Faith Lutheran Church and School: Recent Episodes
Pastor Matthew Ude
Saul sees the Lord on the way to Damascus. By the power of His word the Lord opens Saul’s heart. Learning his sin and God’s grace Paul joyful accepts suffering for the sake of the Lord.
Acts 6 and 7 The church in Jerusalem chooses 7 men to lead the church. Stephen witnesses to the Sanhedrin. Stephen becomes the first martyr.
Acts 3 Peter and John go to the temple to pray. Along the way they heal a lame man. They are persecuted because of this but rejoice in the Lord. The following kids song tells the whole story:
Acts 2:1-12 God sends the Holy Spirit to the disciples gathered in Jerusalem. Filled with the Holy Spirit the disciples proclaim Christ and the forgiveness of sins in many different languages.
We are all subject to death because of our sin. Yet in Christ death is conquered and his people are taken to heaven.
The false gods are unable to hear or answer the cries of their worshippers. Jehovah hears every prayer of those who call to him.
David sin greatly against God. God confronts David. David does not try to hide but confesses his sin. God forgives his sin.
Saul had rejected God and His Word, having rejected God and His word Saul lived in anger and sin, just like Cain. James 1:15 – all sin eventually lead to death Jonathan shows great faith in the Lord, His love for David was a reflection of God’s love for him. Knowing that God loved him and would send
God’s people are under attack once again. This time the problem is not a foreign invader but the priests of God’s house. The Lord raises up Samuel as a prophet and judge. He role is not to fight against foreigners but to preach the word of God faithfully.
Jesus enters Jerusalem as king, but not like an earthly king. He comes in humility. He comes to serve. He comes to die.
There is nothing more important than going to Jesus to receive from him the blessing and gifts that he offers. What a privilege to set down our daily tasks and sit with Mary at Jesus feet.
Jesus is going to Jerusalem to die. As he cleansed the lepers of their unclean status so he cleanses us from our sin through his death.
Nothing anyone has ever done to us is as bad as the sins we commit against God. Yet God has forgiven us all. We also ought to forgive one another.
Jesus gives the people bread just as Moses did. The purpose was so that they would recognize Him as the one foretold and would look to Him to be saved.
The story of Ruth is the account of a woman of great faith. Her faith is like the faith of Abraham and Rebekah. They both left their land and their family in order to receive instead the covenant of Yahweh. So also by faith Ruth leaves family and home and follows Naomi for the sake
God uses everything even Samson’s sin for the good of God’s people. Samson reminds us of Christ in that he dies to deliver his people.
Samson is sent to save God’s people, yet Samson has no wish to accomplish what God wants. God’s will is done anyway.
By the strength of the Lord my enemies are cut down before me. Victory belongs to the Lord and not to me. When we relay on our own strength we lose. When we trust in the Lord he gives us the victory through Jesus Christ. Jesus says, “I am the light of the world. Whoever
God knows how to save the repentant and bring judgement on the impenitent. We should take the lesson of Jericho to heart and put our trust in God. We out to trust in him and not rely on anything of this earth to keep us safe. We are children of the heavenly Father.
Man chooses not to trust God word and falls into sin. God bears the consequences of man's sin and promises to save us.
Paul and companions can not go to Asia or Bithynia but God directs them to Troas and Philippi. Luke joins the team. Lydia hears the word and is baptized.
For more on this same text check out the sermon June 26th, click here
God works through the simple things of this world. God's power is hidden in water and word and promise. Through these things God cleanses and heals bringing his salvation to men.
Jesus is risen and has fixed the problem of death and has restored our relationship with our Father in heaven.
Before his death Jesus gives us the Lord's Supper. It is a fulfillment of the passover. It is a reminder of his death. It is a looking forward to the feast of the Lamb. It is a recieving and a participation with his death.
This is a parable which teaches us to be on guard against work righteousness, and cling only to God's grace and promises through Christ Jesus. He has promised us an inheritance in heaven, that is more than enough for us. We laborer because we want others to share in that inheritance, not because we want to increase our own inheritance.
We see in this parable a warning against two attitudes both of which are sinful. On the one hand the sinful, wanton wastefulness of the younger son which indulges in sin is contrary to God's word. On the other hand the puritanical attitude of the elder which despises all fun and even despises other sinners.
