:54 | and Jesus said to him |
| 1:55 | truly truly I say to you today you will |
| 2:00 | be with me in Paradise |
| 2:03 | and it was now about the sixth hour |
| 2:05 | and there was Darkness over the whole |
| 2:07 | land until the ninth hour |
| 2:08 | while the Sun’s light failed |
| 2:11 | the curtain of the temple was torn in |
| 2:13 | two |
| 2:14 | Jesus called out with a loud voice |
| 2:16 | father into your hands I commit my |
| 2:19 | spirit |
| 2:20 | and having said this he breathed his |
| 2:22 | last |
| 2:25 | in the name of Jesus |
| 2:28 | amen |
| 2:30 | truly I say to you today |
| 2:33 | you will be with me in Paradise |
| 2:37 | word spoken 2000 years ago |
| 2:40 | today we are here to lay to rest our |
| 2:43 | sister in Jesus Christ Judy stangram |
| 2:45 | but you see |
| 2:48 | we’re all late to the party |
| 2:50 | on Saturday morning |
| 2:52 | Judy went to be with Jesus |
| 2:55 | remember Jesus said to that dying man on |
| 2:57 | the cross that dying thief on the cross |
| 3:00 | truly I say to you |
| 3:03 | today |
| 3:04 | you will be with me in Paradise |
| 3:07 | in fact the last words that were spoken |
| 3:09 | to Judy by her daughter Carol were the |
| 3:11 | assuring words that she would be in |
| 3:13 | Paradise |
| 3:15 | with Jesus |
| 3:20 | and you told her the truth |
| 3:23 | I’ve been around death long enough to |
| 3:25 | know that everyone talks about the dead |
| 3:28 | by saying oh he or she is in a better |
| 3:31 | place |
| 3:33 | that’s not always true |
| 3:36 | but these words |
| 3:37 | you know oftentimes sound like |
| 3:39 | comforting platitudes but in the case of |
| 3:41 | Judy strangrum these are not |
| 3:44 | platitudes she truly is in a better |
| 3:47 | place a place where she desires for you |
| 3:51 | to join her |
| 3:52 | listen carefully to what I’m saying |
| 3:55 | she wants you to join her on that day |
| 3:57 | when you breathe your last breath or |
| 3:59 | when Jesus returns in glory to judge the |
| 4:01 | living and the dead whichever comes |
| 4:02 | first |
| 4:04 | now some of you |
| 4:06 | may be tempted to look at Judy’s life |
| 4:08 | and think that you’re not good enough to |
| 4:10 | join Judy in Christ’s Heavenly Kingdom |
| 4:13 | and if you think that |
| 4:15 | you’re right but I want to let you in on |
| 4:18 | a little secret a truth that might seem |
| 4:22 | disrespectful but isn’t |
| 4:24 | Judy wasn’t good enough to join Jesus |
| 4:26 | either |
| 4:27 | I’m not good enough you’re not good |
| 4:30 | enough no one is good enough to join |
| 4:32 | Jesus in his Heavenly Kingdom Jesus |
| 4:35 | instead made Judy Worthy |
| 4:37 | as a gift which he gave to her by grace |
| 4:40 | alone |
| 4:41 | through faith alone and Jesus is here |
| 4:44 | today promising you Heaven as well |
| 4:47 | as a gift |
| 4:49 | so with that let us return to our texts |
| 4:51 | to see how that is possible |
| 4:54 | Our Gospel text picks up in the drama |
| 4:57 | on Golgotha on the day that Jesus is |
| 5:00 | crucified and says when they came to the |
| 5:02 | place it is called the skull |
| 5:05 | they crucified Jesus |
| 5:08 | what a shameful death |
| 5:11 | God himself in human flesh |
| 5:14 | having Nails driven through his hands |
| 5:16 | and his feet |
| 5:18 | his back scourged by the Romans whips |
| 5:22 | and crucified between criminals |
| 5:26 | this is no place for God to be |
| 5:30 | one criminal was on his right the other |
| 5:33 | on his left |
| 5:34 | sounds like the setup for a really bad |
| 5:36 | joke |
| 5:38 | but Jesus said |
| 5:40 | father forgive them for they know not |
| 5:43 | what they do |
| 5:46 | that day they crucified God |
| 5:49 | that day they killed God and they did |
| 5:52 | not know what they were doing |
| 5:54 | they cast lots to divide his garments |
| 5:56 | which was prophesied in psalm 22. the |
