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1 Year Lectionary – Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity – Sunday, October 2, 2022 | 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
0:26	the
0:29	holy Gospel According to Saint Luke the
0:31	seventh chapter
0:33	soon afterwards Jesus went to a town
0:36	called nane and his disciples and a
0:38	great crowd went with him as he drew
0:41	near to the gate of the Town Behold a
0:43	man who had died was being carried out
0:45	the only son of his mother and she was a
0:48	widow and and a considerable crowd from
0:50	the town was with her and when the Lord
0:52	saw her he had compassion on her and
0:55	said to her do not weep and then he came
0:58	up and touched the beer and the Bears
1:00	Stood Still and he said young man I say
1:03	to you arise and the dead man sat up and
1:06	began to speak and Jesus gave him to his
1:08	mother fear seized them all and the
1:11	glorified God sing a great prophet has
1:13	arisen Among Us and God has visited his
1:16	people
1:17	and this report about him spread
1:19	throughout the whole the whole of Judea
1:21	and all the surrounding country this is
1:25	the gospel of the Lord in the name of
1:27	Jesus
1:28	amen
1:30	death yeah we don’t like talking about
1:33	it but whether we talk about it or not
1:35	death comes death comes for all of us
1:38	unless Christ shows up maybe next
1:41	Thursday would be a good time for him to
1:43	show up because then maybe we can avert
1:46	and death but alas if Christ continues
1:48	to tarry we will all someday
1:51	die and you’ll note that throughout the
1:54	gospels there are several instances
1:57	three to be exact where Jesus raises the
2:01	Dead the first is jarius’s daughter
2:04	young 12 year old girl then we have this
2:07	fellow the son of the Widow of nain and
2:12	clearly he’s a young man so I would note
2:16	here this uh this fellow by virtue of
2:18	the fact that he’s a young man and the
2:21	first person that Jesus raised from the
2:22	dead was a girl a little 12 year old
2:25	girl
2:26	that death comes for us all we all are
2:31	born already with one foot in the grave
2:34	and death is no respecter of persons
2:37	death doesn’t sit there and go oh well
2:38	you’re too young to die no no no no no
2:40	death doesn’t think this way death
2:43	sweeps us all away infant unborn
2:48	older younger it doesn’t matter and then
2:52	the third of Jesus is Raising people
2:55	from the dead Miracles is Lazarus the
2:58	one whom he loved and so we’ll know that
3:01	tragedy comes for us all In Our Gospel
3:05	text today this is indeed tragedy it’s
3:09	it’s in fact the tragedy is surpassed by
3:13	the mercy of Christ so Jesus is
3:16	traveling to a town called nane and as
3:20	he drew near to the gate there was a man
3:22	who had died being carried out the only
3:25	son of his mother she was away Widow
3:27	considerable crowd from the town was
3:29	with her and this this woman as a widow
3:32	I mean she’s facing
3:35	abject poverty
3:38	that’s what’s facing her
3:40	she doesn’t have a son anymore her
3:43	husband has passed what does her future
3:45	look like
3:47	the leak
3:48	and you’re gonna note something here and
3:50	that is is that
3:52	oftentimes tragedy visits us and we cry
3:56	out to God and we say why
3:59	and I am not authorized to say why
4:02	because I do not know the man the the
4:04	mind of God however I have noticed that
4:07	there are times in people’s lives when
4:10	God sends tragedy oftentimes it is um to
4:15	make it so that the good things of this
4:17	Earth do not tempt Us in ways that we
4:21	put our trust in them our hearts desire
4:24	is for them rather than for God you’ll
4:26	note that by faith we despise all the
4:30	things of this Earth we do not cast our
4:33	eyes on and Trust in riches our wealth
4:36	or youth or in the love of a spouse or
4:40	the love of a mother
4:42	or the love of a child if we love these
4:46	things more than Christ and we’re not
4:48	worthy of eternal life we’re still
4:50	impenitent we’re still dead in
4:52	trespasses and sins and so sometimes
4:55	tragedy comes as a means by which God
4:58	strips away those things that would harm
5:01	our faith in this particular case we’re
5:05	in the middle of this tragedy this kid
5:07	has just died and Christ here he has
