1st Sunday in Lent: Date: March 9, 2014
– THE SERMON: Matthew 11:20-24
Theme: Treasuring the Grace Revealed in Christ Jesus
I. The Disaster of Rejecting Jesus and His Revealed Glory
II. The Blessing of the Grace Revealed to Us in Christ
( Pastor Theodore Barthels )
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THE ORDER OF SERVICE: p. 5 (245:1-3 )
HYMNS: 390; 141; 367; 50:2
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON: Jeremiah 3:22-23
The Lord entreats those who have fallen away from true faith to return. The Prophet Isaiah speaks for the penitent and faithful, confessing that the LORD alone is our God and our only salvation. We see this salvation come to us in the sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ.