St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
313 4th St, Manistee, MI 49660-2901
website: stpaulsmanistee.com
facebook.com/SPLCManistee
Telephone: 231-299-1022
Festival of the Resurrection of our Lord
April 17, 2022
Prayer before Worship - Please read Hymn 150
Scriptural Greeting: He is Risen
Hymn 157
Invitation to celebrate
John 11:25 "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;
{26} and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.:
Rev 1:17-18 "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!
Rom 1:4 Jesus Christ our Lord was declared with power
to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.
Rom 6:45 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
{5} If we have been united with him like this in his death,
we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.
Phil 3:10-11 I want to know Christ & the power of his resurrection & the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, {11} and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Rom 8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead/ will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
I Pet 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, {4} & into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you
Hymn 150:1
Prayer: Almighty God,/ by the glorious resurrection of Your Son Jesus Christ,/ You conquered death & opened the gate to eternal life. Grant that we, who have been raised with Him through baptism,/ may walk in newness of life,/ & ever rejoice in the hope of sharing His glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord,/ who, with You & the Holy Spirit be dominion & praise now & forever. (Sing) Amen.
Old Testament Lesson: Exodus 15:1-11
Moses & Israel sang these words when God led them safely through the Red Sea & away from Pharaoh & his army. We rejoice that the risen, living Jesus brings us safely through the waters of life that daily threaten us, & delivers us from our enemies as He leads us to our promised home.
15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea. 2 “The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. 3 The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea. 5 The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone. 6 Your right hand, O Lord, was majestic in power. Your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy. 7 “In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble. 8 By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood firm like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’ 10 But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who among the gods is like you, O Lord? Who is like you— majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory, working wonders?
Hymn 150:2
Epistle: I Corinthians 15:1-11
Jesus our Savior lived, died and rose for us. He appeared to many proving that He had indeed risen from the dead & is our Savior.
Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born. 9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
Hymn 150:3
Gospel: Luke 24:1-12
The women were the first witnesses of the empty tomb. The angels announced “He is not here; He has risen!” The women told the disciples. The disciples were skeptical.
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered his words. 9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
Hymn 150:4
Confession of faith - Second article of the Apostles’ Creed:
I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,/ who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,/ born of the Virgin Mary,/ suffered under Pontius Pilate,/ was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
Pastor: What does this mean?
I believe that Jesus Christ, true God,/ begotten of the Father from eternity,/ & also true man, born of the Virgin Mary,/ is my Lord. He has redeemed me, a lost & condemned creature,/ purchased & won me from all sins, from death & from the power of the devil,/ not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood & with His innocent suffering & death. All this He did that I should be His own, & live under Him in His kingdom, / & serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence & blessedness,/ just as He has risen from death lives & rules eternally.
This is most certainly true.
Hymn 143
Sermon Text: Old Testament Lesson
Sermon Theme: The LORD has become my Salvation
1. From enemies Hymn 152, verses 1-3
2. With His Actions Hymn 152, verses 4 & 5
3. My Response Hymn 152, verses 6 -8
Thankoffering The members of St Paul's have joined together to do the Lord’s work in this area & around the world. Visitors need not feel obligated to participate in this offering which supports our church’s ministry.
Prayer, front of hymnal, pg 126; Special Prayers;
Lord’s Prayer, pg 32
Benediction. (Sing ) Amen. Amen. Amen.
Hymn 159