The Lutheran Church of the Messiah Sermons

Acts 2:14a, 22-32 14   But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 22   “You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yo...

Acts 10:34-43 34   Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality,   35   but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.   36   You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all.   37   That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism t...

Exodus 12:1-14, 20-33 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...

Matthew 21:1-11 1   When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,  2   saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me.  3   If anyone says anything to you, just say this, “The Lord needs them.’ And he will send them...

First Reading:  Matthew 26:36-46 36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.”  And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.  Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”  And going a little farther he fell on h...

Ezekiel 37:1-14 1   The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.   2   He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry.   3   He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”   4   Then he said t...

1 Samuel 1:1-20;  2:1-8 1:1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.  He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to...

1 Samuel 16:1-13 1   The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”   2   Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a hei...

Judges 6:1-6, 11-16 1  The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2  And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds. 3  For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amal...

Exodus 17:1-7 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.   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?”   3   But the people t...

Numbers 13:1-3, 17-33;  14:1-19 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,  “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.”  So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel. Moses sent them to s...

Genesis 12:1-9 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2  And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3  I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be bles...

Genesis 21:9-20 9 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 on account of his son.   12  But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of...

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 15   The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.   16   And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;   17   but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” 1   Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild an...

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 1 Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the  Lord  is coming; it is near, 2  a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the year...

Exodus 24:12-18 12   The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”   13   So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.   14   To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us, until we come to you...

Isaiah 58:1-12 1   Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins.  2   Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God.  3   &#...

Micah 6:1-8 1   Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.  2   Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.  3   “O my people, what have I done to you? In what have I wearied you? Answer me!  4   For I b...

Isaiah 9:1-4 1   But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.   2   The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them l...

Isaiah 49:1-7 1   Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.   2   He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me away.   3   And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorif...

Isaiah 60:1-6 1   Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.   2   For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you.   3   Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.   4   Lift up your eyes and look around; they all gather together, they...

Jeremiah 31:7-14 31:7 For thus says the LORD: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, “Save, O LORD, your people, the remnant of Israel.” 31:8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, those with child and th...

Isaiah 63:7-9 7   I will recount the gracious deeds of the Lord, the praiseworthy acts of the Lord, because of all that the Lord has done for us, and the great favor to the house of Israel that he has shown them according to his mercy, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.   8   For he said, “Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely”; and he became thei...

Isaiah 52:7-10 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” 52:8 Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices, together they sing for joy; for in plain sight they see the return of the LORD to Zion. 52:9 Break forth together into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem...

Isaiah 9:2-7 9:2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness on them light has shined. 9:3 You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder. 9:4 For the yoke of their burden, and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, yo...