St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
313 4th St, Manistee, MI 49660-2901
website: stpaulsmanistee.com
facebook.com/SPLCManistee
Telephone: 231-299-1022
Saints Triumphant November 13, 2022
God helps us to be triumphant over our spiritual enemies in this life. When we are with the LORD in eternity, there will be no enemies to be triumphant over.
Prayer Before Worship: Lord, we always look to You for victory. We need victory over our spiritual enemies in this life. Thank You for the promise to give us that by finally making us eternally triumphant with You.
Hymn 337
Morning Praise, front of hymnal, page 45
Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 65:17-25
Isaiah describes the great resurrection of all believers to eternal life as an endless time when God’s chosen people will suffer none of the ravages of sin we currently do.
17 “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. 19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.
20 “Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. 21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant
vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them. 24 Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.
Psalm 150, front of hymnal,, page 122
Our praise for God on earth is an imperfect predecessor of the endless praise we shall have for Him in heaven.
Gospel: Luke 20: 27-38
To the Sadducees who rejected the resurrection from the dead, Jesus gives a picture of what eternal life will be like. God is the God of the living. We will one day live with Him.
27 Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. 28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. 30 The second 31 and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children. 32 Finally, the woman died too. 33 Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?” 34 Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, 36 and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection. 37 But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ 38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”
Hymn 212
Sermon Text: Epistle: Rev 22:1-5
Jesus gave John and us a look at what being triumphant forever with the LORD will be like.
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.
Theme: Saints Triumphant over
Darkness
Eph 5:8. Once you were darkness, but now you are light in the LORD.
Gen 2:6 Streams watered the whole surface of the ground. 10 A river watering the place flowed.
Gen 2:9 In the middle of the garden( of Eden) were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Prayer: LORD Jesus, thank You for making us winners.
Hymn 208
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. However, we do ask that everyone introduce yourself to our church family.
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Lord's Prayer
Prayer: Almighty God & Savior,/ You have set the final day & hour/ when we shall be delivered from this world of sin & death. Keep us ever watchful for the coming of Your Son/ that we may sit with Him & all Your holy ones at the marriage feast in heaven; through Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,/ who lives & reigns with You & the Holy Spirit,/ one God, now & forever.
Special prayers
Continue Prayer for Grace bottom page 50
Hymn 219