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Series B – First Sunday After Christmas – Sunday, December 28, 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
0:30	to Saint Luke Chapter 2
0:32	verses 22-40.
0:36	when the time of their purification
0:37	according to the law of Moses had been
0:39	completed Joseph and Mary took him Jesus
0:42	to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
0:45	as it is written in the law of the Lord
0:47	every firstborn male is to be
0:49	consecrated to the Lord and to offer a
0:51	sacrifice in keeping with what is said
0:53	in the law of the Lord a pair of doves
0:55	or two young pigeons now there was a man
0:58	in Jerusalem called Simeon who was
1:00	righteous and devout he was waiting for
1:02	the consolation of Israel and the Holy
1:05	Spirit was upon him it had been revealed
1:07	to him by the holy spirit that he would
1:10	not die before he had seen the Lord’s
1:12	Christ moved by the spirit he went into
1:15	the temple courts when the parents
1:17	brought in the Child Jesus to do for him
1:19	with the custom of the law required
1:21	Simeon took him in his arms praise God
1:24	saying
1:25	Sovereign Lord as you have promised you
1:28	now dismiss your servant in peace for my
1:31	eyes have seen your salvation which you
1:33	have prepared in the sight of all the
1:34	people
1:35	a light for Revelation to the Gentiles
1:37	and for the glory of your People Israel
1:40	the child’s father and mother marveled
1:42	at what was said about him then Simeon
1:44	blessed them and said to Mary his mother
1:46	this child is destined to cause the
1:48	falling and the rising of many in Israel
1:50	and to be a sign that will be spoken
1:53	against so that the thoughts of many
1:55	hearts will be revealed and a sword will
1:57	pierce your own soul too there was also
2:00	a prophetess Anna the daughter of fanuel
2:02	of the tribe of Asher she was very old
2:05	she had lived with her husband seven
2:07	years after her marriage and then was a
2:09	widow until she was 84. she never left
2:12	the temple but worshiped night and day
2:14	fasting and praying coming up to them at
2:16	that very moment she gave thanks to God
2:18	and spoke about the child to all who
2:20	were looking forward to the Redemption
2:22	of Jerusalem
2:23	when Joseph and Mary had done everything
2:25	required by the law of the Lord they
2:27	returned to Galilee to their own town of
2:30	Nazareth and the child grew became
2:32	strong he was filled with wisdom and the
2:35	grace of God was upon him
2:38	in the name of Jesus
2:41	let me read the preceding verse to Our
2:44	Gospel text this morning to give it a
2:46	little bit of context it says this on
2:48	the eighth day when it was time to
2:50	circumcise Jesus he was named Jesus the
2:53	name the angel had given him before he
2:55	had been conceived and then we continue
2:57	into our text and when the time for
2:59	their purification according to the law
3:00	of Moses had been completed Joseph and
3:03	Mary took him to Jerusalem to present
3:06	him to the Lord as it is written in the
3:08	law of the Lord every firstborn male is
3:11	to be consecrated to the Lord and to
3:13	offer a sacrifice in keeping with what
3:15	is said in the law of the Lord a pair of
3:17	doves or two young pigeons now lest you
3:21	miss the importance of this let’s talk
3:24	about what’s going on so it’s a little
3:26	bit of time has passed Jesus has been
3:28	born and although we technically
3:31	celebrate or recognize Christ’s
3:34	circumcision this week eight days after
3:37	Christmas that’s the Eighth Day of
3:38	Christmas we will you know we’ll put it
3:40	in today’s text is we’re not meeting
3:42	again until next Sunday and so Jesus has
3:45	been circumcised he’s been named and now
3:48	he’s to be presented to the lord and
3:50	there has to be a sacrifice and Mary
3:52	also has to offer a sacrifice for her
3:55	own purification according to the Mosaic
3:57	Covenant and all of this is very
3:59	important because scripture tells us
4:02	that Jesus is
4:04	sinless he’s the sinless Spotless Lamb
4:07	of God who takes away the sin of the
4:10	world now this is an important thing
4:12	because not all of The Commandments in
4:14	the Mosaic Covenant can be obeyed
4:17	actively
4:19	some of the Commandments that Christ
4:21	obeyed they were obeyed for him by his
