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Series B – Eleventh Sunday of Pentecost – Sunday, August 8, 2021 | 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
0:28	the holy gospel according to saint john
0:30	the sixth chapter
0:32	[Music]
0:39	Jesus said to them i am the bread of
0:42	life
0:43	whoever comes to me shall not hunger
0:46	whoever believes in me shall never
0:47	thirst
0:48	but i said to you that you have seen me
0:50	and yet you do not believe
0:52	all that the father gives me will come
0:54	to me whoever comes to me i will never
0:56	cast out for i have come down from
0:58	heaven
0:59	not to do my own will but the will of
1:01	him who sent me
1:02	and this is the will of him who sent me
1:04	that i should lose nothing of all that
1:05	he has given me
1:06	but raise it up on the last day for this
1:09	is the will of my father
1:11	that everyone who looks on the son and
1:13	believes in him
1:15	should have eternal life and i will
1:17	raise him up on the last day
1:19	so the jews grumbled about him because
1:21	he said i am the bread of life that came
1:23	down from heaven
1:24	they said is this not Jesus the son of
1:26	joseph whose father and mother we know
1:28	how does he now say i’ve come down from
1:30	heaven Jesus
1:31	answered them do not grumble among
1:33	yourselves no one can come to me unless
1:36	the father who sent me draws him
1:38	and i will raise him up on the last day
1:40	as it is written in the prophets
1:42	and they will all be taught by god
1:44	everyone who has heard and learned from
1:45	the father comes to me
1:47	not that anyone has seen the father
1:49	except he who is from god
1:51	he has seen the father truly truly i say
1:53	to you
1:54	whoever believes has eternal life i am
1:57	the bread of life
1:59	your fathers ate the manna in the
2:00	wilderness and they died
2:02	this is the bread that comes down from
2:03	heaven so that one may eat of it
2:05	and not die i am the living bread that
2:08	came down from heaven
2:10	if anyone eats of this bread he will
2:12	live forever
2:13	and the bread that i will give him for
2:14	the life of the world is my own flesh
2:17	this is the gospel of the lord in the
2:20	name of Jesus
2:22	all right time for a well reality check
2:26	you know when we talk to people out in
2:28	the world people generally believe that
2:30	you know babies they’re they’re born
2:31	they’re cute they’re innocent
2:33	no they’re not they’re not
2:37	let’s just get that out over and again i
2:39	feel like i’m doing good therapy for
2:41	myself when i talk about the fact that
2:43	god
2:43	gave my wife and i children that were
2:46	broken
2:48	and i couldn’t fix him i couldn’t fix
2:51	him at
2:51	all in fact i was broken too talk to my
2:55	mom
2:56	she can tell you story after story after
2:59	story
3:00	in fact think of it this way when i was
3:01	in growing up in the 1980s this was the
3:04	first time we’d heard of that thing
3:05	called crack
3:06	cocaine and the terrible thing that was
3:08	happening
3:09	is that there were infants being born
3:11	addicted to crack cocaine
3:13	the term they came up with at the time
3:15	that’s still being used they are crack
3:17	babies right utterly tragic
3:21	that you have a newborn child going
3:24	through withdrawal symptoms you know the
3:25	day after they’re born this is a
3:27	terrible thing but have you ever stopped
3:29	to think that each and every one of us
3:32	me included that every one of us we are
3:34	born crack babies when it comes to sin
3:38	right it’s true i know it doesn’t make
3:42	you feel good
3:43	sorry if your self-esteem is hurt it’s a
3:46	good thing that it’s been hurt right
3:48	but listen listen to what paul says in
3:50	our epistle text today
3:52	this is now this i say to you and i
3:53	testify in the lord
3:55	you must no longer walk as the gentiles
3:58	do and when paul here is talking he’s
3:59	talking about the pagan world the pagan
4:01	world that has not heard the gospel
4:03	they remain in darkness under the
4:05	dominion of the devil
4:07	he says this about them they are living
4:10	in the futility
4:12	of their minds they’re darkened in their
4:15	understanding they’re alienated from the
4:17	life of god because of the
4:18	ignorance that is in them due to their
