Series C – Third Sunday After Pentecost – Sunday, June 5, 2016 | 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: |
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| 0:29 | the holy Gospel According to Saint Luke |
| 0:31 | chapter 7 verses 11 through 17. |
| 0:35 | soon afterward Jesus went to a town |
| 0:38 | called nane his disciples and a great |
| 0:40 | crowd went with him as he drew near to |
| 0:43 | the gate of the Town Behold a man who |
| 0:45 | had died was being carried out |
| 0:46 | the only son of his mother she was a |
| 0:49 | widow and a considerable crowd from the |
| 0:51 | town was with her and when the Lord saw |
| 0:53 | her he had compassion on her and he said |
| 0:55 | to her |
| 0:56 | do not weep then he came up and touched |
| 0:59 | the beer and the Bears Stood Still |
| 1:02 | he said young man I say to you arise |
| 1:05 | and the dead man sat up and began to |
| 1:08 | speak and Jesus gave him to his mother |
| 1:10 | fear sees them all and they glorify God |
| 1:13 | saying a great prophet has arisen Among |
| 1:15 | Us God has visited his people |
| 1:17 | and this report about him spread through |
| 1:19 | the whole country of Judea and all the |
| 1:22 | surrounding country |
| 1:23 | in the name of Jesus |
| 1:25 | amen all right this is a fun story and |
| 1:29 | when you start checking the cross |
| 1:30 | references things are starting to happen |
| 1:33 | there’s some crackling going on I hope |
| 1:35 | you have the same excitement about it as |
| 1:37 | I do now we’re going to take a look at |
| 1:40 | our two texts Old Testament and New |
| 1:42 | Testament together for a very specific |
| 1:44 | reason they work together |
| 1:46 | Elijah here in first king 17 with the |
| 1:50 | story of the raising of the son her son |
| 1:53 | the Widow of NE of not name but |
| 1:57 | um Elijah goes to the zaraphat that’s |
| 2:00 | right |
| 2:01 | holy smokes I need a vacation I’m losing |
| 2:04 | my mind |
| 2:07 | yeah the Widow of Zarephath in fact in |
| 2:09 | the Old Testament there are two accounts |
| 2:11 | of people being raised from the dead one |
| 2:13 | is the story of the raising of the Widow |
| 2:15 | of zaraphat’s son and the Widow by the |
| 2:18 | way being a widow in the ancient world |
| 2:19 | this is the days before there was |
| 2:21 | welfare |
| 2:22 | this is the days before there were |
| 2:24 | social services WIC and things like that |
| 2:26 | and it’s really bad for women who do not |
| 2:30 | have husbands because men are the ones |
| 2:31 | who own the property |
| 2:33 | women don’t |
| 2:35 | and as a result of it for women to lose |
| 2:38 | their husband is a bad thing but for a |
| 2:41 | woman to lose her only son after that |
| 2:45 | the only thing she gets to look down the |
| 2:47 | rest of her life is abject poverty |
| 2:50 | unless somebody really is kind enough to |
| 2:52 | take care of her and meet her needs it’s |
| 2:54 | a terrible situation but the other |
| 2:57 | raising is by the prophet Elisha and |
| 3:00 | Elisha he’s the one who comes after |
| 3:03 | Elijah oftentimes people get the too |
| 3:05 | confused because their names are so like |
| 3:07 | interchangeable in the way we speak but |
| 3:09 | Elijah he raises the son of the |
| 3:13 | shunamite woman and she is not poor at |
| 3:17 | all in fact she’s quite well to do she’s |
| 3:20 | so well to do she’s able to build an |
| 3:22 | apartment if you would a spare bedroom |
| 3:24 | you know up on the top floor for Elisha |
| 3:26 | anytime he’s in town he can come and |
| 3:28 | stay there and so what I find |
| 3:30 | fascinating between the two Old |
| 3:32 | Testament Resurrection accounts that we |
| 3:33 | see from Elijah and Elisha is that it |
| 3:37 | kind of covers the whole |
| 3:39 | Financial Spectrum from abject poverty |
| 3:42 | to well to do Christ is bled and died |
| 3:45 | for the rich and the poor important for |
| 3:47 | us to keep that in mind but in our story |
| 3:49 | today in our Old Testament story it’s |
| 3:51 | the Widow of Zarephath and if you know |
| 3:53 | the context this is what’s going on here |