4:24	parents for instance it is a requirement
4:26	to be circumcised Jesus didn’t
4:28	circumcise himself and he was
4:31	circumcised on the eighth day after he
4:32	was born according to the commandments
4:34	so it’s rather fascinating that when we
4:36	talk about Christ’s sinless spotless
4:39	righteousness which by the way is talked
4:41	about in our Old Testament texts this
4:43	morning and I’ll show that to you toward
4:45	the end of our sermon but Jesus’s
4:47	sinless spotless life is imputed to us
4:51	as a gift by faith God sees us righteous
4:55	not because we have been made righteous
4:57	in the sense that somehow we’ve improved
4:59	and morally done better so that we’ve
5:01	gone from being ugly sinner to climbing
5:03	the ladder to becoming perfect wonderful
5:06	holy shiny Saint by somehow curbing sin
5:10	out of our life no instead we wretched
5:13	Sinners are clothed with the
5:15	righteousness of Christ and Christ here
5:18	now is already at work for our Salvation
5:22	even as an infant fulfilling the
5:24	commands of the law of the Lord and in
5:26	order to do this he’s doing it passively
5:29	because his parents are doing the work
5:31	for him so it’s important to think keep
5:34	this in mind not all aspects of the law
5:36	are obeyed actively some of them are
5:39	obeyed passively that’s an important
5:40	theological point but here’s the other
5:42	thing
5:44	this text reveals to us something rather
5:48	significant about Mary and Joseph
5:51	they are dirt poor
5:54	they are absolutely dirt poor
5:57	how do I know this well it says that the
6:00	sacrifice that was offered was a pair of
6:03	doves or two young pigeons let me read
6:05	to you from the law of Moses Leviticus
6:07	chapter 12. this is where this
6:10	particular commandment is is recorded
6:12	for us Leviticus 12 I’ll read verses one
6:14	through eight Yahweh spoke to Moses
6:17	saying speak to the people of Israel
6:18	saying the woman conceives and bears a
6:21	male child then she shall be unclean for
6:24	seven days as at the time of her
6:26	menstruation she shall be unclean and on
6:28	the Eighth Day the Flesh of his foreskin
6:30	shall be circumcised notice this is
6:32	commanded then she shall continue for 33
6:35	days in the blood of her purifying she
6:37	shall not touch anything holy or come
6:39	into the sanctuary until the days of her
6:41	purifying are complete but if she Bears
6:43	a female child she shall be unclean for
6:45	two weeks as in her menstruation and she
6:48	shall continue in the blood of her
6:49	purifying for 66 days and when the days
6:52	of her purifying are completed whether
6:54	for a son or for a daughter she shall
6:56	bring to the priest at the entrance of
6:58	the tent of meeting a lamb a year old
7:01	for a burnt offering
7:03	that’s what the sacrifice needs to be a
7:06	lamb
7:07	well
7:08	um whoops she didn’t have the money for
7:11	one of those so here’s what the law then
7:13	says
7:14	okay a llama year old for a burnt
7:16	offering and a pigeon or a turtle dove
7:18	for a sin offering and he shall offer it
7:20	before the Lord and make atonement for
7:22	her and then he shall be clean from the
7:24	she shall be clean from the flow of her
7:25	blood and this is the law for her who
7:27	Bears a child either male or female and
7:30	if she cannot afford a lamb
7:33	that’s what it says then she shall take
7:35	two turtle doves or two pigeons one for
7:37	a burnt offering and the other for a sin
7:38	offering and the priest shall make
7:40	atonement for her and she shall be clean
7:45	so think of it this way Mary and Joseph
7:48	they’re from a tiny obscure mean little
7:51	town called Nazareth
7:54	town of maybe a couple of dozen families
7:56	and Joseph here yeah his his role is
8:00	Carpenter that’s his job is it’s a
8:03	vocation but he doesn’t make a lot of
8:05	money doing it and it’s so
8:07	embarrassingly sad as far as how much
8:09	money he’s able to generate that they
8:10	can’t even afford to purchase a lamb
8:13	for the sacrifice needed for Mary’s
8:16	purification
8:18	so they resort to the two turtle doves
8:24	Jesus did not choose to be born
8:26	in a palace
8:28	he chose to be born to people who were
8:30	poor
8:31	poorest of the poor we’re talking like
8:34	yeah you know if this were happening
8:36	today braces are out of the question
