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NOTE: This was written for an elder (or as some denominations might say, a deacon) to preach in my absence. Once again, Pastor invites you to open your service book, this time to Page 324 and join us in confessing our faithful doctrine on the sixth petition of the Lord’s Prayer.  [PAUSE] What is the Sixth Petition? And lead us not into temptation. What does this mean? God tempts no one. We pray in this petition that God would guard and keep us so that the devil, the world, and our sinful nature may not deceive us or mislead us into false belief, despair, and other great shame and vice. Although we are attacked by these things, we pray that we may finally overcome them and win the victory . Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 3. We have come to the conclusion of our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount. Here, Jesus first gives us a warning, Beware of false prophets , he says (v 15). In other words, pay attention to what the wolves in sheep’s cl...

Once again I invite you to open your service book, this time to Page 324 ... (you might as well set a ribbon there, if you haven’t already) ... and join me in confessing our faithful doctrine on the fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer. What is the Fourth Petition? Give us this day our daily bread.  What does this mean? God certainly gives daily bread to everyone without our prayer, even to all evil people, but we pray in this petition that God would lead us to realize this and to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving. What is meant by daily bread? Daily bread includes everything that has to do with the support and needs of the body, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, home, land, animals, money, goods, a devout husband or wife, devout children, devout workers, devout and faithful rulers, good government, good weather, peace, health, self-control, good reputation, good friends, faithful neighbors, and the like. In our Gospel lesson today, Jesus fed about four thousand ...

As the head of the family should teach it in a simple way ... What are the Ten Commandments? You shall have no other gods. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Honor your father and your mother. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.  Now, I invite you once again to open your service book, this time to Page 322 and join me in confessing the faithful doctrine of the Close of the Commandments. What does God say about all these commandments? He says, ‘I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me...

Then, when Simon Peter saw it, he fell toward the knees of Jesus, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord. For upon the catch of fish which they received, amazement seized him and all the ones with him (vv 8-9). Like last week, I invite you now to open your service book to page 324, to fix your eyes on the second petition of the Lord’s Prayer, and join me in confessing our faithful doctrine.  What is the second petition? Thy kingdom come .  What does this mean? The kingdom of God certainly comes by itself, but we pray in this petition that it may come to us also.   How does God’s kingdom come? God’s kingdom comes when our heavenly Father gives us his Holy Spirit, so that by his grace we believe his holy Word and lead godly lives here in time and there in eternity (SC III).  Brothers and sisters in Christ ...  THE WORD AND SIGNS OF JESUS CHANGE HEARTS AND MINDS, LEADING MEN TO FOLLOW HIM INTO EVERLASTING LIFE This is our theme.  There’s a quote...