| 3:57 | is that Elijah he’s literally on the Run |
| 4:01 | the Lord told him to let King ahaz and |
| 4:03 | his wife Jezebel that’s how you |
| 4:06 | pronounce her name by the way jeza Baal |
| 4:09 | the princess of ba’al |
| 4:11 | terrible terrible demonic false god by |
| 4:14 | the way |
| 4:15 | God told Elijah to let everybody know |
| 4:18 | it’s not going to reign in Israel until |
| 4:20 | I say so and why is that a big deal |
| 4:22 | because well the people who believed in |
| 4:24 | ba’al and who sacrificed their children |
| 4:26 | too but all |
| 4:28 | yeah there was Human Sacrifice involved |
| 4:30 | there they believed that Baal was the |
| 4:32 | one who brought the Reigns and because |
| 4:34 | he was the one who brought the Reigns he |
| 4:35 | was also the one who brought the crops |
| 4:37 | and got all the glory |
| 4:39 | so God tells Elijah let everybody know |
| 4:41 | it’s not going to rain until you say so |
| 4:44 | and so it is and so what ends up |
| 4:47 | happening is it stops raining Without |
| 4:49 | Rain well crops dry up and things go bad |
| 4:51 | and go into a famine mode now for a |
| 4:54 | while Elijah was hiding in a place |
| 4:55 | called The Brook of Sharif and Ravens |
| 4:58 | were literally bringing him sandwiches |
| 5:00 | every day |
| 5:01 | don’t know how clean they were but I |
| 5:03 | guess if you’re hungry you don’t |
| 5:04 | complain right and eventually that Brook |
| 5:06 | dried up and he had to head out |
| 5:08 | somewhere else and by this time he’s on |
| 5:11 | Israel’s most wanted list every Saturday |
| 5:13 | night on television have you seen this |
| 5:16 | Prophet right they were looking for him |
| 5:18 | if you’ve seen this Prophet please call |
| 5:20 | Jezebel all at area code 666. anyway |
| 5:25 | sorry I just had to say it that way |
| 5:27 | right |
| 5:28 | so as he’s on the Run he heads out of |
| 5:32 | out of Israel up near tire and sidon to |
| 5:35 | Zarephath and there he finds a widow |
| 5:37 | that God had basically said and you’re |
| 5:38 | going to take care of Elijah my prophet |
| 5:41 | and so God takes care of her makes it so |
| 5:44 | her oil never runs out and her flower |
| 5:47 | never runs out kind of a multiplication |
| 5:49 | Miracle which is oh so amazing if you |
| 5:51 | think about it but then something |
| 5:53 | happens Calamity Falls and this is where |
| 5:56 | we pick up in First Kings chapter 17 |
| 5:58 | verse 17 after this the son of the woman |
| 6:00 | the Mistress of the house became ill his |
| 6:03 | illness was so severe that there was no |
| 6:06 | breath left in him |
| 6:07 | and she said to Elijah what have you |
| 6:10 | against me o man of God you’ve come to |
| 6:13 | bring my sins to remembrance and to |
| 6:15 | cause the death of my son |
| 6:23 | quick note |
| 6:24 | how many of you |
| 6:26 | when things go poorly in your life |
| 6:29 | the first thing you think is that God is |
| 6:32 | punishing you for your sins |
| 6:35 | we’re tempted to think this way are we |
| 6:36 | not |
| 6:38 | now keep this in mind I’m speaking now |
| 6:40 | to Christians |
| 6:42 | if you are truly in Christ your sins |
| 6:45 | have been washed away you’ve been raised |
| 6:47 | with Christ and you were a penitent |
| 6:49 | believer in Christ then you must know |
| 6:51 | this that any Calamity that befalls you |
| 6:54 | is not God punishing you for your sins |
| 6:57 | and there’s a very simple reason for |
| 6:59 | that because all of your sins have been |
| 7:01 | punished in Christ |
| 7:04 | you are not being punished for your sins |
| 7:07 | God does not punish his children and |
| 7:11 | there is no double double jeopardy in |
| 7:13 | the kingdom of God punished sins are |
| 7:15 | forgiven sins and Christ is bled and |
| 7:17 | died for them all |
| 7:19 | you may be being disciplined by God |
| 7:22 | but the reality of the situation is you |
| 7:24 | read the book of Job |
| 7:26 | read the book of job and you realize you |
| 7:29 | might never really figure out why you’re |
| 7:32 | going through what you’re going through |