8:38	private school not even an option
8:40	College you’ve got to be kidding me
8:43	this kid wants the ability to maybe
8:46	purchase some things you know once he’s
8:48	old enough he’s going to need to get a
8:49	paper route or find some odd jobs in
8:51	order to make some money
8:53	his parents just don’t have it
8:57	and this tells you something about our
8:59	God
9:00	he exalts the humble and he humbles
9:04	those who exalt themselves Christ is not
9:06	born in any kind of a place that people
9:10	you know by the world standards would be
9:12	looking for the king of kings and Lord
9:14	of lords
9:15	tells us something about his nature
9:18	so
9:19	imagine now what’s happened is is that
9:22	they’ve got to fulfill the law of the
9:23	Lord God chose wise parents they’re
9:26	going to obey what God commands
9:28	and they show up in the temple and this
9:31	is a big deal the Lord himself the Lord
9:34	Of Glory the true Temple has finally
9:36	arrived he’s on the scene he’s at the
9:39	temple himself and so this is what our
9:42	sermon hymn this morning said in his
9:43	Temple Now Behold Him see the
9:45	long-expected lord well there he is
9:49	what’s he doing
9:51	he’s pooping his diapers
9:54	being held right he’s just a tiny tiny
9:58	tiny little wee baby
10:00	and for anybody who was there that day
10:03	if you were just looking with your eyes
10:06	and thinking away the way the world
10:08	thinks you would have never suspected
10:11	that the Lord Of Glory had now finally
10:14	entered into his Temple
10:16	Jesus is already at work fulfilling the
10:19	law for us and so he comes in
10:23	and they’re just going about their
10:25	business and those of you who remember
10:27	when your kids were tiny I remember you
10:29	know each time we had infants in the
10:31	house you know we’d put them into the
10:33	stroller we go out to Walmart or to the
10:35	mall or whatever and whenever you’re out
10:36	in public with a tiny little baby oh
10:38	there’s somebody who’s just got to see
10:40	the baby right so you’re walking along
10:43	and all this is oh your baby’s so cute
10:46	and then they’re like oh can I touch it
10:48	you know that kind of thing you know
10:49	it’s it’s kind of weird you know but so
10:52	here we’ve got something similar to this
10:54	except for watch how this plays out now
10:56	there was a man in Jerusalem called
10:57	Simeon who was righteous and he was
11:00	devout
11:01	he was waiting for the consolation of
11:03	Israel and the Holy Spirit was upon him
11:05	it had been revealed to him by the holy
11:08	spirit that he would not die before he
11:11	had seen the Lord’s Christ or you could
11:13	say the Messiah so moved by the spirit
11:15	he went into the temple courts he’s on a
11:18	mission
11:18	he’s here he’s here the messiah’s here I
11:20	know he’s here the Lord is coming to his
11:22	Temple he knows this so he went to the
11:24	temple courts and when the parents
11:26	brought in the Child Jesus to do for him
11:28	with the custom of the law required
11:30	Simeon took him up in his arms it’s not
11:32	like oh let me see the baby it’s like
11:36	he’s got to hold him
11:38	and here’s what he says Sovereign Lord
11:40	as you have promised you now dismiss
11:43	your servant in peace
11:46	literally this man is saying Lord I’m
11:49	now ready to die
11:51	I’m now ready to die and his words by
11:54	the way if you’ve ever been in a church
11:56	that hat follows the the
11:59	um like not just the lectionary but it’s
12:00	liturgical his song his his words become
12:04	part of a song that has been sung in the
12:05	church for Millennia called The Nut to
12:08	Midas Lord now you let your servant go
12:11	in peace your word has been fulfilled
12:13	for my own eyes have seen our Salvation
12:15	which you have prepared in the sight of
12:17	every people a light to reveal you to
12:19	the Nations and the glory of your People
12:21	Israel
12:22	this is a song that the church has sung
12:24	for Millennia and it used to be sung
12:27	here I actually checked I looked back in
12:29	your old hymnals and yes you guys used
12:31	to sing the minutes which is simeon’s
12:33	words these words put the song
12:35	and so he says he’s ready to die
12:39	and so he was now
12:41	make something very clear this text
12:43	isn’t about you this is about Christ and
12:46	what he’s doing for you but I want you
