Nineteenth
Sunday after Pentecost
Divine Service Setting 1 - Page 151 (8:00 a.m.)
As We Gather
The Psalmist declares, “Tell of his salvation from day
to day.” God has done many wonderful and
marvelous things for which we praise Him.
However His greatest work is our salvation in Jesus Christ and His
cross. That salvation comes to us purely by grace through faith. May we ever
tell of His salvation from day to day.
Hymn ~ “We Are Called to Stand Together”....................... LSB 828
Entrance Psalm 96
(We are using Psalm 96 at the request of our guest preacher, Rev. Thomas Dunseth of the Ephphatha Lutheran Mission Society)
1Oh sing to the Lord a | new song;*
sing
to the Lord, | all the earth!
2Sing to
the Lord, | bless his name;*
tell of his salvation
from | day to day.
3Declare his glory among the | nations,*
his
marvelous works among all the |
peoples!
4For great
is the Lord, and greatly | to be praised;*
he is to be feared a-
| bove all gods.
5For all the gods of the peoples
are worthless | idols,*
but
the Lord made the | heavens.
6Splendor
and majesty are be- | fore him;*
strength and beauty
are in his sanctu- | ary.
7Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the | peoples,*
ascribe
to the Lord glo- | ry and strength!
8Ascribe
to the Lord the glory | due his name;*
bring an offering,
and come in- | to his courts!
9Worship the Lord in the splendor of | holiness;*
tremble
before him, | all the earth!
10Say
among the nations, “The Lord reigns!
Yes, the world is
established; it shall nev- | er be moved;*
he will judge the
peoples with | equity.”
11Let the heavens be glad, and let
the | earth rejoice;*
let
the sea roar, and all that fills it;
12let the
field exult, and every- | thing in it!
Then shall all the trees
of the forest sing for joy
13before the Lord, | for he comes,*
for he comes to |
judge the earth.
He will judge the
world in | righteousness,*
and the peoples in
his | faithfulness.
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.
Let your steadfast love |
comfort me*
according to your promise to your |
servant.
Collect
of the Day
O God, You have commanded us to love You above all things and
our neighbors as ourselves. Grant us the Spirit to think and do what is
pleasing in Your sight, that our faith in You may never waver and our love for
one another may not falter; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives
and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Reading from the Book of Concord
The Augsburg Confession
Article
XX, Good Works, 9-11.
First, we teach that our works cannot reconcile God to
us or merit forgiveness of sins, grace, and justification. We obtain
reconciliation only by faith when we believe that we are received into favor
for Christ’s sake. He alone has been set forth as the Mediator and Atoning
Sacrifice (1 Timothy 2:5), in order that the Father may be reconciled through
Him. Therefore, whoever believes that he merits grace by works despises the
merit and grace of Christ [Galatians 5:4]. In so doing, he is seeking a way to
God without Christ, by human strength, although Christ Himself said, “I am the
way, and the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).
This doctrine about faith is presented everywhere by
Paul, “By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own
doing; it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8).
Readings
from the Holy Scriptures
Old Testament Lesson Leviticus
19:1–2, 15–18
1And the Lord
spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to all the congregation of the
people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. . .
15“You shall do no injustice
in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in
righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. 16You shall not go
around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the
life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
17“You shall not hate your
brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest
you incur sin because of him. 18You shall not take vengeance or bear
a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor
as yourself: I am the Lord.
Gradual (Thursday)
He will command his angels
con- | cerning you*
to guard you in | all your ways.
Bless the LORD, | O my soul,*
and all that is within me, bless his |
holy name!
Ps. 91:11; 103:1
Gradual (Sunday) Psalm
100.................................................................... Jubilate
“For the Lord
is good;
His steadfast
love endures forever;
and His
faithfulness to all generations”
Epistle Lesson 1 Thessalonians 2:1–13
1For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to
you was not in vain. 2But though we had already suffered and been
shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to
declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. 3For
our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, 4but
just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we
speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. 5For
we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for
greed—God is witness. 6Nor did we seek glory from people, whether
from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of
Christ. 7But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking
care of her own children. 8So, being affectionately desirous of you,
we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own
selves, because you had become very dear to us.
9For you remember, brothers,
our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to
any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10You are
witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct
toward you believers. 11For you know how, like a father with his
children, 12we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and
charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own
kingdom and glory.
13And we also thank God
constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard
from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the
word of God, which is at work in you believers.
Holy Gospel Matthew
22:34–46
34When the Pharisees heard that [Jesus] had silenced the
Sadducees, they gathered together. 35And one of them, a lawyer,
asked him a question to test him. 36“Teacher, which is the great
commandment in the Law?” 37And he said to him, “You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And a
second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40On
these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
41Now while the Pharisees were
gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42saying, “What do
you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of
David.” 43He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the
Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,
44“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my
right hand,
until I
put your enemies under your feet’?
45If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” 46And
no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask
him any more questions.
Hymn
“The Law of
God is Good and Wise”........................... LSB
579
Distribution Hymns
“We Walk by Faith and Not by
Sight”...................................... LSB 720
“O Lord, We Praise Thee”............................................................... LSB
617
Hymn ~ “Lift High the Cross”......................................................... LSB
837
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Nineteenth
Sunday after Pentecost
Contemporary Service (10:45)
Opening
Medley:
Shout to the Lord
Entrance Song
We Will Glorify
Sermon Song
Sing to the King
Offertory
How Can We Thank You Lord
Distribution
Songs
Wonderful,
Merciful Savior
You Are My All In All
Give
Thanks
Closing
Trading My Sorrows
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