| 7:33 | in a tough circumstance because what was |
| 7:36 | the reason why job suffered was it |
| 7:38 | because he was so sinful that God had to |
| 7:41 | thump him on the head and get him back |
| 7:43 | into line |
| 7:45 | no the reason job suffered so much is |
| 7:48 | because he was a righteous man it was |
| 7:50 | because he loved God |
| 7:54 | so keep this in mind |
| 7:56 | as Christians when we experience |
| 7:58 | suffering and calamity |
| 8:02 | we may not be able to figure out why we |
| 8:05 | may never be given a reason why but the |
| 8:09 | one thing that we can absolutely rule |
| 8:12 | out is that God is punishing you for |
| 8:15 | your sins |
| 8:17 | so keep that in mind |
| 8:21 | so the woman said to actually Elijah |
| 8:24 | said to her give me your son he took him |
| 8:27 | from her arms carried him up into the |
| 8:29 | upper chamber where he lodged and laid |
| 8:31 | him on his own bed and then he cried to |
| 8:33 | the Lord oh Lord Yahweh my God you have |
| 8:36 | brought Calamity even upon the Widow |
| 8:38 | with whom I sojourn by killing her son |
| 8:40 | then he stretched himself out on the |
| 8:42 | child three times |
| 8:45 | and he cried to the Lord O Lord my God |
| 8:47 | let this child’s life come into him |
| 8:49 | again |
| 8:50 | three times father son Holy Spirit three |
| 8:55 | days in the grave yeah there’s something |
| 8:57 | going on here that even points us to |
| 8:59 | Jesus right |
| 9:01 | and the Lord listened to the voice of |
| 9:02 | Elijah |
| 9:04 | that’s right God listened to Elijah’s |
| 9:06 | voice isn’t that amazing right the life |
| 9:09 | of the child came into him again |
| 9:11 | and he revived Elijah took the child |
| 9:14 | brought him down from the upper chamber |
| 9:15 | into the house and delivered him to his |
| 9:17 | mother and Elijah said see your son |
| 9:20 | lives and the woman said to Elijah now I |
| 9:23 | know that you are a man of God and that |
| 9:25 | the word of the Lord the word of Yahweh |
| 9:27 | in your mouth is truth |
| 9:31 | Miracles always support a message |
| 9:34 | Miracles are never the message |
| 9:37 | they always support one |
| 9:39 | false signs and false wonders will |
| 9:41 | support false theology keep that in mind |
| 9:45 | but here we see that this miracle shows |
| 9:49 | this woman |
| 9:50 | that the words of this Prophet regarding |
| 9:53 | Yahweh are true and we have a greater |
| 9:55 | Miracle than this |
| 9:57 | the resurrection of the Son of God |
| 9:59 | himself on the third day after he was |
| 10:00 | crucified under Pontius Pilate that’s |
| 10:03 | the miracle we point to for the truth of |
| 10:06 | the words in the mouth of Jesus |
| 10:08 | and so with that |
| 10:09 | you kind of have the the framework Old |
| 10:12 | Testament is now type and Shadow and |
| 10:15 | resurrecting dead widows |
| 10:18 | Sons |
| 10:20 | type and Shadow pointing to Jesus now |
| 10:24 | let’s take a look now at how this text |
| 10:26 | points us to Jesus as we return to Our |
| 10:29 | Gospel text this morning in the Gospel |
| 10:31 | of Luke chapter 7 here’s what it says as |
| 10:34 | Jesus Drew near to the gate of the town |
| 10:37 | Behold a man who had died was being |
| 10:39 | carried out the only son of his mother |
| 10:42 | and she was a widow |
| 10:45 | we already know what this means |
| 10:48 | not only is it personal loss on a level |
| 10:51 | that is hard to imagine |
| 10:54 | and the grief that she has to be going |
| 10:55 | through but now her life is literally |
| 10:57 | looking at poverty straight in the face |
| 11:00 | considerable crowd from the town was |
| 11:02 | with her |
| 11:03 | and when the Lord saw her he had |
| 11:06 | compassion on her |
| 11:10 | the I think a good rendering of the |
| 11:12 | Greek because the Greek is really strong |
| 11:14 | here compassion |
| 11:17 | this is one of the weaknesses of English |
| 11:19 | not of the original language a good way |
| 11:22 | to say it would probably be like his |
| 11:24 | guts were wrenched |
| 11:27 | he was really on the inside just |
