13.01.25 exegesis grace alone - ex. 17.1-7, 1 cor. 9.24-10.5, matt. 20. 1-16, psalm 95.1-9
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———PRE-LENT Septuagesima: Grace
AloneEx. 17:1-7; 1 Cor. 9:24-10:5; Matt. 20: 1-16; Psalm 95:1-9
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Memorization Verses:
Ex. 17:6 Behold, I will stand before you
there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall
strike the rock, and water shall come out
of it, and the people will drink.‖
1 Cor. 10:4 For they drank from the
spiritual Rock that followed them, and the
Rock was Christ.
Matt. 20:15 “Am I not allowed to do
what I choose with what belongs to me?
Or do you begrudge my generosity?‘ 16
So the last will be first, and the first last.‖
Psalm 95:1 let us make a joyful noise to
the rock of our salvation!
The Clothing of Adam
The Calling of Israel
The Covenant Mercy Seat
The Cry of the Prophets
The Compassion of a
father
The Christ incarnate
Use your prayer notes.
Use a verse from the
bible to reflect on.
Pray about grace
P raise
R epentance
A ppreciation
Y ou
E veryone
R esolve
…Let us pray to the Lord.
…Lord, have mercy.
1. For the whole Church on
earth, that we may not grumble
about the blessings we receive,
but rejoice in the generosity of
our Father in heaven....
2. For those in the mission
field, that they may boldly
confess Jesus Christ in the face
of persecution so that through
their witness the Holy Spirit
would grant the light of faith to
those who are yet in darkness...
3. For all public servants,
especially our president and our
governor, that they may fulfill
their offices with wisdom and
compassion...
4. For the instructors in all
schools, colleges and
seminaries of the Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod, and
for the students in those
institutions, that they may grow
in grace as servants in Christ‘s
Church...
5. For those who have fallen
away from the Church, and for
all who live apart from Christ,
that the Holy Spirit may open
their ears to hear and their
hearts to believe God‘s Word...
6. For those struggling with
addictions, that by the aid of
the Holy Spirit they may rely
solely on their Savior for
comfort from all trouble...
7. For those living in broken
homes, that God would heal
damaged relationships and
preserve families through all
adversity...
Use your prayer notes.
Use a verse from the
bible to reflect on.
Pray about grace.
P raise
R epentance
A ppreciation
Y ou
E veryone
R esolve
8. For those who are
unemployed or
underemployed, especially
those who are suffering serious
financial distress, that God
would lead them to productive
work and continue to provide
for their earthly needs...
9. For those who are ill
[especially ______________]
that they may be relieved of
their discomfort, as they wait
for full restoration in God‘s
new creation...
10. For those in the womb,
those who are disabled and
those who are elderly, that their
lives may be valued by all and
their days be lengthened...
11. For all who receive the
body and blood of our Lord
this day, that they may be
strengthened and renewed until
life everlasting...
12. Lord God, heavenly
Father, into your hands we
commend all for whom we
pray. Grant that we look to you
as the source of all blessings,
especially as the source of our
salvation through Your Son,
Jesus Christ, who, by His death
and resurrection conquered sin,
death and the devil. Deliver us
from all adversity and preserve
us in the faith until we die. To
You alone be all glory, honor
and worship, Father, Son and
Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever. Amen
1 Salvation unto us has come
By God's free grace and favor;
Good works cannot avert our doom,
They help and save us never.
Faith looks to Jesus Christ alone,
Who did for all the world atone;
He is our one Redeemer.
2 What God did in His Law demand
And none to Him could render
Caused wrath and woe on ev'ry hand
For man, the vile offender.
Our flesh has not those pure desires
The spirit of the Law requires,
And lost is our condition.
3 It was a false, misleading draem
That God His Law had given
That sinners could themselves
redeem
And by their works gain heaven.
The Law is but a mirror bright
To bring the inbred sin to light
That lurks within our nature.
4 From sin our flesh could not
abstain,
Sin held its sway unceasing;
The task was useless and in vain,
Our guilt was e'er increasing.
None can remove sin's poisoned dart
Or purify our guileful heart--
So deep is our corruption.