12:48	to notice something that you and I all
12:49	have something in common with Simeon and
12:51	that is this we too who are in Christ
12:54	who’ve met Christ we too are prepared
12:57	like he is to die
12:58	because being prepared to die is not
13:01	about somehow making yourself righteous
13:03	before God or doing enough good works or
13:06	somehow cleaning up your act so that
13:09	you’re ready to meet God no no no no no
13:11	no you’ve actually met Jesus not face to
13:14	face but he promises to be here for you
13:16	remember scripture says we’re two or
13:18	more are gathered Christ is truly
13:20	present so Christ is here today he’s
13:22	promised to be here today Christ
13:24	promises that in the waters of your
13:26	baptism he has washed you from the tide
13:30	that flows from his pierced side as the
13:32	hymn says the Easter hymn says right you
13:34	have met him in the waters of your
13:36	baptism and he has washed away your sins
13:38	on the Sundays when we have communion
13:40	the Lord is truly present in body and
13:42	blood for you to eat and to drink for
13:45	the Forgiveness of your sins you too
13:47	have met Jesus just not face to face
13:50	like Simeon has but you will meet him
13:52	face to face someday and here’s the fun
13:54	part is that Jesus says that if you
13:57	believe in him even though you die yet
13:58	shall you live and he says and you will
14:01	never die and you sit there and go yeah
14:02	but I know for a fact my body’s going to
14:04	stop doing the breathing thing and
14:05	they’re going to stick it in a box and
14:07	put it under the ground
14:09	right but Jesus says that despite all of
14:12	that you will not even taste to death
14:14	and so we like Simeon are prepared to
14:17	die why because we have met Jesus Jesus
14:20	has come to us just like he came to
14:23	Simeon in the Temple and so you in a
14:25	very real way have met the Lord’s Christ
14:28	the Lord’s anointed and like Simeon you
14:30	can say Lord now let your servant go in
14:33	peace your word has been fulfilled my
14:36	own eyes have seen thy salvation which
14:38	you have prepared in the sight of every
14:40	people you too can pray and sing and say
14:44	simeon’s words as if they’re your own
14:45	because in a very real way they are your
14:48	own Christ has made them your own
14:50	because of what he’s done for us and so
14:52	Simeon the story continues so the
14:55	child’s father and mother they marveled
14:57	at what was said said about him so then
15:01	Simeon blessed them and said to marry
15:03	his mother
15:04	this child is destined to cause the
15:07	falling and the rising of many in Israel
15:09	and to be assigned to be spoken against
15:11	so that the thoughts of many hearts will
15:14	be revealed yeah Jesus to say he was
15:16	controversial well that’s an
15:18	understatement he still continues to be
15:20	controversial
15:21	people bristle at his Works bristle at
15:24	his miracles they scoff at what he’s
15:25	done and what he’s said and what he’s
15:27	accomplished and many people are
15:28	incensed by this whole idea that
15:30	somebody would have to die for their
15:32	sins and so people today still speak
15:34	against Christ many worship Him many
15:36	scoff at him and then we have these
15:39	words and a sword will pierce your own
15:42	soul to
15:45	direct reference to the fact that
15:46	scripture records for us that this same
15:49	Mary who was there who gave birth to
15:52	Jesus the Virgin who heard the
15:54	announcement of the angel
15:55	it says here that her
15:58	Soul or very heart is going to be
15:59	pierced too because scripture also
16:01	records that she was at the foot of the
16:03	cross watching her Lord and Savior and
16:07	Son pleading and dying for her
16:11	so truly that had to be a wretched thing
16:14	to have to go through and to experience
16:16	and if you’ve ever seen Michelangelo’s
16:18	Piazza in Rome it’s that sculpture where
16:23	the Mary is holding the dead corpse of
16:26	Jesus
16:28	great piece of artwork and this is
16:30	that’s what this is referring to that
16:32	moment
16:33	It also says this there was a prophetess
16:35	Anna the daughter of fanuel of the tribe
16:37	of Asher she was very old
16:40	she had lived with her husband seven
16:41	years after her marriage and then was a
16:44	widow until she was 84.
