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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Second Wednesday in Lent

Sermon Text: 1 Peter 2:1-10

"[1] So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. [2] Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— [3] if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. [4] As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, [5] you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. [6] For it stands in Scripture: ‘Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.’ [7] So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,’ [8] and ‘A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.’ They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. [9] But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. [10] Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."

Sermon Theme: "God's Precious Somebodies"

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Other Readings

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Old Testament - Deuteronomy 26:5-10

"[5] ‘And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous. [6] And the Egyptians treated us harshly and humiliated us and laid on us hard labor. [7] Then we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. [8] And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great deeds of terror, with signs and wonders. [9] And he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. [10] And behold, now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, O Lord, have given me.’ And you shall set it down before the Lord your God and worship before the Lord your God."

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Epistle Reading - Romans 10:8-13

"[8] But what does it say? ‘The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart’ (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); [9] because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. [10] For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. [11] For the Scripture says, ‘Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.’ [12] For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. [13] For ‘everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’"

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Holy Gospel Reading - Luke 4:1-13

"[1] And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness [2] for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. [3] The devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.’ [4] And Jesus answered him, ‘It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ [5] And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, [6] and said to him, ‘To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. [7] If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.’ [8] And Jesus answered him, ‘It is written,‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’ [9] And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, [10] for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’ [11] and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ [12] And Jesus answered him, ‘It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ [13] And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time."

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