| 6:00 | people stood by watching the rulers |
| 6:01 | scoffed at him saying well he saved |
| 6:04 | others let him save himself if he’s the |
| 6:06 | Christ of God and his Chosen One the |
| 6:08 | soldiers also mocked him |
| 6:12 | mocked God |
| 6:14 | wow |
| 6:15 | coming up and offering him sour wine |
| 6:17 | saying well if you’re the king of the |
| 6:19 | Jews save yourself |
| 6:22 | it was also an inscription over him this |
| 6:24 | is the king of the Jews but you see |
| 6:26 | Jesus wasn’t about saving himself on |
| 6:28 | that day |
| 6:30 | it was about saving you and saving me |
| 6:33 | that’s why he was there |
| 6:36 | one of the criminals who were hanged |
| 6:37 | railed at Jesus saying are you not the |
| 6:40 | Christ save yourself in US |
| 6:42 | but the other rebuked him saying |
| 6:45 | do you not fear God |
| 6:49 | since you went under the same sentence |
| 6:51 | of condemnation yeah you’re about to |
| 6:53 | meet God and there he is right next to |
| 6:55 | you on the cross right next to you do |
| 6:58 | you not fear God since you are under the |
| 7:01 | same sentence of condemnation what a |
| 7:03 | strange thing to say about God |
| 7:06 | Jesus God in human flesh born of the |
| 7:08 | Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius |
| 7:10 | Pilate condemned |
| 7:13 | condemned to die |
| 7:17 | the criminal rightly says we indeed |
| 7:20 | justly for we are receiving the due |
| 7:23 | reward for our Deeds |
| 7:26 | but this man |
| 7:28 | has done nothing |
| 7:30 | nothing wrong |
| 7:34 | how is it possible |
| 7:36 | that we murdered the only innocent man |
| 7:38 | who ever lived Among Us |
| 7:40 | he did nothing wrong and yet he’s there |
| 7:43 | hanging on the cross bleeding and dying |
| 7:47 | as a condemned man |
| 7:49 | how is this possible |
| 7:51 | well Isaiah tells us Isaiah 53 |
| 7:59 | he says this |
| 8:01 | who has believed what he has heard from |
| 8:03 | us and to whom has the arm of the Lord |
| 8:06 | been revealed |
| 8:07 | for he grew up before him like a young |
| 8:09 | plant like a root out of dry ground he |
| 8:11 | had no form of majesty that we should |
| 8:13 | look at him and no beauty that we should |
| 8:14 | desire him |
| 8:16 | he was despised and rejected by Men A |
| 8:19 | Man of Sorrows and acquainted with grief |
| 8:21 | and as one from whom men hid their faces |
| 8:23 | he was despised and we esteemed him not |
| 8:28 | surely he has borne our griefs and |
| 8:31 | carried our sorrows |
| 8:34 | yet we esteemed him stricken Smitten by |
| 8:36 | God and afflicted |
| 8:38 | and here’s the important part |
| 8:40 | but he Jesus was pierced for our |
| 8:45 | transgressions |
| 8:47 | he was crushed |
| 8:49 | for our iniquities |
| 8:51 | and upon him was the chastisement or the |
| 8:54 | punishment that brought us peace |
| 8:57 | peace with whom |
| 8:59 | peace with God |
| 9:01 | peace with each other |
| 9:04 | upon him was the chastisement that |
| 9:07 | brought us peace and by his wounds we’re |
| 9:09 | healed all we like sheep have gone |
| 9:12 | astray we have turned everyone to his |
| 9:13 | own way |
| 9:15 | and the Lord Yahweh has laid on Jesus |
| 9:18 | the iniquity of us all |
| 9:20 | he was oppressed he was afflicted yet he |
| 9:24 | opened not his mouth and like a lamb |
| 9:25 | that has led to the slaughter and like a |
| 9:27 | sheep that before its shears is silent |
| 9:29 | so he opened not his mouth |
| 9:32 | by oppression and judgment he was taken |
| 9:34 | away as for his generation who |
| 9:37 | considered that he was cut off from the |
| 9:38 | land of the living and stricken for the |
| 9:40 | transgression of my people and they made |
| 9:42 | his grave with the wicked and with a |
| 9:44 | rich man in his death although he had |
| 9:46 | done no violence there was no deceit in |
