Okay, ‘who has the final word’ in your family? The parable of the Weeds in Matthew 13 isn’t about your family or my family, it is about the reign of God in this broken topsy turvy world wherein the devil continues to plant his evil temptations around us to the point that we don’t even know who is a boy and who is a girl, or for that matter, will AI redefine ‘what it means to be a human being in Christ’?
In the first part of the Parable of the Weeds Jesus tells a following crowd this analogy of a master who plants good seed in his field, and while he was sleeping along came his enemy and planted weeds amongst the good seed. But don’t worry the master will have the final word. Jesus now turns to His disciples to explain the Parable of the Weeds so that they can be assured that the reign of God is ongoing, unchanging and that in the end, those pesky weeds sown by the sons of the evil one, the Devil, which live amongst us tempting us in every way in order to separate us from worship and witnessing the love of God in Christ Jesus, will meet their Maker.
For the reign of God is real and now, and He will have the final word: the evil, devilish ‘weeds’ will be bundled up and cast into hellish fire, while the wheat, the righteous ones in Christ will shine forth like the sun in the reign of their Father in heaven.
Readings and sermon were delivered by guest pastor Dr. Bob Weise.
Order of service:
Readings:
- Reflection on God's Forgiveness is from Romans 5:8-11
- Psalm reading is from Psalm 119:57–64
- Old Testament reading is from Isaiah 44:6–8
- Epistle reading is from Romans 8:18–27
- Holy Gospel is from Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43
Songs and Hymns:
- How Great Thou Art
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Text by Carl Gustaf Boberg, tr. Stuart W. K. Hine
Tune by Swedish, arr. Stuart W. K. Hine
© 1949, 1953 The Stuart Hine Trust, admin. EMI CMG and Hope Publishing Co
Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220 - How Firm a Foundation
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Text from A Selection of Hymns, 1787
Tune from Genuine Church Music, 1832
Public domain - Only A Holy God
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Dustin Smith, Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, Rich Thompson
© 2016 CityAlight Music; © 2016 Farren Love And War Publishing
© 2016 Integrity’s Alleluia! Music; © 2016 Integrity’s Praise! Music
Used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740 - Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
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Text by Augustus M. Toplady
Tune by Thomas Hastings
Public domain - I Need Thee Every Hour
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Text: Annie S. Hawks and Robert Lowry
Tune: Robert Lowry
Public domain - Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
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Text: Johann Burkhard Freystein, 1671–1718; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1827–78, alt.
Tune: Hundert . . . geistlicher Arien, 1694, Dresden, alt.
Text and tune: Public domain - Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
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Text by Thomas Ken
Tune by Trente Quatre Pseaumes de David, 1551
Public domain
Liturgies:
- Kyrie
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Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda
Music: Columbian Harmony
Text and music: © 1990 Concordia Publishing House
Used with permission: One License #728607-A - Gloria
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Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House,
Used with permission, One License #728607-A;
Tune: Felix Mendelssohn, public domain. - Credo
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Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House,
used with permission, One License 728607-A.
Tune: Welsh, pubic domain. - Sanctus
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Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House,
used with permission, One License 728607-A.
Tune: John B. Dykes, public domain. - Agnus Dei
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Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House,
used with permission, CCLI license #20286740.
Tune: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872, public domain.
Recording:
- Audio:
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Announcements:
- Sunday, Jul 23:
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- Worship Service: 9 AM to 10:15 AM
- Adult Bible Study and Sunday School: 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
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Downstairs.
- No Youth Confirmation
- No New Member Class
- Tuesday, Jul 25:
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- Youth Group: 6:30 PM to 8 PM
- Community Groups
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There is a community group ready to welcome you! If you are interested in joining a group, please contact Shanna at shannacovarrubias@stjamesglencarbon.org for locations and times available, or call the church office.
- Metro East Lutheran High School Matching Grant
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Lutheran Foundation has generously agreed to match every dollar donated to the MELHS endowment fund with three dollars, up to $750,000. This money will be used to provide financial aid to students who need it, helping to make Lutheran education affordable for every family. We will support this initiative with a door offering today and through the end of July. You can give by writing a check to St. James and putting MELHS in the memo line or through Tithe.ly online by selecting MELHS Matching Grant Fund.
- Glen-Ed Pantry "Pack the Bus" Donations
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During the month of July, Glen-Ed Pantry is collecting school supplies for students of the families they serve. Backpacks filled with required supplies will be handed out to pantry families on August 12.
You can support Glen-Ed Pantry’s Back-to School Supply Drive by:
- Donating items in the collection basket St. James Lutheran Church.
- Ordering school supplies through Amazon or Walmart from Glen-Ed Pantry’s wish list or
- Making a cash donation. These donations will help provide funds to give each student a $25 gift card for shoes at Payless Shoes or will be used to purchase PE Uniforms required by District 7.
Most needed school supplies: backpacks with laptop pockets, combination locks, scientific calculators, 7 inch scissors, plastic folders, spiral notebooks.
Questions? Contact Tina Barnard. Find-out more by visiting www.glenedpantry.org.
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