| 11:33 | gotta do something |
| 11:36 | now before we continue I have to give |
| 11:38 | you a little bit more context |
| 11:41 | this is taking place in nane nane is a |
| 11:44 | Jewish town it’s near Galilee south west |
| 11:47 | of Galilee you can find it on your Bible |
| 11:49 | map probably so Jesus is in a Jewish |
| 11:53 | context in a Jewish town with well |
| 11:55 | basically a bunch of Jews and you need |
| 11:58 | to understand something about well Jews |
| 12:01 | and their relationships to dead bodies |
| 12:05 | all right so with that we have to look |
| 12:07 | now at the Book of Numbers Chapter 19 |
| 12:09 | starting at verse 11 and I would like |
| 12:11 | you to follow along if you can |
| 12:13 | something really important going on here |
| 12:17 | here’s what it says |
| 12:20 | whoever touches the dead body of any |
| 12:23 | person shall be unclean for seven days |
| 12:28 | now unclean is a pretty importantly bad |
| 12:31 | status for a Jew unclean means you well |
| 12:35 | can’t participate in the community |
| 12:37 | unclean puts you outside of the camp |
| 12:40 | unclean well if you’re declared to be |
| 12:43 | unclean and you’re a woman well you |
| 12:45 | literally cannot even come to church |
| 12:48 | unclean is big |
| 12:50 | and people who are unclean need to be |
| 12:53 | made clean and how you’re made clean is |
| 12:57 | vitally important in our story here |
| 12:59 | today we’ll talk about this so the |
| 13:01 | person who touches the dead body shall |
| 13:03 | be unclean for seven days he shall |
| 13:05 | cleanse himself with the watch this |
| 13:07 | water on the third day with water |
| 13:10 | and it’s not any old water it’s the |
| 13:12 | water we’ll talk about the ingredients |
| 13:14 | of the water here in a minute so he |
| 13:16 | shall cleanse himself with the water on |
| 13:18 | the third day and on the seventh day |
| 13:20 | third day day of the Resurrection seven |
| 13:23 | days seven days of creation New Creation |
| 13:25 | stuff going on here there’s biblical |
| 13:27 | numerology in play so after that he will |
| 13:30 | be clean but if he does not cleanse |
| 13:32 | himself on the third day and on the |
| 13:34 | seventh day he will not become clean |
| 13:36 | whoever touches a dead person the body |
| 13:39 | of anyone who has died and does not |
| 13:41 | cleanse himself defiles the Tabernacle |
| 13:44 | of Yahweh and that person shall be cut |
| 13:46 | off from Israel because the water for |
| 13:48 | impurity was not thrown on him notice |
| 13:51 | again it’s the water and now it’s |
| 13:53 | described as the water for impurity it |
| 13:56 | was not thrown on him he shall be |
| 13:58 | unclean his uncleanness is still on him |
| 14:02 | thinking okay we kind of get it no |
| 14:03 | actually there’s a little bit more let’s |
| 14:05 | keep reading this is the law when |
| 14:08 | someone dies in a tent everyone who |
| 14:10 | comes into the tent and everyone who is |
| 14:11 | in the tent shall be unclean seven days |
| 14:14 | every open vessel that has no cover |
| 14:16 | fasten on it is unclean whoever is in |
| 14:19 | the open field touches someone who was |
| 14:21 | killed with a sword or who have died |
| 14:24 | naturally or touches a human bone or |
| 14:26 | even touches a grave |
| 14:28 | notice there okay it’s not necessary for |
| 14:31 | you to even just touch |
| 14:34 | the body if you even touch the person’s |
| 14:37 | grave |
| 14:38 | all right so if you’re ever out here |
| 14:40 | visiting somebody at Kong’s finger you |
| 14:42 | know who’s now gone to be with Christ |
| 14:44 | just going and touching their grave |
| 14:47 | makes you unclean |
| 14:49 | big deal right |
| 14:52 | they shall be unclean for seven days for |
| 14:54 | the unclean they shall take now here are |
| 14:57 | the ingredients for the water the water |
| 15:00 | for impurity watch the ingredients for |
| 15:03 | the unclean they shall take some ashes |
| 15:05 | of the burnt sin offering and fresh |
| 15:09 | water shall be added in a vessel then a |