4:21	hardness of heart
4:23	they’ve become callous they’ve given
4:25	themselves up to sensuality and they are
4:27	greedy to practice every kind of
4:29	impurity
4:31	is it any wonder that so many people
4:32	hate the apostle paul when he talks so
4:35	bluntly about just how lost in sin
4:39	we all have been and it’s with that in
4:43	mind consider
4:44	our old testament text at least this
4:46	one’s a rather interesting one
4:48	a little bit of context here i’ll give
4:50	you the quick summary if you would
4:51	in the previous chapters before first
4:54	kings 19
4:55	you have well the first appearance of
4:58	the prophet elijah
5:00	and he basically says to ahab and to
5:03	jezebel all that’s
5:04	really her name jezebel all the princess
5:06	that ba’a’al what a
5:07	horrible woman this was right he says to
5:10	them
5:11	it’s not going to rain until i say so
5:14	so what’s the big deal about that well
5:16	but all according to
5:18	jezebel all and all those who believed
5:20	in baal what a terrible religion by the
5:22	way in required human sacrifice
5:25	all right what a terrible terrible deity
5:27	and paul tells us in first corinthians
5:29	10 that what’s behind the all
5:31	the demonic the devil himself so
5:34	they are believing that but all is the
5:37	one who
5:38	brings the rain right it seems like all
5:41	the old ancient mystery religions it’s
5:43	all about fertility
5:44	has something to do with crops and also
5:47	sex
5:47	it’s weird how this all works but god
5:50	decides he’s going to have mercy
5:52	on the northern kingdom of israel how by
5:55	basically taking ba’all behind the
5:57	woodshed
5:58	and beating him to a pulp
6:01	you you think that paul brings the reign
6:04	so elijah says he’s not going to rain
6:06	until i say so and then he goes
6:08	missing for three whole years he goes
6:10	missing i always like to point out
6:12	during that time every saturday night
6:15	in israel on television on israel’s most
6:18	wanted
6:19	have you seen this prophet right if
6:22	you’ve seen him please
6:23	call 1 800 jezebel right
6:30	but no one finds him he’s hiding out
6:33	and then after three years he shows up
6:36	and nobody can believe it but he
6:37	basically says let’s have a showdown on
6:39	mount carmel
6:40	and on mount carmel they have the
6:42	showdown and basically elijah says
6:44	listen
6:44	you offer a sacrifice to all i’ll offer
6:47	a sacrifice to yahweh
6:49	the god who answers by fire don’t touch
6:51	it you know the god who answers by fire
6:54	that’s the true god and they said you’re
6:56	on elijah
6:57	and of course we know that all failed to
7:00	show up
7:01	it’s an embarrassing thing if you think
7:02	about it these 500 prophets of
7:05	all limping around the altar oh
7:08	oh answer us right but there was no
7:11	answer
7:12	and so elijah is one of the first
7:15	prophets to engage in what we call
7:17	holy trash talk he says
7:20	to the prophets of all after they’d gone
7:22	on and on for a few hours
7:24	why don’t you cry louder did you go to
7:27	sleep does it need to be woken up is he
7:28	on a journey
7:29	oh i know he’s in that little room
7:33	pooping
7:37	right he can’t hear you over the noise
7:42	that’s really the kind of the gist of
7:43	what’s going on there
7:45	and what does elijah do after well but
7:47	all fails to answer
7:49	he takes the altar of god that had been
7:50	thrown down
7:52	disassembled by the pagans of israel
7:56	at that time and he reassembles it
7:59	puts the sacrifice on the altar digs a
8:02	trench
8:03	has water taken from the mediterranean
8:05	sea which is less than a kilometer away
8:08	fills the trench not once not twice
8:12	but you’ll note kind of in an allusion
8:14	to baptism three times
8:16	father son holy spirit and god answered
8:19	by fire
8:22	and the people of israel who witnessed
8:24	this who heard
8:25	the words of the prophet that are
8:26	recorded for us in scripture note that
8:28	when
8:29	when elijah was speaking that day the
8:31	words coming from his mouth were the
8:32	word of god
8:34	hearing the word of god they repented
8:36	and they said
8:37	yahweh he is god yahweh he is god
8:43	now you’d think that after this right
8:46	elijah would write a book
8:47	you know how you know how to have the
8:50	fire of heaven fall in your life you
