Fourth Sunday in Lent

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Fourth Sunday in Lent

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

March 10, 2024 • Pastor Paul Becker • John 3:14–15

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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. Despite our incessant impatience with God and His ways, He not only convicts us of our sin but provides the antidote for the venomous serpent by looking at the Son of Man lifted up on the cross.

1. We are incessantly impatient with God and His ways

a. Israel’s history of rebellion and unbelief

b. How ironic our impatience with God and each other!

2. Fiery serpents come not to punish but to convict us of our sin

a. The wages of sin is not only death but desire denied

b. We confess the calamity is our own doing

3. In lifting up His Son, God provides the antidote to evil

a. The mysterious divine necessity of the Cross

b. By grace, saving faith delivers us from death to life eternal

Second Sunday of Easter

April 7, 2024 • Pastor Paul Becker • John 20:21–23

To demonstrate that with God all things are possible, Jesus sends us into the world as He was sent, with divine peace, with the Holy Spirit and with the forgiveness of sins. 1. We are sent into the world with divine peace a. Not a false peace that “heals the wound of My people lightly” b. The Prince of Peace makes us peacemakers in a strife-torn world 2. We are sent into the world with the Holy Spirit, the Comforter a. By saturating in the means of grace, not of ourselves b. By appreciating the fruits and gifts of the Spirit 3. We are sent into the world with the forgiveness of sins a. Daily in the Lord’s Prayer / Luther’s evening prayer b. For our enemies and persecutors, bless those who curse

Easter Sunday

March 31, 2024 • Pastor Paul Becker • Isaiah 53:10–12

He is Risen! Hear the message for Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024.

Palm Sunday

March 24, 2024 • Pastor Paul Becker • Philippians 2:7–8

As Jesus emptied and humbled Himself, becoming like us in every way except sin, He resisted the devil’s pride, breaking the power of death on the cross. 1. Jesus emptied and humbled Himself for us a. He did not cling to His divine privileges b. He manifests the power of humility 2. Jesus became like us in every way except sin a. The joys and sorrows, trials and temptations b. Being subject to suffering and death 3. Jesus resisted the devil’s pride / broke the power of death a. God resists the proud/gives grace to the humble b. He who keeps My Word shall not see death forever