| 15:12 | clean person shall take hyssop and dip |
| 15:14 | it in the water and sprinkle it on the |
| 15:17 | tent and on all the furnishings and on |
| 15:20 | the persons who were there and on |
| 15:22 | Whoever touched the bone or the slain or |
| 15:25 | the dead or the grave |
| 15:30 | all right |
| 15:31 | let’s think about this |
| 15:33 | water mixed with ashes from the sin |
| 15:37 | offering |
| 15:39 | what does that sound like |
| 15:42 | you’re sitting there going |
| 15:43 | sounds a lot like |
| 15:47 | no |
| 15:49 | yeah |
| 15:51 | no yeah |
| 15:54 | baptism |
| 15:56 | because think about this when you were |
| 15:58 | baptized was that just mere water you |
| 16:00 | were baptized with |
| 16:02 | I know it came from Minnesota |
| 16:05 | but was that mere water |
| 16:07 | you were baptized with water mixed with |
| 16:10 | the very blood of Christ which is the |
| 16:13 | atonement for your sins |
| 16:16 | so notice here now clean unclean unclean |
| 16:21 | has to be cleansed by water mixed with |
| 16:24 | ashes from the sin offering and |
| 16:26 | sprinkled with hyssop hyssop that’s the |
| 16:29 | branch used to sprinkle the blood of the |
| 16:31 | Lambs of the Passover when the people |
| 16:34 | were in Egypt right put the dip it in |
| 16:37 | the blood put the blood on the lentils |
| 16:39 | right hiss up |
| 16:40 | all of this is talking about you are |
| 16:43 | made clean |
| 16:44 | by the sin sacrifice mixed with the |
| 16:47 | water quite ingredients isn’t it |
| 16:50 | but see the thing is we’re all made |
| 16:52 | clean this same exact way so clean and |
| 16:55 | unclean are your two categories how |
| 16:57 | you’re made clean is through the water |
| 16:59 | for impurity |
| 17:01 | think that okay |
| 17:03 | and now you’ve got your context let’s go |
| 17:06 | back to our story you are all now good |
| 17:08 | catechized Jews |
| 17:13 | so when the Lord saw her he had |
| 17:15 | compassion his guts were wrenched |
| 17:18 | and he said do not weep then he came up |
| 17:23 | and he touched the beer |
| 17:26 | and the bearers Stood Still If This Were |
| 17:29 | A Movie this would be the part of the |
| 17:31 | movie where they would over crank the |
| 17:33 | film in order to play it back in slow |
| 17:35 | motion there’s Jesus reaching out to |
| 17:38 | touch the beer if you touch a grave |
| 17:39 | you’re unclean he’s reaching out his |
| 17:42 | hand in slow motion it now cuts to the |
| 17:45 | crowd and they’re all going |
| 17:47 | and he gets closer and then you can see |
| 17:49 | him going no |
| 17:52 | you’re going to be uncleared right |
| 17:56 | that’s what’s going on here |
| 18:00 | so he touches the beer |
| 18:03 | and everybody stands still |
| 18:06 | awkward silence |
| 18:09 | let’s see here’s the interesting part |
| 18:10 | this is where the Widow’s son now meets |
| 18:14 | the virgin’s son this is where the dead |
| 18:17 | meets the one who is the resurrection |
| 18:20 | and the life and when death meets life |
| 18:25 | death gives way |
| 18:27 | Jesus said young man I say to you arise |
| 18:31 | and the dead man |
| 18:36 | set up and began to speak |
| 18:40 | and Jesus gave him to his mother |
| 18:45 | you can only imagine what happened at |
| 18:46 | that moment |
| 18:48 | I had a hard time kind of figuring out |
| 18:50 | something that we can kind of compare |
| 18:51 | this to |
| 18:53 | have any of you like me seen some of |
| 18:55 | those videos I post on social media of |
| 18:58 | the men in our military who’ve been on a |
| 19:00 | long deployment and they come home and |
| 19:03 | they surprise their kids |
| 19:05 | you know it’s usually the setup is is |
| 19:07 | that the kids are at school and they go |
| 19:10 | to school and maybe it’s their birthday |
| 19:11 | or there’s some occasion and they’re in |
| 19:13 | the middle of the classroom is a very |
| 19:15 | large box with you know decorative paper |
| 19:18 | in it right |
| 19:20 | and they say to everyone gather around |
| 19:21 | and they tell the child this one’s for |
| 19:23 | you open it up |