8:51	know
8:52	something like this right go on tour you
8:54	know show up on all the talk shows
8:57	and everybody praising a tick or take
8:59	parade in jerusalem right
9:01	everyone would think he’s the bee’s
9:03	knees this is the guy to talk to his god
9:05	is true
9:07	you never underestimate the power of
9:10	just how
9:11	dead dead in trespasses and sins we all
9:13	are
9:14	so jezebel hearing the report from ahab
9:18	you know and you can just see i have
9:19	gone yeah you know it was kind of
9:21	terrible
9:22	you know it was really embarrassing um
9:25	you know they and i i always like to
9:27	pick picture ahab as being a little
9:29	weaker
9:30	than jezebel there’s other stories that
9:31	kind of flesh this out you know
9:33	she wore the pants in that relationship
9:36	you know because he was he was prone to
9:37	sulking
9:38	and being a crybaby you remember the
9:40	whole story of the vineyard of nabal
9:42	right i went on vineyard she won’t tell
9:46	me
9:47	and then she says don’t worry i’ll get
9:48	it for you you weak little man right
9:50	that’s kind of the rose bro paraphrase
9:52	so you can just see her you know it was
9:53	terrible
9:55	they cried out and bawled and come and
9:57	then elijah he just prayed and boom you
9:59	know
10:01	and now they’re all dead and you know
10:03	right
10:05	i just i i would love to have heard this
10:07	report it’s like
10:08	kind of sad that there was no video at
10:10	the time but anyway
10:12	jezebel jezebel does she repent
10:16	does she sit there and go oh whoa it
10:19	hasn’t rained for three years but all
10:21	hasn’t come through yahweh answered oh
10:23	he’s god does she do that no
10:27	what does she say i kill you i
10:30	kill you that’s what she says right
10:32	that’s their answer
10:34	so it says this after ahab given the
10:37	report jezebel sent a messenger to
10:39	elijah saying
10:40	so may the gods do to me and more also
10:43	if i don’t make your life as a life of
10:45	one of them by this time tomorrow
10:49	hmm well this kind of blows apart all
10:51	that theology of bethel
10:53	you know all you need to do is perform a
10:55	sign and wonder and people will believe
10:57	didn’t work out so well for jezebel
10:59	right
11:00	in fact you’ll note that Jesus puts in
11:02	the words of abraham
11:05	down in sheol he says abraham says to
11:08	that man who’s
11:09	burning that rich man who died he says
11:12	he says
11:13	send send lazarus back because if he
11:15	comes back from the dead my brothers
11:17	will repent and they’ll not end up in
11:18	this place
11:19	and abraham says they have they have
11:21	moses in the prophets no
11:23	no no and abraham’s all if they will not
11:25	listen to moses and the prophets
11:28	they will not believe even if somebody
11:30	rises from the dead
11:33	that is just how dead
11:36	dead and trespasses and sins is
11:40	if god doesn’t grant you repentance
11:43	if god doesn’t work through his word
11:46	you don’t have any hope and here’s the
11:49	thing you’re so
11:50	lost in the futility of your mind that
11:53	you think it’s a good thing to chase
11:55	after sin
11:56	and you think people are stupid and
11:57	weird when they don’t
12:02	but here’s the thing
12:05	does elijah at this point basically say
12:08	look at how wicked and evil
12:10	she is as if somehow he’s not
12:14	his prayer to god and his actions are
12:17	actually very helpful for us so
12:20	it says elijah was afraid
12:23	so he didn’t decree he didn’t declare he
12:26	didn’t stand his ground
12:27	he ran away he rose ran for his life
12:32	and he came to barashiba which belongs
12:34	to judah
12:35	he left a servant there and then he
12:37	himself went a day’s journey into the
12:38	wilderness and came and sat down under a
12:41	broom tree
12:42	and he asked that he might die saying
12:46	it’s enough now o yahweh take my life
12:50	i am no better than my father’s
12:54	that is a good humble prayer so no he
12:57	doesn’t point to jezebel’s wickedness
12:59	and say oh i’m better than her
13:00	he basically says no i’m no better than
13:02	she is
13:04	no better and this is the part that’s a
13:07	little bit tough for us
13:08	because we’re all Christians we’ve all
13:11	been to the water
13:12	we’ve all been united with Christ and