| 9:48 | his mouth yet it was the will of the |
| 9:51 | Lord to crush him |
| 9:54 | he has put him to grief |
| 9:56 | when a soul makes an offering for guilt |
| 9:59 | he shall see his offspring he shall |
| 10:01 | prolong his days the will of the Lord |
| 10:04 | shall prosper in his hand and out of the |
| 10:06 | anguish of his soul he shall see and be |
| 10:09 | satisfied by his knowledge shall the |
| 10:11 | righteous one my servant make many to be |
| 10:13 | accounted righteous |
| 10:15 | and he shall bear their iniquities |
| 10:16 | therefore I will divide him a portion |
| 10:18 | with the many and he shall divide the |
| 10:20 | spoil with the strong because he poured |
| 10:22 | out his soul unto death and was numbered |
| 10:25 | with the transgressors yet he bore the |
| 10:28 | sin of many |
| 10:29 | and makes intercession for the |
| 10:32 | transgressors |
| 10:33 | how is it possible that God is condemned |
| 10:36 | to bleed and die on a tree |
| 10:39 | it’s real simple |
| 10:41 | he took your condemnation upon himself |
| 10:45 | so that you wouldn’t have to be |
| 10:46 | condemned before God |
| 10:48 | and you see like I said |
| 10:52 | Judy was not good enough to make it into |
| 10:54 | heaven |
| 10:55 | instead Jesus bore Judy’s sins |
| 10:59 | took him upon himself while he was being |
| 11:01 | crucified |
| 11:03 | and he bore your sins |
| 11:06 | and he bore mine |
| 11:09 | which begs the question why |
| 11:11 | why would God do such a thing |
| 11:13 | well because of God’s great love for |
| 11:16 | Judy and for you |
| 11:18 | John chapter 3 says this as Moses lift |
| 11:22 | up the serpent in the wilderness so must |
| 11:24 | the son of man be lifted up that whoever |
| 11:26 | believes in him |
| 11:28 | might have eternal life |
| 11:31 | this is not granted for people who are |
| 11:34 | good because there are none good Among |
| 11:35 | Us |
| 11:37 | this is only granted for sinners |
| 11:40 | why because God so loved the world that |
| 11:42 | he gave his only begotten son that |
| 11:44 | whoever believes not works believes in |
| 11:47 | him would not perish but have eternal |
| 11:50 | life for God did not send his son into |
| 11:53 | the world to condemn the world |
| 11:55 | but in order that the world might be |
| 11:57 | saved through him |
| 12:00 | whoever believes in Jesus is not |
| 12:02 | condemned whoever does not believed well |
| 12:06 | stands condemned already because they |
| 12:07 | have not believed in the name of the |
| 12:09 | only son of God |
| 12:11 | Judy believed in Jesus |
| 12:16 | she is not condemned she is safely with |
| 12:20 | Jesus now |
| 12:22 | and Judy despite all of her suffering |
| 12:24 | never abandoned her faith in the one who |
| 12:27 | bled and died for her and the one who |
| 12:29 | bled and died for you also |
| 12:34 | on many of my trips to the hospital to |
| 12:36 | visit Judy I arrived I’m sorry on one of |
| 12:38 | my trips to the hospital to visit Judy I |
| 12:40 | arrived a few minutes after the doctors |
| 12:42 | had told her that her situation was Dire |
| 12:45 | that she needed a heart valve surgery in |
| 12:47 | order to live |
| 12:48 | but that the heart valve surgery would |
| 12:50 | most likely kill her |
| 12:53 | she’d come to the end of the road it was |
| 12:56 | just a matter of time |
| 12:59 | Judy was |
| 13:01 | upset |
| 13:03 | and she told me |
| 13:05 | that she did not want to die |
| 13:10 | who of us does |
| 13:13 | but her desire to not die was not one |
| 13:16 | that was selfish |
| 13:18 | she wasn’t afraid to die |
| 13:21 | it wasn’t because she was fearing it |
| 13:23 | instead it was because what she wanted |
| 13:25 | to do |
| 13:27 | the things she wanted to do were not for |
| 13:29 | herself but For Those whom she loved in |
| 13:32 | fact her words were an echo of the |