5:11	compassion that says the Lord saw her
5:13	and he had compassion on her
5:15	and he comes and offers words of
5:17	consolation he’s saying to her do not
5:19	weep this isn’t a Prohibition as if
5:21	somehow weeping is an anti-christian
5:23	thing to do no no this has to do with
5:25	the fact that he’s saying take comfort
5:28	take comfort don’t weep
5:30	I’ve got something for you then he came
5:32	up touched the beer and the bear Stood
5:35	Still and he said young man I say to you
5:37	arise
5:40	man
5:42	talk about compassion third
5:45	three people Christ raises from the dead
5:47	the fourth is himself by the way when
5:50	Jesus was challenged regarding the
5:52	things that he was doing especially
5:53	making a Accord and a whip and driving
5:56	out the money changers and when the
5:58	Pharisees challenged Christ and said why
6:01	you show us a Sign by what Authority you
6:03	do these things and Jesus said tear down
6:06	this Temple and I’ll build it again in
6:08	three days he said I will build it Jesus
6:10	is God in human flesh so you’ll note
6:12	that the second person of the Trinity
6:14	the the Son of God he also was
6:17	instrumental in his own rising from the
6:19	dead so that technically counts as the
6:21	fourth but what does this show us what
6:23	does this show us you’ll note that the
6:25	reaction of the people of nane they
6:27	immediately realized
6:29	something huge has happened in their
6:33	midst let their fear speak to you fear
6:36	sees them all and they ended up
6:38	glorifying God saying a great prophet
6:40	has arisen Among Us God
6:42	has visited his people
6:45	good words good words God has visited
6:49	his people indeed he has you see God has
6:53	visited his people because Christ is God
6:57	in human flesh as Paul says in
6:59	Colossians in him the whole fullness of
7:02	the deity dwells bodily or as John says
7:06	in the Gospel of John chapter 1 that God
7:09	has tabernacled among us we have been
7:13	visited by God and note that although
7:17	this visitation by God is 2 000 years
7:20	ago do not let the fact that fact keep
7:24	you from seeing the truth God’s word is
7:27	living and active and sharper than a
7:29	double-edged sword
7:31	the fact that Christ raised these this
7:33	this
7:34	widow’s son from the dead is every bit
7:37	as powerful and potent as it was two
7:42	thousand years ago God has visited his
7:45	people he’s visited you he’s visited me
7:47	and he’s come and demonstrated something
7:50	by fulfilling one of the words of the
7:52	prophets in the prophet Hosea we read in
7:56	Chapter 13 Verse 14. Yahweh speaking
8:02	I shall Ransom them from the power of
8:06	shale
8:08	indeed that’s exactly what God did what
8:11	Yahweh did by taking on human flesh
8:14	Christ bleeding and dying for the sins
8:17	of the world say all now kind of being
8:20	portrayed as uh well as a Highwayman
8:23	who’s who’s absconded with us and is
8:26	holding us hostage waiting for a ransom
8:30	and that’s what Christ does
8:32	by bleeding and dying for your sins he
8:35	has ransomed us from sin death the Devil
8:40	Himself and so it says in Hosea chapter
8:43	13 verse 14 Yahweh speaking I shall
8:45	Ransom them from the power of shale I
8:49	shall redeem them from death and that’s
8:53	what Jesus has done you know death is a
8:56	terrible thing there’s just no way
8:58	around it if you find yourself in
9:01	mourning it often feels like the whole
9:04	world is passing you by that you’ve been
9:06	somehow shoved to the side of the road
9:09	and just had something stripped of from
9:13	you that was so precious and so needful
9:18	that’s always what happens when death
9:20	right
9:21	but you know God knows a thing or two
9:23	about death God the Father watched on
9:26	while his son
9:29	bled and died for your sins and mine and
9:34	what was he doing on the cross redeeming
9:36	us
9:38	redeeming us so that we can be set free
9:41	once and for all from Death as it any
9:46	Wonder then that Hosea then goes on to
9:47	say oh death
9:49	where’s your plagues what were your
9:52	plague’s death you seem to be a
9:54	toothless wonder you guys remember
9:56	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at
9:59	Reindeer and the Abominable Snowman how
10:01	did they conquer the Abominable snowmen
10:03	well uh Hermie the dentist
