The Lutheran Church of the Messiah Sermons

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 20  Then God spoke all these words: 2  I am the  Lord  your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;  3  you shall have no other gods before me. 4  You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 7  You shall not ma...

Exodus 17:1-7 17:1 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 17:2 The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?” 17:3 But the people th...

Exodus 16:2-15 2  The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.  3  The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the  Lord  in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” 4  Then the  Lord  said to Moses, “I a...

Exodus 14:19-31 19  The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and took its place behind them.  20  It came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel. And so the cloud was there with the darkness, and it lit up the night; one did not come near the other all night. 21  Then Moses stretched out his h...

Exodus 12:1-14 12  The  Lord  said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:  2  This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you.  3  Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household.  4  If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closes...

Exodus 3:1-15 3  Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.  2  There the angel of the  Lord  appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed.  3  Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see...

Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 8  Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.  9  He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we.  10  Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”  11  Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress th...

Genesis 45:1-15   Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.  2  And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.  3  Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” But his broth...

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an alien, the land of Canaan.  2  This is the story of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a helper to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.  3  Now Israel loved Joseph more than a...

Genesis 32:22-31 22  The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.  23  He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had.  24  Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.  25  When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; a...

Genesis 29:15-28 29:15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” 29:16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 29:17 Leah’s eyes were lovely, and Rachel was graceful and beautiful. 29:18 Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I w...

Preacher: Pastor Martin Erhardt Genesis 28:10-19; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30

Preacher: Pastor Martin Erhardt Genesis 25:19-34; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Genesis 24:34-67 34  So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.   35  The  Lord  has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.   36  And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old, and to him he has given all that he has.   37  My master made me swear, say...

Genesis 22:1-14 22  After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”   2  He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”   3  So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with hi...

Genesis 21:8-21 8  And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.   9  But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. 10  So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.”   11  And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham...

Genesis 1:1-2:4a 1  In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2  The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.  3  And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4  And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5  God called the light Day...

Genesis 2:7, 18-24 7 Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them...

Acts 2:1:-21 2  When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2  And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3  And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit...

Acts 1:1-11 1  In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2  until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3  He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.  4  And while stayin...

Acts 17:22-31 22  So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23  For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24  The God who made the world and everything in it, being L...

Acts 7:55-60 55   But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56   “Look,” he said, “I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”   57   But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him.   58   Then they dragged him out of the...

Acts 2:42-47 42  And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43  And awe [ a ] came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44  And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45  And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceed...

Preacher: Pastor Martin Erhardt

Acts 2:14a, 36-41 2:14a: But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, 2:36 “Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.” 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”...