13:14	his death and his resurrection we’re
13:15	here because we believe
13:18	i mean who would drive out to the middle
13:19	of nowhere to hear me babbling on on a
13:21	sunday morning you all got better things
13:23	to do
13:24	right you’re not here to hear me you’re
13:25	here to hear about Christ
13:27	hear a word from him all of that being
13:30	said
13:31	you’ll note that well paul in our
13:33	epistle text
13:35	continues on when he says this
13:38	so talking about the pagans that you
13:40	know they’re callous in their mind their
13:42	hearts have been hardened
13:44	and we then as Christians he says
13:47	that’s not the way that you learn Christ
13:49	assuming that you’ve heard about him
13:50	and you were taught in him as the truth
13:52	is in Jesus and here’s the words
13:54	put off your old self which belongs to
13:56	your former manner of life
13:58	it’s corrupt through deceitful desires
14:00	and instead be renewed in the spirit of
14:02	your minds
14:03	and put on the new self created after
14:05	the likeness of god
14:06	in true righteousness and holiness now
14:09	little bit of a note
14:10	there are people out there who
14:12	legitimately believe that once you
14:14	become a Christian you no longer
14:16	have a sinful nature
14:19	this is silly and this is actually very
14:22	dangerous
14:23	because paul here is writing to
14:24	Christians and what does he tell us to
14:26	do
14:26	put off our old self well if Christians
14:30	didn’t have an old self then why would
14:32	paul be telling you to take that thing
14:33	off
14:35	but you’re going to know he doesn’t
14:37	merely say that you have an old self he
14:39	also says
14:39	you have a new self and so how often do
14:43	we need to do this
14:44	change of clothes minimally daily
14:49	realistically sometimes minute by minute
14:54	because you’re going to note your old
14:55	sinful nature you still have one
14:58	and i still have one and you know what
15:00	your sinful nature wants to do
15:01	same thing mind wants to do all the
15:03	things the pagans are doing in the
15:05	futility of their minds
15:07	that’s what our sinful natures want to
15:09	do in other words being a Christian
15:11	feels a lot like
15:12	being schizophrenic being at war with
15:15	yourself
15:16	there’s a part of me that really wants
15:17	to do good and the other part says
15:19	no right and they’re just going dad
15:26	and i noticed that you all participated
15:28	in the
15:29	confession of sins today so did i you
15:32	know why you did
15:33	because you sinned like i did this past
15:35	week and you know what’s going to happen
15:36	after you leave church today
15:38	same thing that happened last week and
15:40	you’re gonna need to come back next week
15:41	too
15:42	and me too right so you’ll note then
15:46	that we are wise to not
15:49	think pridefully about ourselves i
15:52	sometimes
15:53	wonder as to why it is that god left
15:56	Christians with an
15:56	old sinful adam makes me think that
16:00	probably
16:01	has something to do with continually
16:03	being humbled
16:05	right so that prayer that prayer
16:08	of elijah it doesn’t sound like prayer
16:10	or victory does it
16:11	kill me lord i’m not better than anyone
16:13	else i’m no better than my father’s
16:16	and so he wanders off into the
16:17	wilderness a little bit of a note here
16:19	you guys remember have you read the book
16:22	where the wild things are
16:23	right you know what i’m talking about
16:25	it’s kind of a journey of max
16:27	on the night that max wore his wolf suit
16:29	and made mischief of one kind and
16:30	another
16:31	he said to his mother i’ll eat you up
16:33	and so
16:34	she sent him to his room without any
16:36	supper and that very night in max’s room
16:38	of forest grew and grew and grew and
16:40	grew until his
16:41	walls became the world all around right
16:43	and there was a sea and a boat
16:45	and he went off right and so there’s
16:46	this journey that he takes you know
16:48	off to the island of where the wild
16:49	things are and then he comes back
16:51	so the return journey is heading back
16:53	but here we’ve got elijah
16:56	heading off into the wilderness to mount
16:58	sinai
17:00	this is backwards all right this is
17:03	backwards but you’re going to note here