16:47	man and women got married young then
16:50	so you figure if she got married 15 16
16:54	she’s widowed by her mid-20s
16:58	she never remarried and it says she’s a
17:01	prophetess this is a rare bird
17:03	prophetesses are very rare in scripture
17:06	and here we have one of them one of you
17:08	can almost say she is like the last Old
17:12	Testament prophetess this is the last of
17:13	them and here’s what she has to say she
17:16	was very old okay she was a widow too
17:19	she had never left the temple she
17:20	worshiped night and day fasting and
17:22	praying coming up to them at that very
17:24	moment she gave thanks to God and she
17:27	spoke about the child to all who are
17:29	looking forward to the Redemption of
17:31	Jerusalem so there they are they’re in
17:34	the temple no sooner are they done with
17:35	Simeon than this Prophet as Anna shows
17:37	up and what does she do she announced
17:40	she taught everybody this is him he’s
17:42	here you’re looking for the Redemption
17:44	of Jerusalem that’s our Lord right there
17:47	impromptu preaching if you would in the
17:51	temple itself
17:52	in marriage you know and they just are
17:56	awestruck with what’s going on here
17:58	so Mary and Joseph after this they
18:00	return to Galilee and the Child Jesus
18:03	grew and became strong and he was filled
18:06	with wisdom and the grace of God was
18:07	upon him and this is one of the things
18:09	that’s scandalous about Jesus scripture
18:11	says that Christ even though he’s the
18:13	very nature of God did not consider
18:14	equality with God a thing to be grasped
18:16	but he humbled himself and became a
18:19	servant and was obedient even to death
18:22	on a cross so here we have the Son of
18:24	God God in human flesh and God is
18:27	omnipotent all-powerful you know all of
18:30	these amazing things these powers and
18:33	Jesus
18:34	avails himself of none of it
18:39	and Jesus just like any other Jewish boy
18:42	growing up in Judea at that time he had
18:45	to learn his alephs his baiths his
18:47	gimbals his Dallas that’s ABCs in Hebrew
18:50	right he had to learn all that and it
18:52	says he grew in wisdom he grew
18:56	so he has access to all of this and he
18:58	empties himself and makes use of none of
19:00	it and he has as close to a normal
19:04	childhood as you can have if you’re a
19:05	sinless boy
19:07	and this is almost the last thing we
19:10	hear about his childhood we get to hear
19:11	one more thing one tiny little bit of
19:14	information about Jesus’s childhood and
19:17	then he disappears until he’s like 30
19:20	something
19:21	and he begins his ministry and is
19:23	baptized but we know this
19:26	despite the fact that Jesus is none
19:28	other than the Son of God in human flesh
19:30	he grows and becomes strong and he grows
19:33	in wisdom and knowledge
19:35	this is an amazing mystery and why is he
19:38	doing this he’s doing this to save us
19:41	because as our epistle text says it says
19:44	this when the time had fully come God
19:47	sent his son born of a woman born under
19:52	law
19:55	to redeem those who are under under the
19:58	law that would be all of us so that we
20:00	might receive the full rights of sons
20:04	if you want kind of a historical analogy
20:06	just imagine yourself in 19th century
20:10	pre-civil War Mississippi
20:13	and you’re out on the plantation
20:15	do any of those Africans have any rights
20:18	as Sons on those plantations they’re all
20:21	slaves
20:24	that’s that’s all of us we were born
20:26	slaves born slaves to sin death and the
20:30	devil and Christ comes and he redeems us
20:33	he pays the slave price not to make us
20:37	slaves again but to make us Sons we’re
20:40	set free and we’re adopted
20:42	so this is the equivalent you could go
20:45	back to the 19th century Mississippi
20:46	Plantation here this would be the
20:48	equivalent as if some slave owner
20:51	basically went out and bought a whole
20:53	bunch of slaves paid the Redemption
20:55	price and then wrote them all into his
20:57	will and said you guys are not slaves
21:00	you are my sons here’s my inheritance
21:02	and upon his death they inherit the
21:04	whole estate
21:05	isn’t it interesting that scripture
