March | 2009 | St. Pauls's Lutheran Church

Sermon for 5th Sunday in Lent

Posted in sermons by Brenda M. on March 29, 2009
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Mark 10:35-45 (English Standard Version)

The Request of James and John

³⁵^(A) And James and John,^(B) the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us^(C) whatever we ask of you.” ³⁶And he said to them, ^(D) “What do you want me to do for you?” ³⁷And they said to him, “Grant us^(E) to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left,^(F) in your glory.” ³⁸Jesus said to them, ^(G) “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able^(H) to drink the cup that I drink, or^(I) to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” ³⁹And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, ^(J) “The cup that I drink^(K) you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized,^(L) you will be baptized, ⁴⁰but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant,^(M) but it is for those for whom it has been^(N) prepared.” ⁴¹And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John. ⁴²^(O) And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles^(P) lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³But^(Q) it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,^[a] ⁴⁴and whoever would be first among you must be^(R) slave^[b] of all. ⁴⁵For even the Son of Man came not to be served but^(S) to serve, and^(T) to give his life as a ransom for^(U) many.”

Footnotes:

Mark 10:43 Greek diakonos
Mark 10:44 Greek bondservant (doulos)

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Back to the Basics

Posted in sermons by Brenda M. on March 22, 2009
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Back to the Basics

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Extreme Makeover Temple Edition

Posted in sermons by Brenda M. on March 15, 2009
Tags: Benjamin Meyer, bible, John 2, Lent, sermon

Extreme Makeover Temple Edition

John 2:13-22 (English Standard Version)

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

¹³^(A) The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus^(B) went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴^(C) In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. ¹⁵And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make^(D) my Father’s house a house of trade.” ¹⁷His disciples remembered that it was written,^(E) “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

¹⁸So the Jews said to him,^(F) “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” ¹⁹Jesus answered them, ^(G) “Destroy this temple, and in three days^(H) I will raise it up.” ²⁰The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” ²¹But he was speaking about^(I) the temple of his body. ²²When therefore he was raised from the dead,^(J) his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed^(K) the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.