The Baptism of Our Lord
Sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, this morning we consider the wisdom and courage of baptism—the baptism that the Lord Jesus has given to all of his people. And if, by the way, you’re visiting and you haven’t been baptized, make sure to check in with me before you leave and we can work on that. Martin Luther says about baptism…
Sermon for The Baptism of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Well, this morning we hear this account from St. Mark of the baptism of Jesus, and maybe it’s just me. Maybe I’m the only one that does this, but I think sometimes we might be tempted—often tempted—to overlook the importance of it. I mean, we came out of Advent and…
Sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] I don’t know how it is, dear saints, in your mind when you picture the baptism of Jesus, but I always think of John the Baptist, this old, grisly man with his big, gray beard and crazy hair standing there in the middle of the Jordan River. I have to remember that he was only 30 years old, maybe 31. Jesus was 30. And Jesus comes down to him as…
Sermon for The Baptism of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, Jesus goes to be baptized by John. And John looks at Jesus and says, “You don’t need this. I should be baptized by you, and you come to be baptized by me.” John was baptizing for the forgiveness of sins, and Jesus never sinned. He never did anything wrong. He didn’t need to have sins…
Sermon for The Baptism of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, we rejoice this day that Jesus sits enthroned as king forever. That’s the words from the gradual, Psalm 29, verse 10, and we should rejoice. It was a tumultuous week this week. It’s been a tumultuous year this year. Things are not always good. There’s a lot of distress, a lot of…
Baptized (version B)
[Machine transcription] And behold a voice from heaven said, this is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear baptized, we should, as we hear the account of the baptism of Jesus, I think we should sort of furrow our brows and scratch our heads to try to figure out what exactly is going on here. At least that’s…
Baptized (version A)
[Machine transcription] Paul says, “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were buried, therefore, with Him by baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear…
Intertwined with Christ
[Machine transcription] May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. The text for this morning comes from the Gospel and the Epistle lessons, especially these words from Romans 6. Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were…
He Speaks Us Alive
[Machine transcription] May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. The text for our meditation this morning comes from all three readings for the baptism of our Lord. You may be seated. To be connected to God is an amazing and I would dare say terrifying thing to ponder. When we hear…
United With Him
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, this text for today comes from the Epistle reading and from the Gospel reading. Everything that happened at that moment on the Jordan River, everything in that entire event was filled with sin. Except one, our…
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