4th Sunday in Lent: Date: March 30, 2014
– THE SERMON: John 11:47-57
Theme: It Was Expedient that One Man Should Die
I. So the Jews Thought, Perceiving Jesus as their Rival
II. So the Spirit Declares, Presenting Jesus as Our Savior
III. So Jesus Understood, Timing His Sacrifice for Sin
( Pastor Theodore Barthels )
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THE ORDER OF SERVICE: p. 5 (248:1-3)
HYMNS: 175; 165; 371; 151:6,7
THE EPISTLE LESSON: Hebrews 10:1-14
The repeated Old Testament sacrifices of the blood of bulls and goats could never take away sins. The repeated nature of those sacrifices demonstrated that fact. Jesus came to fulfill the will of God for our salvation. He offered a sacrifice for sins once, and then sat down at the right hand of God. His one sacrifice is good for all time, for all sins, until the end of the world.