| 19:25 | and they open into the paper and open |
| 19:27 | the lid and out comes dad |
| 19:32 | kills me every time |
| 19:35 | first thing out of their mouths is Daddy |
| 19:39 | and then they’re crying the weeping |
| 19:43 | overcome |
| 19:45 | with sheer joy and I mean just a mix of |
| 19:49 | emotions right |
| 19:51 | imagine this poor Widow |
| 19:54 | we don’t know the circumstances under |
| 19:55 | which this man died we don’t know did he |
| 19:58 | die a long languishing death with a |
| 20:01 | debilitating disease was it an accident |
| 20:03 | out on the farm |
| 20:06 | or did he just fall and accidentally |
| 20:08 | break his neck it doesn’t say |
| 20:10 | but the one thing we do know is that on |
| 20:13 | that day before Jesus showed up she had |
| 20:17 | heard the news |
| 20:19 | your boy is dead |
| 20:21 | and all of the crushing weight of that |
| 20:24 | emotion |
| 20:25 | the crushing weight of that loss having |
| 20:28 | already lost her husband now she loses |
| 20:30 | her son now not only does she no longer |
| 20:33 | have all of those closest and near to |
| 20:36 | her and dear to her now she has no means |
| 20:39 | to even support herself |
| 20:42 | and in that moment |
| 20:44 | Jesus whose guts were wrenched for her |
| 20:48 | gives her back her son |
| 20:53 | what a moment |
| 20:56 | fear sees them all |
| 20:58 | the text says |
| 21:01 | and would it not seize you as well if |
| 21:03 | you saw something like that what is |
| 21:06 | happening here |
| 21:10 | so they glorified God saying |
| 21:13 | a great prophet has arisen Among Us they |
| 21:18 | make the connection we haven’t seen |
| 21:20 | something like this since Elijah or |
| 21:22 | Elisha right but see Jesus is more than |
| 21:25 | a prophet he is the prophet of prophets |
| 21:27 | and he’s the king of kings and he’s the |
| 21:29 | Lord of lords |
| 21:31 | right he’s Prophet priest and King |
| 21:34 | but the next words are very important |
| 21:36 | God has visited his people indeed he has |
| 21:42 | now oftentimes we’re tempted to read a |
| 21:44 | story like this and say |
| 21:47 | man why is it that the people in the |
| 21:50 | Bible times get to have like all the |
| 21:53 | Miracles right why is it that God visits |
| 21:56 | them but he never seems to visit us I |
| 21:58 | mean here we are in the middle of Kang |
| 22:00 | Zinger Lutheran Church plop down in the |
| 22:02 | middle of Oslo Minnesota which isn’t |
| 22:04 | nearly as glorious as the original Oslo |
| 22:06 | from what I understand right |
| 22:08 | how come God never visits us |
| 22:13 | we’re tempted to think this way are we |
| 22:15 | not |
| 22:18 | see you’re not thinking about it |
| 22:19 | correctly |
| 22:21 | God does visit us and he has visited you |
| 22:25 | and not only that Jesus himself just |
| 22:29 | like this young man who was dead and was |
| 22:33 | touched by Jesus Jesus has also touched |
| 22:35 | you |
| 22:37 | want me to prove it I’d love to |
| 22:40 | Ephesians 2 |
| 22:42 | verse 1. |
| 22:43 | you |
| 22:45 | you were dead |
| 22:47 | in your trespasses and your sins in |
| 22:50 | which you once walked following the |
| 22:52 | course of this world following the |
| 22:54 | prince of the power of the air the |
| 22:56 | spirit that is now at work in the sons |
| 22:58 | of Disobedience among whom we all once |
| 23:00 | lived and the passions of our flesh |
| 23:02 | carrying out the desires of the body and |
| 23:05 | the mind and we were by Nature children |
| 23:07 | of Wrath like the rest of mankind |
| 23:11 | brothers and sisters this was all of us |
| 23:14 | we were all born dead in trespasses and |
| 23:18 | sins |
| 23:18 | and it wasn’t mostly dead |
| 23:22 | it was graveyard dead |
| 23:24 | literally think of as like zombies if |
| 23:27 | you would now right The Walking Dead |
| 23:30 | but then look at the next sentence but |
| 23:33 | God |
| 23:34 | being rich in Mercy you can almost see |
| 23:38 | the parallel Jesus’s guts are wrenched |
| 23:41 | God’s guts are wrenched for you |
| 23:44 | he’s rich in Mercy he’s rich in kindness |
