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SUMMARY:Divine Worship
DESCRIPTION:Worship Service at 10:30am\n\n\n\nFIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST\nProper 8\n(2 July 2023)\n\nJeremiah 28:5–9\nRomans 7:1–13\nMatthew 10:34–42\n\nThe Lord Jesus Brings Division on Earth for the Sake of Peace with God in Heaven\n\nFalse prophets preach what their hearers want to hear\, promising peace even when the Lord has spoken “war\, famine\, and pestilence” (Jer. 28:8). But if “the LORD has truly sent the prophet\,” he speaks what the Lord has spoken\, and “the word of that prophet comes to pass” (Jer. 28:9). The preaching of God’s Law is hard\, because it confronts sin\, brings it to light and makes it worse\, “sinful beyond measure\,” thereby “producing death” in the sinner (Rom. 7:13). But through our Baptism into Christ\, “we are released from the law\, having died to that which held us captive” (Rom. 7:6). Now we belong “to him who has been raised from the dead\, in order that we may bear fruit for God” (Rom. 7:4). Belonging to Him puts us at odds with the world and divides us from all earthly ties\, not only from our human family\, but each person from his own life. For Christ does not come “to bring peace\, but a sword” (Matt. 10:34). Yet\, whoever takes up his cross to follow Christ\, and “loses his life” for Christ’s sake\, finds new life in Him (Matt. 10:38–39).\nCoffee Service: Refreshments served after Worship
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LOCATION:St. Paul’s Lutheran Church\, 394 Shepherd Avenue\, Nanaimo\, British Columbia\, V9R 3X1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Divine Worship
DESCRIPTION:Worship Service at 10:30am\n\n\n\nSIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST\nProper 9\n(9 July 2023)\n\nZechariah 9:9–12\nRomans 7:14–25a\nMatthew 11:25–30\n\nJesus Christ\, Our Savior\, Is Our True Peace and Sabbath Rest\n\nThough we have died with Christ in Holy Baptism\, and we are raised to new life in Him\, we find “another law waging war” in our body and life\, that is\, between our old Adam and the new man (Rom. 7:23). By the Spirit of Christ\, we “desire to do what is right\,” but we are not able to do so because “nothing good” dwells in our sinful flesh (Rom. 7:18). “Thanks be to God\,” therefore\, “through Jesus Christ our Lord\,” who delivers us from “this body of death” (Rom. 7:24–25). We rejoice in Him\, our gentle King\, who comes “righteous and having salvation” (Zech. 9:9). He speaks peace to our embattled hearts\, and by His blood of the New Testament He sets us “free from the waterless pit\,” and He returns us to the stronghold of our Baptism (Zech. 9:10–12). Though we “labor and are heavy laden\,” He calls us to Himself and gives rest to our souls through His free and full forgiveness (Matt. 11:28)\, not because we are “wise and understanding\,” but by the “gracious will” of God the Father\, whom “the Son chooses to reveal” in love (Matt. 11:25–27).\nCoffee Service: Refreshments served after Worship
URL:https://nanaimolutheran.ca/index.php/event/divine-worship-8/
LOCATION:St. Paul’s Lutheran Church\, 394 Shepherd Avenue\, Nanaimo\, British Columbia\, V9R 3X1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Divine Worship
DESCRIPTION:Worship Service at 10:30am\n\n\n\nSEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST\nProper 10\n(16 July 2023)\n\nIsaiah 55:10–13\nRomans 8:12–17\nMatthew 13:1–9\, 18–23\n\nThe Preaching of the Word of Christ Bears the Good Fruits of Faith and Love\n\nAs “the rain and the snow come down from heaven” and “water the earth\, making it bring forth and sprout” (Is. 55:10)\, so the Word of God accomplishes the purpose for which He speaks it\, granting joy and peace through the forgiveness of sins and producing the fruits of faith and love in those who are called by His name. Christ Jesus\, the incarnate Word\, has established the name of the Lord as “an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off” (Is. 55:13). He opens our ears to hear\, our minds to understand and our hearts to believe His Word\, lest the evil one come and snatch it away. He thus transforms our rocky hearts into good soil\, which clings to the Gospel and “indeed bears fruit” (Matt. 13:23). He is Himself the firstfruits of all who “have received the Spirit of adoption as sons” (Rom. 8:15). Thus being “led by the Spirit of God\,” we are not afraid\, but we cry out in faith to our Father in heaven (Rom. 8:14–15). For as we suffer with Christ\, the beloved Son\, so shall we “also be glorified with him” (Rom. 8:17).\nCoffee Service: Refreshments served after Worship
URL:https://nanaimolutheran.ca/index.php/event/divine-worship-9/
LOCATION:St. Paul’s Lutheran Church\, 394 Shepherd Avenue\, Nanaimo\, British Columbia\, V9R 3X1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Divine Worship
DESCRIPTION:Worship Service at 10:30am\n\n\n\nEIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST\nProper 11\n(23 July 2023)\n\nIsaiah 44:6–8\nRomans 8:18–27\nMatthew 13:24–30\, 36–43\n\nThe Word of the Gospel Bestows the Righteousness of Christ and Brings Forth Faith\n\nThe good Seed\, which is “the Son of Man\,” Jesus Himself (Matt. 13:37)\, brings forth a harvest of faith and bears good fruits in “the sons of the kingdom” (Matt. 13:38). Whatever is sown apart from His Word is of the devil\, who plants the weeds of unbelief and sin\, even among the people of God. Thankfully\, the Lord is patient and He does not uproot the weeds\, lest the plants also be destroyed. He lets “both grow together until the harvest” (Matt. 13:30)\, while He continues to preach repentance and forgiveness of sins. Thus\, He preserves His Church in righteousness\, because He alone is “the King of Israel and his Redeemer” (Is. 44:6). Since all things are in His gracious care and keeping\, “fear not\, nor be afraid” (Is. 44:8). For “the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God” (Rom. 8:19)\, and in this hope we also wait with patience. Though we do not yet see it\, “the Spirit helps us in our weakness” (Rom. 8:26) and\, in truth\, “the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us” (Rom. 8:18).\nCoffee Service: Refreshments served after Worship
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SUMMARY:Divine Worship
DESCRIPTION:Worship Service at 10:30am\n\n\n\nNINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST\nProper 12\n(30 July 2023)\n\nDeuteronomy 7:6–9\nRomans 8:28–39\nMatthew 13:44–52\n\nThe Son of God Has Redeemed Us for Himself with His Holy and Precious Blood\n\nThe Lord our God has chosen us to be “his treasured possession\,” not because of any strength in us\, but solely “because the LORD loves” us (Deut. 7:6–8). He is faithful\, and He “keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments” (Deut. 7:9). He has searched for us and found us in love\, and He has bestowed on us “great value” by the great price that He has paid on the cross (Matt. 13:45–46). In His joy\, He has redeemed us by His cross and gathered us into His kingdom by the Gospel. Now we are “hidden in a field\,” covered by the cross and subject to the persecution of the world (Matt. 13:44)\, not for destruction\, but “to be conformed to the image of his Son” (Rom. 8:29). Since we “are called according to his purpose” (Rom. 8:28)\, and because Christ Jesus died\, rose again and lives to intercede for us “at the right hand of God” (Rom. 8:34)\, there is nothing in all creation that can separate us from “the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:39).\nCoffee Service: Refreshments served after Worship
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