| 13:34 | Apostle Paul’s words in Philippians let |
| 13:36 | me read what Paul says |
| 13:38 | I will not at all be ashamed but with |
| 13:41 | full courage now as always Christ will |
| 13:43 | be honored in my body whether by life or |
| 13:45 | by Death |
| 13:46 | for me to live is Christ to die is gain |
| 13:50 | if I live in the flesh well that means |
| 13:52 | fruitful labor for me yet which shall I |
| 13:54 | choose I cannot tell I’m hard-pressed |
| 13:56 | between the two my desire is to depart |
| 13:59 | and be with Christ for that is far |
| 14:01 | better but to remain in the flesh is |
| 14:03 | more necessary on your account |
| 14:06 | Judy really desired to stay in her body |
| 14:09 | because she felt that it was necessary |
| 14:12 | for the work that she still wanted to |
| 14:14 | accomplish |
| 14:16 | she wanted to be here for all of her |
| 14:18 | family and the ones she loved and the |
| 14:19 | people she served in this community |
| 14:21 | the fact that you’re here today shows |
| 14:24 | that this is a woman of Faith Who Bore |
| 14:26 | fruit in keeping with good works and |
| 14:28 | each and every one of you were touched |
| 14:30 | by what she did |
| 14:33 | Judy Carol and I prayed that morning |
| 14:37 | we prayed that Jesus would heal her |
| 14:39 | and we pray that Jesus would let her |
| 14:41 | stay to serve Those whom she loved |
| 14:44 | but also in that prayer we acknowledge |
| 14:46 | that Jesus is the Lord he is the Lord of |
| 14:49 | life |
| 14:50 | and we trusted him even if he decided |
| 14:52 | that it was time for Judy to depart and |
| 14:55 | to be with him |
| 14:56 | but I will never forget Judy’s words |
| 14:59 | Pastor I don’t want to die |
| 15:05 | but you see |
| 15:06 | Judy was baptized |
| 15:09 | that’s why she has the Paul over her |
| 15:10 | casket |
| 15:13 | she was baptized on that day she died |
| 15:19 | the day that Judy was baptized was the |
| 15:21 | day she died |
| 15:23 | scripture says |
| 15:25 | do you not know that you have been |
| 15:26 | baptized and baptized into Christ’s |
| 15:28 | death |
| 15:29 | and raised in his resurrection you see |
| 15:32 | Judy died at the baptismal fund when the |
| 15:35 | pastor poured the water over her head |
| 15:37 | and said I baptize you in the name of |
| 15:39 | the father and the Son and the Holy |
| 15:41 | Spirit |
| 15:41 | it just took a while for her body to |
| 15:43 | catch up to the death certificate that |
| 15:45 | was her baptism |
| 15:47 | she was baptized and raised with Christ |
| 15:49 | in the waters of her baptism she had |
| 15:50 | faith in Jesus and the same Jesus who |
| 15:52 | bled and died for Judy also bled and |
| 15:55 | died for you and also for me and this |
| 15:57 | same Jesus says this in John chapter 11. |
| 16:00 | I am the resurrection and the life |
| 16:02 | whoever believes in me though he die yet |
| 16:04 | shall he live |
| 16:06 | and everyone who lives and Believes In |
| 16:09 | Me get this |
| 16:11 | will never die |
| 16:14 | do you believe this |
| 16:19 | your eyes deceive you |
| 16:24 | there’s a casket here |
| 16:25 | she’s dead but Jesus says she never died |
| 16:29 | and so on that day when Judy said to me |
| 16:31 | Pastor I don’t want to die |
| 16:34 | she didn’t because Jesus said she didn’t |
| 16:38 | that doesn’t mean there’s not a funeral |
| 16:39 | today that doesn’t mean there’s not a |
| 16:41 | body but in the truest sense of the word |
| 16:43 | she never died |
| 16:45 | because she’s in Christ and Christ has |
| 16:48 | already died and risen again he has |
| 16:50 | conquered death and those of you who |
| 16:52 | believe you too are in Christ the one |
| 16:55 | who has conquered death and you too will |
| 16:58 | never die |
| 17:04 | so the criminal said Jesus Remember me |
| 17:07 | when you come into your kingdom |