10:07	takes all of his teeth out
10:09	and see that’s what Jesus did by him
10:12	being swallowed up by Death
10:14	on the third day Christ Rose Victorious
10:17	from the grave and he is totally taken
10:20	away death’s power death has no power
10:23	over you as a Christian death has no
10:26	power over me as a Christian when we die
10:30	and our eyes close in this lifetime
10:33	we are awakened to the joys of eternal
10:37	life in the presence of Christ forever
10:40	death is not something that is a
10:43	horrible experience for a Believer
10:44	indeed it’s the exact opposite so oh
10:47	death where are your plagues
10:49	[Music]
10:51	O’Shea oh where’s your sting
10:53	[Music]
10:56	it’s the answer to the question is it’s
10:59	nowhere to be found Jesus puts it this
11:02	way
11:03	in the Gospel of John chapter 5. for as
11:06	the father raises the dead and gives
11:08	them life
11:10	so also the son gives life to whom he
11:13	will
11:14	for the father judges no one but has
11:16	given all judgment to the son that all
11:18	may honor the son just as they honor the
11:20	father so whoever does not honor the son
11:23	does not honor the father who sent him
11:24	so truly truly I say to you whoever
11:27	hears my words
11:30	believes him who sent me has present
11:34	tense now
11:35	eternal life and that’s you
11:38	you are in Christ you’ve heard the
11:41	gospel you’ve heard his words you’re
11:42	hearing his words right now because the
11:44	words that I’m speaking they’re not my
11:46	own they’re his and you trust in him and
11:49	you believe in him you already have
11:52	eternal life oh death where’s your sting
11:54	man huh I already I already have eternal
11:57	life and so do you he does not come into
12:00	judgment and neither will you but it’s
12:04	already passed from Death To Life
12:07	truly truly I say to you Jesus says an
12:10	hour is coming and is now here when the
12:12	dead will hear the voice of the Son of
12:14	God and those who hear will live
12:18	ah for as the father has life in himself
12:21	so he is granted the son also to have
12:23	life in himself you’ll note by Jesus
12:26	raising these three people from the day
12:27	dead including the the son of the Widow
12:30	of nane he’s demonstrated that he is the
12:34	one who is the Lord of life and death
12:37	and he is the one who’s ravaging death
12:40	and he’s the one who’s taken the teeth
12:42	out of death and taken its sting away so
12:46	we already have eternal life and you
12:50	oh brother sister you’re going to hear
12:53	the voice of the Son of God when he
12:55	returns in glory to judge the living
12:56	dead because the dead will hear he says
12:59	you’ll know the dead don’t seem to
13:00	respond to anything you know okay are
13:03	you there wake up wake up no they don’t
13:04	respond to nothing right but they do
13:07	respond to the voice of Jesus on the day
13:09	that he returns in glory to judge the
13:11	living and the dead the dead
13:13	will hear the voice of the Son of God
13:15	and those who hear they will live for as
13:18	the father has life in himself so he is
13:20	granted the son also to have life in
13:22	himself
13:23	he’s given him authority to execute
13:25	judgment because he is the son of man
13:28	so do not Marvel at this for an hour is
13:32	coming when all who are in the tombs
13:35	will hear his voice and they will come
13:38	out you see the the the that widow’s son
13:42	Jesus said the young man I say to you
13:44	arise well Jesus when he returns he will
13:48	say to you arise call you by name arise
13:51	you will come out and those who have
13:53	done good by trusting in Jesus for the
13:56	Forgiveness of their sins who’ve already
13:57	passed from Death To Life who will not
14:00	come into judgment
14:02	they will go to the resurrection of life
14:04	but those who persist in sin and
14:06	unbelief well
14:09	foolishly they’ll head to the
14:10	resurrection of judgment Paul says it
14:13	this way in First Corinthians 15
14:14	starting in verse 35. some will ask
14:19	how are the dead raised with what kind
14:21	of body do they come
14:23	now you foolish person what you sow does
14:25	not come to life unless it dies and what
14:27	you sow is not the body that is to be
14:29	but a bare Colonel perhaps of wheat or
14:32	of some other grain but God gives it a
