Luke 21:5-36
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
For those redeemed by Jesus’ blood and looking for his glorious appearance, it will be our final redemption, delivering us from evil forever.
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Luke 20:27-40
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
Jesus is the living God who gives life through his resurrection from the dead.
1 John 3:1-3
All Saints’ Day
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Revelation 7:9-17
All Saints’ Day
Order a hymnal for your home Upcoming Events Wednesday, 6:00 pm: Faith, Family, Food, & Fellowship @ Trinity 7:45 pm: Confirmation Thursday, 2:00 pm: WMF Bible study and meeting Sunday, 7:30 am: “Behold His Glory†on KNOX 1310 & 107.9 10:00 am: Service of the Word 11:15 am: Sunday school Sunday, November 19: Special offering for AFLC Home Missions Potluck Harvest Dinner following Sunday School Wednesday, November 23, 7:00 pm: Thanksgiving Service
Matthew 28:1-10
The Resurrection of Our Lord
Order a hymnal for your home Upcoming Events Wednesday, 6:00 pm: Confirmation Thursday, 2:00 pm: WMF Bible Study & Meeting Friday & Saturday: FLBC Campus Days Sunday, 7:30 am: “Behold His Glory†on KNOX 1310 & 107.9 10:00 am: Service of the Word 11:15 am: Sunday School Monday, April 17, 7:00 pm: Council Meeting Wednesday, April 19, 6:00 pm: Faith, Family, Food, and Fellowship resumes @ Trinity June 14-17: AFLC Annual Conference in Sioux Falls, SD
Revelation 7:9-17
All Saints’ Day
Order a hymnal for your home Upcoming Events Wednesday, 6:00-7:45 pm: Faith, Family, Food, and Fellowship @ Trinity. This includes a free meal and Bible study times for children, youth, and adults. 7:45 pm: Confirmation Thursday, 2:00 pm: WMF Bible study & meeting Sunday: 7:30 am: “Behold His Glory†on KNOX 1310 & 107.9 10:00 am: Service of the Word 11:15 am: Sunday School Potluck Harvest dinner following Sunday School Monday, November 14, 7:00 pm: Council meeting Wednesday, November 23, 7:00 pm: Thanksgiving service
Luke 24:1-12
The Resurrection of Our Lord
Order a hymnal for your home Upcoming Events Wednesday, 6:00 pm: Confirmation 7:00 pm: Youth group 7:00 pm: WMF Bible study & meeting Saturday, 9:30 am: WMF Spring Rally in Grafton 3:00 pm: Hannah Lewis' vocal recital Sunday: 7:30 am: “Behold His Glory†on KNOX 1310/107.9 10:00 am: Service of the Word 11:15 am: Sunday school Monday, April 25, 6:30 pm: Deacons meeting 7:00 pm: Council meeting
1 Corinthians 15:21-26, 30-42
Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
Matthew 5:1-12
All Saints’ Day
Order a hymnal for your home Upcoming Events Wednesday, 6:00 pm: Confirmation 7:00 pm: Youth group 7:00 pm: Bible study (Ecclesiastes) 7:30 am: “Behold His Glory†on KNOX 1310/107.9 10:00 am: Divine worship 11:15 am: Sunday school (preschool-adult ages) Sunday, November 21: Potluck meal following Sunday school Thursday, November 24, 7:00 pm: Thanksgiving service
Acts 5:27-42
Worth the Suffering
Download the bulletin. Order a hymnal for your home. Upcoming Events Wednesday, 7:00 pm: Bible study on Hebrews (online). Contact Pastor Antal for the link. Sunday, 10:30 am: Divine Worship (live stream). Announcements Pastor Antal is continuing regular office hours (approximately 9-5, Tuesday-Friday). Call ahead if you wish to be certain to catch him. Holy Communion is available by appointment. Contact Pastor Antal to schedule an appointment for you or your family. If you are aware of anyone who does not have internet access and would like a CD or DVD of our worship services, please contact pastor Antal. If you are in need of assistance during this time, or if you know of any members of Trinity who are, please contact Pastor Antal or one of the deacons. This is an important time to take care of our own. You may check out a hymnal (or hymnals) from the church to use during this time. Simply sign your name on the sheet and the number of hymnals borrowed. If you do not have a key, you may come during pastor's office hours. The Lutheran Ambassador has made the April edition free for all online. https://issuu.com/lutheranambassador/docs/april_2020_issuu. They are also requesting email addresses for all subscribers just in case their printer is forced to close and they are unable to mail print copies for a time. You can contact them at lasubscriptions@aflc.org. I (pastor) can’t get sharing buttons to work on this page. If you want to share this service on Facebook, Twitter, text, email, etc., you will need to copy and paste the URL from your browser’s address bar. Micah Blake, a senior at the Free Lutheran Bible College, is planning to transfer to UND next fall and is looking for a room to rent. For more information, contact Pastor Antal. Other announcements? Post them in the comments section.