17:07	the mercy of god and we know that in the
17:10	old testament we see
17:11	types and shadows and the wilderness of
17:14	the old testament is a figure if you
17:16	would
17:17	of the very life that you are living
17:19	right now
17:20	the life of the in between this is not a
17:22	place to set down
17:24	a foundation to plant crops and to live
17:26	a long life no we’re all dying
17:28	the life of the in between the in
17:30	between from you being set free
17:32	from slavery to sin death and the devil
17:34	being baptized in the red sea
17:37	you see what i’m saying here and the
17:38	wilderness wanderings as you’re heading
17:40	towards what the promised land
17:42	is the promised land a postage stamp
17:44	sized piece of property in the middle
17:45	east
17:46	no the promised land is
17:49	the new earth the heavenly jerusalem
17:53	come down
17:53	from heaven when god makes his abode
17:56	with man
17:57	forever in a world without end tree of
17:59	life makes a reappearance
18:01	so that being the case here you’ll note
18:03	that in the types and shadows what what
18:05	well what elijah’s doing doesn’t quite
18:08	fit
18:08	but does god sit there and go oh oy vey
18:11	get your act together elijah
18:13	no god has mercy on him because
18:16	each and every one of us this journey
18:19	that we’re on
18:20	to the new heavens and the new earth the
18:23	inheritance given to us as a gift
18:25	because Christ has borne our sins
18:28	made us righteous declared us to be so
18:30	given us his holy spirit
18:32	forgiven us all of our trespasses god
18:34	has mercy on elijah
18:36	and sustains him in his wilderness
18:39	journey
18:40	so he says it’s enough lord take my life
18:42	so he lay down he slept under a broom
18:44	tree
18:45	and behold an angel touched him and said
18:47	arise and eat
18:48	and he looked and behold there was at
18:50	his head a cake
18:51	baked on hot stones and a jar of water
18:55	is that interesting elijah is sustained
18:58	in his wilderness journey
19:00	by bread from heaven
19:04	weren’t the children of israel sustained
19:07	in their wilderness journey
19:08	by god with bread from heaven
19:12	and indeed they were and see that kind
19:15	of then
19:16	connect the dots aren’t you
19:19	sustained in your wilderness journey
19:23	by god with bread
19:26	from heaven yeah you are
19:30	so he ate and he drank he lay down again
19:34	and the angel of the lord this is Jesus
19:37	came again
19:38	it’s Jesus who’s feeding him the angel
19:40	of the lord always an appearance of
19:42	Christ
19:42	came and said a second time and touched
19:44	him and said rise and eat
19:47	the journey is too great for you and he
19:50	rose
19:51	and he ate and he drank and he went in
19:54	the strength of that food 40 days and 40
19:56	nights to horeb the mountain of god
19:59	brothers and sisters your wilderness
20:00	wandering as you’re heading to the
20:02	promised land this journey is too great
20:03	for you
20:06	it’s too great for me i do not have the
20:09	strength to make it
20:11	neither do you we just don’t
20:15	you can try as hard as you want but you
20:17	will
20:18	fail you cannot make this journey on
20:21	your own strength
20:23	consider that humble elijah was
20:25	mercifully fed
20:26	by god it’s in that light then
20:31	we consider our our gospel text
20:35	Jesus said to them i am the bread of
20:39	life
20:40	whoever comes to me shall not hunger
20:43	whoever believes in me
20:45	shall never and i said that you’ve seen
20:48	me and yet you do not believe
20:50	all that the father gives me will come
20:52	to me whoever comes to me
20:54	i will never cast out
20:58	what an amazing prayer that was of
21:00	elijah lord i’m no better
21:03	than my father’s confessing his own sin
21:07	you know there’s places that call
21:10	themselves Christian churches
21:12	where those who attend fear to speak the
21:15	truth about themselves
21:18	they fear to say that they’re sinful
21:21	fear to confess that they’re struggling
21:24	fear they fear to confess that they
21:27	don’t have the strength to make it that
21:30	they haven’t cleaned up their act
21:31	enough that despite all of their efforts
21:34	they continue to fall short
21:37	what does Jesus say to people like that
21:39	away from me i never knew you