21:07	always talks about our Heavenly reward
21:09	as an inheritance
21:11	in order for it to be an inheritance
21:12	somebody has to die
21:15	Wills are not you know states are not
21:18	divvied up until somebody dies
21:21	and so it is we receive an inheritance
21:24	and who is the one who died
21:26	Christ
21:28	he is he’s done this all for us and so
21:30	we come now back to our old testament
21:32	text
21:33	first few verses read this I Delight
21:35	greatly in the Lord my soul rejoices in
21:38	my God for he he has clothed me with
21:42	garments of Salvation and arrayed me in
21:45	a robe of righteousness as a bridegroom
21:48	adorns his head like a priest and as a
21:50	bride adorns herself with jewels
21:55	so why was Christ presented in the
21:57	temple why was he circumcised all to
21:59	fulfill the law he was born under the
22:00	law so that you can become a son
22:03	and it says here that God himself will
22:06	raise us clothes us with garments of
22:09	Salvation and puts on us a robe of
22:13	righteousness
22:15	and that righteousness is none other
22:17	than the perfect righteousness of Christ
22:20	he lived perfectly sinless for you and
22:26	remember it says in Isaiah that one he’s
22:29	on the cross
22:30	he’s pierced punished bruised beaten for
22:37	our sins for the lord has laid on him
22:40	the iniquity of us all so all of us who
22:44	are baptized who are brought to penitent
22:46	faith in Christ for the Forgiveness of
22:48	our sins that perfect spotless beautiful
22:51	shining robe of Jesus’s sinless
22:54	righteousness by faith that’s
22:58	late on us
23:00	and that’s what our Old Testament text
23:02	says and that’s the importance of Jesus
23:04	being presented in the temple he’s
23:06	already got gone to work fulfilling the
23:09	law perfectly
23:11	so that that perfect robe of Christ’s
23:14	righteousness now is resting upon us so
23:17	that we who are in him
23:19	are truly saved by grace alone through
23:21	faith and not of ourselves it’s a gift
23:23	from God this wonderful robe of
23:25	righteousness one by Christ for us
23:29	so let us then wear these Robes of
23:32	righteousness
23:33	in ways that befit them
23:35	knowing that we are sinners
23:38	yet Christ has made us clean
23:41	we were Beggars we had nothing not even
23:44	clothed naked and bleeding
23:46	and he has clothed Us in his
23:48	righteousness he has redeemed us
23:50	purchased us from the slave block and
23:53	has made us his sons and daughters all
23:55	as a gift because God is merciful God is
23:58	good God is just and he does not desire
24:01	your death he desires your life so much
24:04	so that you can almost say that Jesus
24:05	was hell-bent on saving you so much so
24:09	that he became a man and grew in wisdom
24:12	and stature and ultimately went to the
24:14	Cross to bleed and to die for you you
24:17	are in him you are washed you are
24:19	redeemed you are here hearing his gospel
24:21	in his words this morning
24:23	and on those Sundays we received the
24:25	Lord’s Supper that same Jesus who was
24:27	presented in the temple is there in body
24:29	and blood for the Forgiveness of your
24:30	sins
24:31	let us trust these great promises that
24:34	Christ has given to us of our Salvation
24:37	our Redemption and our being clothed in
24:39	these garments of Salvation because
24:42	truly without these there is no hope if
24:44	you look deep into your soul he doesn’t
24:46	have to you don’t have to look too hard
24:47	really just be honest with yourself
24:50	I do really think you’re righteous
24:53	when you look at those Ten Commandments
24:55	I like to think of those as like the 10
24:57	different ways that people go badly
24:59	astray and I think I had off in all 10
25:01	different directions at the same time
25:03	oftentimes
25:04	you don’t measure up I don’t measure up
25:07	but Christ has measured up for you and
25:10	he saves you he redeems you he purchases
25:12	and he’s got you
25:14	let us rejoice in this great salvation
25:17	that Christ has won for us even on the
25:20	day that he was presented in the temple
25:22	in the name of Jesus Amen
25:25	[Music]

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