Sermon for The Third Sunday of Easter
DCE Jason Glaskey | April 15, 2018 | Sunday Service | 8:00 am | Immanuel Lutheran Church – Joplin, MO
Divine Service – Setting Three
♫ Opening Hymn With High Delight Let Us Unite Hymn 483
Invocation, Confession and Absolution page 184
♫ Introit
In your presence there is full- | ness of joy;*
at your right hand are pleasures for- | evermore.
I will extol you, O Lord, for you have | drawn me up*
and have not let my foes rejoice | over me.
O Lord my God, I cried to | you for help,*
and you have | healed me.
O Lord, you have brought up my soul | from Sheol;*
you restored me to life from among those who go down | to the pit.
Sing praises to the Lord, O | you his saints,*
and give thanks to his | holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a | lifetime.*
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the | morning.
♫ Gloria, Kyrie and Gloria in Excelsis pages 186 – 189
♫ Salutation and Collect of the Day
The Lord be with you.
And with Thy spirit.
Let us pray. O God, through the humiliation of Your Son You raised up the fallen world. Grant to Your faithful people, rescued from the peril of everlasting death, perpetual gladness and eternal joys; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Children’s Message
Scripture Readings
First Reading Acts 3:11-21
While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s, astounded. And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.
“And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
♫ Gradual
Christ has risen | from the dead.*
[God the Father] has crowned him with glory and | honor,
He has given him dominion over the works | of his hands;*
he has put all things un- | der his feet.
Epistle 1 John 3:1–7
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
♫ Triple Alleluia
Holy Gospel Luke 24:36–49
The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the twenty-fourth chapter.
♫ Glory be to Thee, O Lord
As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate before them.
Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
♫ Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
Nicene Creed
♫ Hymn Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus Hymn 531
Sermon
♫Offertory page 192
Offering and Prayer of the Church
Service of the Sacrament page 194
To Our Visitors Regarding Holy Communion The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod recognizes the Real Presence of Christ’s true Body and Blood in this Sacrament. We ask that all who attend share this belief with us. Communicant members of our LC-MS parishes and such others who have spoken with the pastor are invited to receive the Sacrament today. Please carefully read and sign the Communion Card. The white wine (non-alcoholic grape juice) is provided for those that are not able to take the red wine for medical reasons.
♫ Distribution Hymns
Awake, My Heart, with Gladness Hymn 467
I Know That My Redeemer Lives Hymn 461
Thy Body Given for Me, O Savior Hymn 619
Salutation, Benedicamus and Benediction page 201
♫ Closing Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds Hymn 465
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