| 17:09 | and he said truly I say to you today you |
| 17:11 | will be with parrot with me in Paradise |
| 17:13 | on Saturday morning |
| 17:17 | Judy stangram joined Jesus in Paradise |
| 17:20 | and all because of what Jesus did for |
| 17:22 | her |
| 17:23 | now back on Good Friday our text says it |
| 17:26 | was now about the sixth hour |
| 17:28 | and there was Darkness over the whole |
| 17:30 | land until the ninth hour |
| 17:32 | and the Sun’s light |
| 17:34 | failed |
| 17:36 | God knows what it means to grieve |
| 17:41 | he knows exactly what it means to grieve |
| 17:44 | God the Father watched on while his son |
| 17:47 | died |
| 17:49 | God knows what it means to suffer |
| 17:51 | he has joined us in our suffering he is |
| 17:54 | not a God who was far off he is a God |
| 17:57 | who has been Among Us |
| 17:58 | and experience the grief of death |
| 18:01 | and God grieved so badly that not even |
| 18:04 | the son could bear its light |
| 18:08 | and all of this was for you for me for |
| 18:11 | Judy |
| 18:13 | the curtain of the temple was torn in |
| 18:15 | two |
| 18:16 | and Jesus called out with a loud voice |
| 18:18 | father into your hands I commit my |
| 18:20 | spirit and having said this he breathed |
| 18:23 | his last |
| 18:24 | Jesus breathed his last breath for Judy |
| 18:28 | Jesus breathed his last breath for you |
| 18:32 | those who believe in Judy in Jesus will |
| 18:35 | join Judy and Jesus in Paradise on the |
| 18:39 | day when their eyes close here on this |
| 18:41 | Earth and then open in eternity and what |
| 18:44 | a blessed day that will be |
| 18:47 | foreign if it’s not too sentimental I |
| 18:51 | would like to close |
| 18:52 | with a hymn |
| 18:56 | for all the saints |
| 18:59 | who from their labors rest |
| 19:02 | who thee by faith before the world |
| 19:04 | confessed thy name O Jesus be forever |
| 19:08 | blessed Hallelujah |
| 19:11 | halleluia thou was their Rock their |
| 19:14 | Fortress and their might thou Lord their |
| 19:16 | captain in the well-fought fight thou in |
| 19:19 | the darkness Drear there are only one |
| 19:21 | True Light |
| 19:23 | o May thy soldiers faithful true and |
| 19:25 | bold fight as the Saints who nobly |
| 19:27 | fought of old and win with them the |
| 19:29 | Victor’s Crown of gold |
| 19:32 | o bless communion Fellowship Divine we |
| 19:36 | feebly struggle they in glory shine |
| 19:39 | yet all are one indeed for all are all |
| 19:43 | are thine |
| 19:46 | and when the fight is fierce the Warfare |
| 19:48 | long Steals on the ear of the distant |
| 19:51 | Triumph song and hearts are brave again |
| 19:53 | and arms are strong alleluia alleluia |
| 19:58 | the golden evening brightens in the west |
| 20:00 | soon soon to faithful Warrior cometh |
| 20:03 | rest |
| 20:04 | sweet is the calm of Paradise The |
| 20:06 | Blessed |
| 20:07 | halleluia |
| 20:10 | Alleluia |
| 20:11 | below their breaks a yet more Glorious |
| 20:13 | Day the Saints triumphant rise and |
| 20:16 | bright away the king of glory passes on |
| 20:18 | his way o Hallelujah Hallelujah |
| 20:23 | from Earth’s wide bounds From Oceans |
| 20:26 | farthest Coast |
| 20:28 | through Gates of pearl stream in the |
| 20:31 | countless House singing to the Father |
| 20:33 | the Son and the Holy Ghost Alleluia |
| 20:38 | Hallelujah |
| 20:41 | do you believe |
| 20:45 | do you believe that Christ bled and died |
| 20:47 | for you |
| 20:49 | do you believe that you’re not worthy of |
| 20:51 | heaven but that Christ is secured at all |
| 20:56 | if you believe |
| 20:59 | then you will live |
| 21:01 | if you believed you will join Jesus |
| 21:04 | and Judy on that great day when Christ |
| 21:07 | returns in glory to judge the living and |
| 21:10 | the dead in the name of Jesus |
| 21:13 | amen |
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