21:41	no Jesus says all who come to me i will
21:43	never cast out
21:46	you see Christ has taken all of your
21:48	sins upon himself
21:50	bore them in his body on the cross
21:53	god has had mercy on us he’s not come to
21:56	condemn
21:57	us he’s come to save us to save you
22:01	and if you’re weary worn out tired and
22:03	just ready to say i can’t go on another
22:06	step
22:07	do not fear you’re in good company
22:10	same company as elijah
22:14	whom Jesus mercifully appears to
22:17	and feeds bread from heaven so that you
22:20	can go in the strength of that food
22:24	today we are having the lord’s supper
22:30	we will hear the words of Christ again
22:32	when he says
22:33	this is my body given for you
22:37	for the forgiveness of your sins this is
22:40	my blood
22:40	shed for you for the forgiveness of your
22:44	sins
22:45	are you tired are you weak are you weary
22:49	are you laden with sin come
22:53	this wilderness wandering is too much
22:54	for you
22:56	it’s too strong the journey is too
22:59	treacherous
23:00	you don’t have the strength
23:03	come and feed on Christ the bread of
23:07	heaven
23:09	he will sustain you he will give you
23:12	strength
23:13	because all who come to him he will
23:15	never cast out
23:17	i’ve come down from heaven Jesus says
23:20	not to do my own will but the will of
23:21	him who sent me
23:23	and this is the will of him who sent me
23:24	that i should lose nothing of all that
23:26	he’s given me
23:27	and raise it up on the last day but
23:29	pastor you don’t know how
23:31	janky of the sheep i am yeah i do
23:34	i’m your pastor i get it you’d be
23:38	surprised how janky of a sheep i
23:39	am Christ has come and bled and died
23:44	for all of his janky sheep he’s the one
23:46	who washes us
23:47	and cleans us feeds us and sustains us
23:50	this is the will of the father that
23:53	everyone who looks on the sun
23:55	and believes in him should have eternal
23:57	life
23:58	i will raise him up on the last day so
24:00	don’t worry about that old sinful adam
24:02	of yours don’t worry
24:04	Christ is taking care of it he’s nailed
24:06	that guy
24:08	to the cross and don’t worry he’s going
24:11	to get rid of it
24:12	properly dispose of it in one of those
24:14	graves out there in the graveyard or
24:16	somewhere local nearby wherever you die
24:19	give me a second here sometimes i work
24:22	myself up
24:25	but note then Christ says i am the bread
24:28	that has come down from heaven
24:30	and they took issue with him well isn’t
24:33	this Jesus
24:34	the son of joseph we know his father
24:36	right how can he say that he’s going to
24:38	give us his body to eat and blood to
24:40	drink
24:40	they’re really offended by this this
24:42	concept
24:43	but Jesus kind of doubles down in a good
24:46	way
24:47	it says whoever believes in me has
24:49	eternal life
24:50	and i am the bread of life your fathers
24:53	ate the manna in the wilderness and they
24:54	died
24:55	so this is the bread that comes down
24:57	from heaven so that one may eat of it
24:58	and not die
25:00	i am the living bread that came down
25:02	from heaven
25:03	if anyone eats of this bread he will
25:05	live forever and the bread that i will
25:07	give for the life of the world is my own
25:09	flesh
25:10	oh brothers and sisters what a kind and
25:12	merciful Jesus you have
25:14	the same Jesus who appeared to elijah is
25:16	here today
25:18	Christ promises that wherever two or
25:20	more gathered in his name he is present
25:23	we cannot physically see him yet he is
25:25	here he’s here to serve you
25:27	he’s here to feed you to comfort you
25:30	he’s here to give you the strength of
25:32	the journey that is too strong for you
25:34	and he feeds you with his very body and
25:36	blood given and shed for the forgiveness
25:38	of your sins
25:39	it is miraculous it is kind
25:42	it is merciful it is comforting
25:46	that is our Jesus the same one who
25:49	comforted Elijah comforts you today
25:52	so take note brothers and sisters Jesus
25:55	is the true bread given from heaven
25:57	and it’s not his will that you should
25:58	perish it is his will that you would
26:00	have eternal life
26:01	and he will never cast you out
26:05	in the name of Jesus amen

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