23rd Sunday after Pentecost : Date: November 16, 2014
– THE SERMON: Isaiah 63:1-9
Theme: Looking for the Day of Our Redemption
I. The Coming of the Righteous Lord
II. The Day of the Lord’s Vengeance
III. The Lord’s Loving-kindness
( Pastor Theodore Barthels )
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THE ORDER OF SERVICE: p. 15
HYMNS: 242; 604; 755; 309
THE EPISTLE LESSON: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Just when everyone thinks things are finally getting better saying, “Peace and safety,” Then the Lord shall appear! He shall come with sudden destruction. We need to take care in our manner of living that we are not paying attention to things spiritual. We are the children of light. We should not behave as those who walk in darkness. We know how the Lord has saved us so that we might live our faith, and in the end obtain eternal salvation through Jesus, who died for us that we might live with Him!
THE GOSPEL LESSON: Matthew 24:1-14
The disciples marveled at the glory of the temple. Jesus reminded them that this temple would be destroyed. He explained that in the end times many would come claiming to be Christ and deceiving many, and nations would continue to rise up against nations, and false prophets would arise, and that Christians would face persecution. However, those who endure to the end will be saved. When gospel has been preached in all the world the end will come.