5 Yet as the law must be fulfilled
Or we must die despairing,
Christ came and has God's anger
stilled,
Our human nature sharing.
has for us the Law obeyed
And thus His Father's vengeance
stayed
Which over us impended.
6 Since Christ has full atonement
made
And brought to us salvation,
East Christian therefore may be glad
And build on this foundation.
Your grace alone, dear Lord, I plead,
Your death is now my life indeed,
For You have paid my ransom.
7 Let me not doubt, but truly see
Your Word cannot be broken:
Your call rings out, "Come unto Me!"
No falsehood have You spoken.
Baptized into Your precious name,
My faith cannot be put to shame,
And I shall never perish.
8 The Law reveals the guilt of sin
And makes us conscience-stricken;
But then the Gospel enters in
The sinful soul to quicken.
Come to the cross, trust Christ, and
live;
The Law no peace can ever give,
No comfort and no blessing.
9 Faith clings to Jesus' cross alone
And rests in Him unceasing;
And by its fruits true faith is known,
With love and hope increasing.
For faith alone can ustify;
Works serve our neighbor and supply
The proof that faith is living.
10 All blessing, honor, thanks, and
praise
To Father, Son, and Spirit,
The God who saved us by His grace,
All glory to His merit.
O triune God in heav'n above,
Your have revealed Your saving love;
Your blessed name we hallow.
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Grace Alone
Exodus 17:1-7
Water from the Rock
17 All the congregation of the people of
Israel moved on from the wilderness of
Sin by stages, according to the
commandment of the LORD, and
camped at Rephidim, but there was no
water for the people to drink. 2
Therefore the people quarreled with
Moses and said, ―Give us water to
drink.‖ And Moses said to them, ―Why
do you quarrel with me? Why do you
test the LORD?‖ 3 But the people
thirsted there for water, and the people
grumbled against Moses and said, ―Why
did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill
us and our children and our livestock
with thirst?‖ 4 So Moses cried to the
LORD, ―What shall I do with this
people? They are almost ready to stone
me.‖ 5 And the LORD said to Moses,
―Pass on before the people, taking with
you some of the elders of Israel, and take
in your hand the staff with which you
struck the Nile, and go.6 Behold, I will
stand before you there on the rock at
Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and
water shall come out of it, and the
people will drink.‖ And Moses did so, in
the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he
called the name of the place Massah and
Meribah, because of the quarreling of
the people of Israel, and because they
tested the LORD by saying, ―Is the
LORD among us or not?‖
1 Corinthians 9:24-10:5
4 Do you not know that in a race all the
runners run, but only one receives the
prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25
Every athlete exercises self-control in all
things. They do it to receive a perishable
wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 So I
do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one
beating the air. 27 But I discipline my
body and keep it under control, lest after
preaching to others I myself should be
disqualified.
Warning Against Idolatry
10 For I do not want you to be unaware,
brothers, that our fathers were all under
the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
2 and all were baptized into Moses in
the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the
same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the
same spiritual drink. For they drank
from the spiritual Rock that followed
them, and the Rock was Christ. 5
Nevertheless, with most of them God
was not pleased, for they were
overthrown in the wilderness.
Matthew 20:1-16Laborers in the Vineyard20 ―For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 and to them he said, ‗You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.‘5 So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‗Why do you stand here idle all day?‘ 7 They said to him, ‗Because no one has hired us.‘ He said to them, ‗You go into the vineyard too.‘ 8 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‗Call the laborers and pay them
their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.‘ 9 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.10 Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‗These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.‘13 But he replied to one of them, ‗Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?14 Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?‘ 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.‖
Psalm 95:1-9Let Us Sing Songs of Praise95 Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!3 For the LORD is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.4 In his hand are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his also.5 The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.6 Oh come, let us worship and
bow down;let us kneel before the LORD,
our Maker!7 For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.Today, if you hear his voice,8 do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,9 when your fathers put me to the test
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
SEPTUAGESIMA
Exodus 17:1–7
1 Corinthians 9:24—10:5
Matthew 20:1–16
Grace Alone
The people of Israel contended with the Lord in the wilderness (Ex. 17:1–7). They were
dissatisfied with His provision. In the same way, the first laborers in the vineyard
complained against the landowner for the wage he provided them (Matt. 20:1–16). They
charged him with being unfair, but in reality he was being generous. For the Lord does not
wish to deal with us on the basis of what we deserve but on the basis of His abounding
grace in Christ. The first—those who rely on their own merits—will be last. ―For they
were overthrown in the wilderness‖ (1 Cor. 10:5). But the last, those who rely on Christ,
will be first. For Christ is the Rock (1 Cor. 9:24–10:5). He is the One who was struck and
from whose side blood and water flowed that we may be cleansed of our sin.
