Eighteenth
Sunday after Pentecost
As We Gather
We give Thee but Thine own,
Whate’er the gift may be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from Thee.
May we Thy bounties thus
As stewards true receive
And gladly, as Thou blessest us,
To Thee our firstfruits give!
William W.
How
Hymn ~ “God, Whose Almighty Word”.................................... LSB 979
PSALMODY Psalm
96:1–9 (antiphon: v. 9a)
Worship | the Lord*
in the splendor of | holiness.
Oh sing to the Lord a | new song;*
sing to the Lord, | all the earth!
Sing to the Lord, | bless his
name;*
tell of his salvation from | day to day.
Declare his glory among the | nations,*
his marvelous works among all the | peoples!
For great is the Lord, and
greatly | to be praised;*
he is to be feared a- | bove all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless
| idols,*
but the Lord made the | heavens.
Splendor and majesty are be-
| fore him;*
strength and beauty are in his sanctu- |
ary.
Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the |
peoples,*
ascribe to the Lord glo- | ry and strength!
Ascribe to the Lord the glory
| due his name;*
bring an offering, and come in- | to his
courts!
Worship the Lord in the splendor of |
holiness;*
tremble before him, | all the earth!
Glory be to the Father and | to the Son*
and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- | ginning,*
is
now, and will be forever. | Amen.
Worship | the Lord*
in the splendor of | holiness.
Reading from The Book of Concord
The Formula of Concord, The Epitome
Article III, The Righteousness of Faith
Before God, 4.
We believe, teach, and
confess that our righteousness before God is this: God forgives our sins out of
pure grace, without any work, merit, or worthiness of ours preceding, present,
or following. He presents and credits to
us the righteousness of Christ’s obedience [Romans 5:17-19]. Because of this righteousness, we are
received into grace by God and regarded as righteous.
Old Testament Lesson Isaiah
45:1–7
1Thus says the Lord to his
anointed, to Cyrus,
whose
right hand I have grasped,
to subdue
nations before him
and to
loose the belts of kings,
to open
doors before him
that
gates may not be closed:
2“I will go before you
and
level the exalted places,
I will
break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut
through the bars of iron,
3I will give you the treasures of darkness
and the
hoards in secret places,
that you
may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God
of Israel, who call you by your name.
4For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and
Israel my chosen,
I call you
by your name,
I name
you, though you do not know me.
5I am the Lord,
and there is no other,
besides
me there is no God;
I equip
you, though you do not know me,
6that people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from
the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the
Lord, and there is no other.
7I form light and create darkness,
I make
well-being and create calamity,
Epistle Lesson 1
Thessalonians 1:1–10
1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God
the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace.
2We give thanks to God always
for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3remembering
before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and
steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4For we know,
brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5because our gospel
came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with
full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your
sake. 6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you
received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7so
that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8For
not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and
Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not
say anything. 9For they themselves report concerning us the kind of
reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the
living and true God, 10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he
raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Holy Gospel Matthew
22:15–22
15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle
[Jesus] in his talk. 16And they sent their disciples to him, along
with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the
way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are
not swayed by appearances. 17Tell us, then, what you think. Is it
lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” 18But Jesus, aware of their
malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? 19Show me the
coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. 20And Jesus said
to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21They said,
“Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that
are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 22When they heard
it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.
Hymn ~ “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name”............................ LSB
940
Collect
of the Day
O God, the protector of all
who trust in You, have mercy on us that with You as our ruler and guide we may
so pass through things temporal that we lose not the things eternal; through
Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Recessional
~ “Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing”.... LSB 924
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