14:34	body as he has chosen to each kind of
14:37	seed its own body for not all flesh is
14:40	the same but there is one kind for
14:42	humans another for animals and another
14:44	for birds and another for fish there are
14:47	heavenly bodies
14:48	and there are Earthly bodies but the
14:51	glory of the Heavenly is of one kind the
14:53	glory of the earthlings of another there
14:55	is one glory of the sun another glory of
14:58	the Moon and another glory of the stars
15:01	for stars differ from star and Glory so
15:03	it is with the resurrection of the Dead
15:05	what is sown is perishable
15:09	what is raised is imperishable
15:13	it is sown in dishonor
15:15	it is raised in glory it is sown in
15:18	weakness
15:19	it is raised in power it is sown a
15:22	natural body and it is raised a
15:25	spiritual body now if there is a natural
15:27	body there’s also a spiritual body thus
15:30	it is written first man Adam became a
15:31	living being and The Last Man became a
15:34	life-giving spirit
15:36	but it’s not the spiritual that is first
15:38	it is the natural
15:39	then the spiritual the first man was
15:42	from the earth a man of dust the second
15:44	man is from Heaven as was the man of
15:47	dust so are also those of the dust and
15:50	as is the Son Of Heaven of the man of
15:52	heaven so are those who are of Heaven
15:53	just as we have borne the image of the
15:55	man of dust we shall also bear the image
15:58	of the man of Heaven
16:00	so I tell you this Brothers flesh and
16:02	blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God
16:04	our mortal flesh cannot
16:07	it is required
16:10	that we take off this sinful flesh we do
16:13	so naturally by dying
16:15	all right and then being raised from the
16:18	dead so I tell you Brothers flesh and
16:19	blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God
16:21	nor does the perishable inherit the
16:23	imperishable
16:25	so behold I tell you a mystery
16:27	we shall not all sleep
16:29	there will be Christians when Jesus
16:31	returns but we shall all be changed in a
16:36	moment in the twinkling of an eye at the
16:39	last trumpet for the trumpet will sound
16:41	and the dead will be raised
16:44	imperishable and we shall be changed for
16:47	this perishable body must put on the
16:49	imperishable and this Mortal body must
16:52	put on immortality when the imper when
16:55	the perishable puts on the imperishable
16:57	and the Mortal puts on immortality then
17:00	shall come to pass the saying that is
17:03	written and we just read it
17:06	death is swallowed up in Victory
17:09	O Death where is your Victory oh oh
17:11	death where is your sting right the
17:14	sting of death is sin
17:16	the power of sin is the law
17:18	but thanks be to God who gives us the
17:20	victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
17:22	therefore my beloved brothers be
17:25	steadfast
17:27	immovable in your faith in Jesus always
17:30	abounding in the work of the Lord
17:32	knowing that the Lord and the Lord
17:35	to your labor none of it is in vain so
17:38	Brothers and Sisters Jesus Christ truly
17:40	is the Lord of Life he’s ravaged death
17:43	for you he’s suffered death in your
17:45	place so that you would never have to
17:47	die and we know this theme of death and
17:51	Resurrection it’s not a theme as if
17:53	somehow it’s a mythology it’s a fact you
17:56	are already alive in Christ you’ve been
17:58	buried with Christ in the waters of your
18:00	baptism you’ve been raised with Christ
18:02	in the waters of your baptism God has
18:05	already seated you in Heavenly places
18:07	with Christ and when he comes again in
18:09	glory to judge the living and the dead
18:11	he will bring you back with him if you
18:13	perish now and he will raise you from
18:17	the dead
18:18	to live
18:19	forever there’s a day coming when
18:23	mothers will never again be taken away
18:25	from their children fathers the same nor
18:30	will any children die and be taken from
18:32	their parents but we will all enjoy our
18:35	Lord and Savior Jesus Christ face to
18:38	face on into eternity and enjoy each
18:43	other in a World Without End Christ has
18:46	conquered death he’s risen he is risen
18:49	indeed and so will you in the name of
18:52	Jesus Amen
18:53	[Music]

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