1 Amazing grace--how sweet the sound--That saved a wretch like me!I once was lost but now am found,Was blind, but now I see!
2 The Lord has promised good to me,His Word my hope secures;He will my shield and portion beAs long as life endures.
3 Through many dangers, toils and snares,I have already come;
His grace has brought me safe thus far,His grace will lead me home.
4 Yes, when this flesh and heart shall failAnd mortal life shall cease,Amazing grace shall then prevailIn heaven's joy and peace.
5 When we‘ve been there ten thousand years,Bright shining as the sun,We‘ve no less days to sing God‘s praiseThan when we‘d first begun.
PRE-LENT
Sexagesima: Scripture Alone
Is. 55:10-13 Invitation to the Thirsty
2 Cor. 11:19-12:9 Paul Boats about his Suffering, His Visions, and His Thorn
or Heb. 4:9-13 A Sabbath Rest for the People of God
Luke 8:4-15 The Parable of the Sower
Psalm 84 My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord
Isaiah 55:10-13
10 ―For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
12 ―For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the LORD,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.‖
2 Corinthians 11:19-12:9
19 For you gladly bear with fools, being wise
yourselves! 20 For you bear it if someone makes slaves of
you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on
airs, or strikes you in the face. 21 To my shame, I must
say, we were too weak for that!
But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking
as a fool—I also dare to boast of that. 22 Are they
Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they
offspring of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they servants of
Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—
with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with
countless beatings, andoften near death. 24 Five times I
received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less
one.25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was
stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I
was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from
rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own
people,danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in
the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false
brothers; 27 in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless
night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and
exposure. 28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily
pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. 29 Who is
weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not
indignant?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my
weakness. 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who
is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. 32 At
Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the
city of Damascus in order to seize me, 33 but I was let down
in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his
hands.
Paul's Visions and His Thorn
12 I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be
gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the
Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago
was caught up tothe third heaven—whether in the body or
out of the body I do not know, God knows. 3 And I know that
this man was caught up into paradise—whether in the body
or out of the body I do not know, God knows— 4 and he
heard things that cannot be told, which man may not
utter. 5 On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own
behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses— 6 though
if I should wish to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would
be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, so that no one
may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from
me. 7 Soto keep me from becoming conceited because of the
surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me
in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me
from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the
Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to
me, ―My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness.‖ Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may
rest upon me.
Hebrews 4:9-13
9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of
God, 10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested
from his works as God did from his.
11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, sothat no one may
fall by the same sort of disobedience. 12 For the word of God
is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of
marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the
heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all
arenaked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must
give account.
Luke 8:4-15
The Parable of the Sower
4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from
town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5 ―A sower
went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along
the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air
devoured it. 6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it
withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 And some fell
among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked
it. 8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a
hundredfold.‖ As he said these things, he called out, ―He
who has ears to hear, let him hear.‖
The Purpose of the Parables
9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable
meant, 10 he said, ―To you it has been given to know the
secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in
parables, so that ‗seeing they may not see, and hearing they
may not understand.‘ 11 Now the parable is this: The seed
is the word of God. 12 The ones along the path are those who
have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word
from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be
saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they
hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root;
they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall
away. 14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are
those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked
by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit
does not mature. 15 As for that in the good soil, they are those
who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good
heart, and bear fruit with patience.
Psalm 84
My Soul Longs for the Courts of the LORD
To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm
of the Sons of Korah.
84 How lovely is your dwelling place,
O LORD of hosts!2 My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
3 Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O LORD of hosts,
my King and my God.4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
ever singing your praise! Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.6 As they go through the Valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.7 They go from strength to strength;
each one appears before God in Zion.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah9 Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed!
10 For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly.12 O LORD of hosts,
blessed is the one who trusts in you!
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