John 11:1, 17-53
The Resurrection and the Life
Download the bulletin. Order a hymnal for your home. Upcoming Events Wednesday, 7:00 pm: Lenten service (live stream). Sunday, 10:30 am: Divine Worship (live stream). Announcements Pastor Antal is continuing regular office hours (approximately 9-5, Tuesday-Friday). Call ahead if you wish to be certain to catch him. Holy Communion is available by appointment. Contact Pastor Antal to schedule an appointment for you or your family. You may check out a hymnal (or hymnals) from the church to use during this time. Simply sign your name on the sheet and the number of hymnals borrowed. If you do not have a key, you may come during pastor's office hours. Palm branches are still being ordered for Palm Sunday (next week). If you would like to get some for your children, contact June Thompson. Easter flowers are still being ordered. When they arrive, if we are not expecting to meet in person on Easter, you can pick them up and bring them home. Other announcements? Post them in the comments section.
Luke 20:27-40
Luke 20:27-40
The God of the Living
Luke 20:27-40 27 There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second 31 and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. 32 Afterward the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.†34 And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, 35 but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, 36 for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.†39 Then some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.†40 For they no longer dared to ask him any question. (ESV)
1 John 3:1-3
1 John 3:1-3
Children of God
1 John 3:1-3 1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. (ESV)
Hebrews 11:7-12:3
Hebrews 11:7-12:3
Faith Looks to Christ
Hebrews 11:17-12:3 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, 18 of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.†19 He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. 20 By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. 21 By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. 24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. 29 By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies. 32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. 35 Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. (ESV)
Revelation 7:9-17
Revelation 7:9-17
The Lamb Is the Shepherd
Revelation 7:9-17 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!†11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.†13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?†14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.†And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.†(ESV)
Luke 24:1-12
Luke 24:1-12
Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead?
Luke 24:1-12 1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. 5 And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.†8 And they remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, 11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened. (ESV)
1 Corinthians 15:21-42
1 Corinthians 15:21-42
Your Resurrection
1 Corinthians 15:21-42 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.†But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,†it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all. 29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? 30 Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day! 32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.†33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.†34 Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. 35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?†36 You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. 42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. (ESV)
1 Corinthians 15:1-20
1 Corinthians 15:1-20
Risen Indeed
1 Corinthians 15:1-20 1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy 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 toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (ESV)
Matthew 5:1-12
Matthew 5:1-12
Blessings for the Unblessed
Matthew 5:1-12 1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. 8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.†(ESV)
Mark 5:21-43
Mark 5:21-43
The Touch of Life
Mark 5:21-43 21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet 23 and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.†24 And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. 25 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, 26 and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27 She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28 For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.†29 And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30 And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?†31 And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’ †32 And he looked around to see who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.†35 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?†36 But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.†37 And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. 38 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.†40 And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was. 41 Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,†which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.†42 And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. 43 And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
John 15:1-8
John 10:11-18
John 10:11-18
The Good Shepherd Loves
John 10:11-18 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.â€
1 John 3:1-7
1 John 3:1-7
Like Him
1 John 3:1-7 1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
Mark 16:1-8
Mark 16:1-8
He Has Risen
Mark 16:1-8 (ESV) 1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?†4 And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. 5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. 6 And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.†8 And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
Mark 9:2-9
Mark 9:2-9
You Can’t Handle the Glory
Mark 9:2-9 (ESV) 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.†6 For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7 And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.†8 And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only. 9 And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Matthew 5:1-12
Matthew 25:1-13
Matthew 24:15-28
Matthew 9:18-26