| 23:48 | and because of the great love with which |
| 23:49 | he loved us even when we were dead in |
| 23:53 | our trespasses God has made us alive |
| 23:55 | together with Christ |
| 24:00 | let me give you a picture of it |
| 24:03 | every time |
| 24:05 | a woman or a family from Kong’s Winger |
| 24:08 | brings their infant child |
| 24:12 | to the baptismal font to be baptized |
| 24:15 | it is just like the funeral procession |
| 24:19 | they are literally bringing a dead child |
| 24:22 | to the baptismal font |
| 24:25 | and Jesus touches that child in the |
| 24:29 | waters of Purity there |
| 24:32 | where the waters are mixed with the |
| 24:34 | sacrifice for our sins and that child is |
| 24:38 | made alive and made pure God himself |
| 24:40 | Christ himself reaches through the |
| 24:44 | waters and touches that child and says I |
| 24:47 | tell you to arise |
| 24:51 | that’s what’s happening |
| 24:53 | God is visiting us |
| 24:57 | and he has visited us |
| 25:01 | for by Grace you have been saved |
| 25:04 | God has raised us up with him and sealed |
| 25:07 | us seated us up with him in the Heavenly |
| 25:09 | places in Christ Jesus so in the coming |
| 25:12 | ages he might show the Amer measurable |
| 25:15 | Riches of his grace in kindness towards |
| 25:18 | us in Christ Jesus |
| 25:23 | God is merciful and he’s kind and he |
| 25:26 | visits his people and when death and |
| 25:28 | life collide |
| 25:30 | death gives way |
| 25:32 | and God raises from the dead Colossians |
| 25:35 | 2 says the same thing |
| 25:37 | Colossians 2 11-14 in him you were |
| 25:40 | circumcised with the circumcision made |
| 25:42 | without hands by the putting off of the |
| 25:44 | body of the flesh by the circumcision of |
| 25:46 | Christ having been buried with him in |
| 25:48 | baptism in which you were also raised |
| 25:50 | with him through faith in the powerful |
| 25:52 | working of God who raised him from the |
| 25:54 | dead and you who were dead in your |
| 25:56 | trespasses and the uncircumcision of |
| 25:59 | your flesh God has made you alive |
| 26:01 | together with him having forgiven us all |
| 26:04 | of our trespasses by canceling the |
| 26:07 | record of death that stood against us |
| 26:08 | with its legal demands this he set aside |
| 26:12 | nailing it to the cross |
| 26:21 | today Christ will visit us |
| 26:25 | not just through the preaching of the |
| 26:27 | word but Christ will visit us in the |
| 26:30 | Lord’s Supper |
| 26:32 | Christ will be their body and blood for |
| 26:34 | the Forgiveness of our sins God has |
| 26:37 | visited his people and he continues to |
| 26:39 | visit his people |
| 26:41 | and if you see it the way the Bible |
| 26:44 | describes it you cannot help but see the |
| 26:47 | miraculous and the amazing and the |
| 26:49 | awe-inspiring and the type of thing that |
| 26:52 | would make you sit and pay attention in |
| 26:55 | fear and awe and in love |
| 26:59 | the text ends with this report about him |
| 27:01 | spread throughout the whole |
| 27:03 | Judean Countryside and all the |
| 27:05 | surrounding country |
| 27:08 | let everybody know |
| 27:10 | tell Oslo let Alvarado know let the |
| 27:13 | people in Warren know and those in Grand |
| 27:14 | Forks |
| 27:16 | Sunday after Sunday after Sunday here at |
| 27:19 | Kong’s Winger Jesus is showing up |
| 27:22 | God is visiting his people he’s |
| 27:25 | forgiving sins he’s raising people from |
| 27:28 | the dead Miracles are happening here |
| 27:31 | like you wouldn’t believe |
| 27:34 | and it’s all true when you learn to see |
| 27:38 | it the way scripture teaches it |
| 27:42 | for we know |
| 27:43 | because Christ has risen from the grave |
| 27:46 | that the word of God in his mouth is |
| 27:48 | TRUE |
| 27:50 | and it’s true |
| 27:52 | for you |
| 27:54 | you |
| 27:55 | whom Christ has touched and raised from |
| 27:58 | the grave and today feeds with his body |
| 28:00 | and blood for the Forgiveness of your |
| 28:02 | sins in the name of Jesus |
| 28:04 | amen |
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