God who is rich in mercy reaches out to both, offering grace, forgiveness and every blessing to all sinners.
There are only two times when Jesus praises someone's faith, both are gentiles. Those of us who have had the gospel since birth often take it for granted and fail to treasure it as we should. This woman who was born outside of God's people truly treasured the gift she received in Jesus Christ.
Jesus has power even over the storms. Our life is filled with storms but we can rest in Jesus.
The world is place of darkness which desperately needs the gospel. We are unworthy and insufficient to fulfill that need of preaching the gospel. Yet, Jesus calls us anyway. Through His promises and His power we are to do this great task. The fish are not caught by our wisdom or cunning but through Jesus' promises.
Jesus comes to proclaim that we are released from sin. With Jesus the proclamation of the gospel always comes first. Those who will not accept Him as a savior from sin have no part in Him. Jesus told Peter unless He washes his feet, peter has no part with Him.
We often like to hear God's promises which are ours through faith in Jesus but we often get angry when scripture confronts us with our sin.
God's law is sharp and it cuts deep, but God's forgiveness heals.
Jesus is the great surgeon who cuts out sin and replaces it with God's forgiveness. If we won't let Jesus cut out our sin we also rejecting His healing.
In His first miracle at Cana in Galilee, Jesus showed that He is God. Through God’s Word and physical means—water, bread, and wine—God shows us that Jesus is our Savior.
God’s wrath came upon the people of Israel because of their sin, but His mercy came through a bronze serpent on a cross. So also God’s wrath comes upon this world because of our sins, but His mercy and forgiveness comes through Jesus who hung on a cross for our sins
In the tabernacle God dwelt with His people. In Jesus God dwells with us. Many of the aspects of both the tabernacle and our churches are a reminder of our sin, God's holiness, and the rest that God gives us in Jesus
The Law kills, but the Gospel revives. "For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ" (John 1:17).
Law/Gospel
The Ten Commandments define God's Law. Jesus, through His incarnation and by His suffering and death for my sins, defines God's love and mercy toward me.
In Christ, God feeds us with the manna of His Word and the water of His forgiveness, satisfying our eternal hunger and quenching our spiritual thirst.
As God saved the Hebrews through the water of the Red Sea. He saves us through the washing of water in Holy Baptism, conquering Satan, our greatest enemy.
As God saved the Hebrews through the water of the Red Sea. He saves us through the washing of water in Holy Baptism, conquering Satan, our greatest enemy.
The Passover was a look back on the great salvation which God accomplished for Israel to bring them up out of the land of Egypt. It was also a looking forward to the coming of the Messiah. Christ is our Passover Lamb, whose blood was shed for our forgiveness, life, and salvation.
The Passover was a look back on the great salvation which God accomplished for Israel to bring them up out of the land of Egypt. It was also a looking forward to the coming of the Messiah. Christ is our Passover Lamb, whose blood was shed for our forgiveness, life, and salvation.
Through a series of horrific plagues, God punished the Egyptians for their sinful treatment of God's people and freed His people from bondage. Through His horrific suffering and death on the cross, Jesus takes the punishment for our sin and frees us from sin's bondage.
Through a series of horrific plagues, God punished the Egyptians for their sinful treatment of God's people and freed His people from bondage. Through His horrific suffering and death on the cross, Jesus takes the punishment for our sin and frees us from sin's bondage.
As God had Moses remove the sandals from his feet, God, in Christ, removes our sins from us, making us fit to approach God and stand in His presence.
Through Moses, the Lord saved His people from slavery in Egypt. Through Christ, God saves all people from the bondage of sin and death.
God used Joseph to save His people, all Egypt, and other nations from famine. He sent His Son, Jesus, to save all humanity from sin, death, and the devil.
Pictures of bakers carrying bread on their head:
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Joseph revealed himself to his brothers and forgave them. Our Lord Jesus Christ reveals Himself to us and forgives us in His Holy Word and Sacraments.
The Lord was with Joseph and, through him, saved Joseph's family and others. God promises to be with us in every situation, and through His Son, Jesus, & descendant of Joseph's brother Judah, God saves us from our sin.
Joseph was hated by his brothers, who threatened him with death and sold him into slavery, but he was rescued by God. God's Son, Jesus, was also hated and was killed for our sin. He is our deliverer from sin, death, and the power of the devil.