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e body of christ 1 cor 10 16 when you eat christ s body and drink his blood you share in life with christ you also share in life with each other yes we are in the body of christ together we are the body of christ we need each other for none of us lives to himself and none of us dies to himself rom 14 7 this is the precious proclamation of the common cup we you and i are united and unified in faith and life in christ this also explains why sometimes we must have someone wait before they commune with us if a person or a church body does not agree in the teachings of jesus we love them enough to say let s not commune until we share a common faith a common public confession in christ s forgiveness life and salvation thus we show love for christ and for one another by respecting his blood after all there s life and love in his blood now that you are cleansed and made whole by christ s blood now that you receive life by his love you get to live in thanksgiving how so what shall i render to the lord for all his benefits to me i will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the lord ps 116 12 13 the best thing you can do to thank jesus for his agonizing death and his eternal love is partake of his body and blood keep his last will and testament what better way to proclaim christ and his loving life than to gather in his house for his supper on his day the writer to the hebrews says indeed under the law almost everything is purified with blood and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins heb 9 22 and jesus says whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and i will raise him up on the last day jn 6 54 amen posted by randy asburry at 10 11 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels eucharist forgiveness holy thursday holy week homilies justification preaching sacraments 21 march 2016 homily for palm sunday sunday of the passion for you listen here following the reading of matthew 26 1 27 66 in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen for you all for you amen posted by randy asburry at 10 07 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels divine service holy week homilies preaching word of god 17 march 2016 god s design for life life with gifts the final installment of this year s lenten catechetical series god s design for life here we focus on commandments 7 10 under the theme life with gifts god s design for life begins with perfect fear love and trust in him that s the foundation for the building then comes properly using god s name then comes gladly hearing and learning god s word the second and third commandments serve as the structure of the building what gives the building its shape and character then the building needs walls windows doors and interior decorating this is where the other commandments come in last week we looked at honoring parents and other authorities helping and supporting physical life and respecting the estate of marriage tonight we look at the rest of the commandments these show us some of god s most precious gifts 7th commandment god s gift of possessions let s say you want to find out how well a child knows the commandments you ask the young boy or girl to tell you the ten commandments they pause and think then they proudly say you shall not steal funny how the first commandment they think of is 7 as if the ten commandments didn t begin until 7 yet somewhere somehow they learned that particular commandment i would guess that we always need to learn and relearn this commandment you see this commandment has to do with taking advantage of your neighbor in any way that makes him lose something yes once again god is protecting your neighbor from you you are tempted to look at your neighbor s possessions and take them perhaps you wouldn t do so outright as a burglar or pickpocket this commandment also catches you red handed permitting damage to your neighbor s possessions or property wasting things or neglecting your neighbor s goods it applies to being careless or lazy on the job or at school it applies to stealing the boss s or the teacher s time or materials it certainly applies to any kind of business transaction that overcharges or is underhanded or passes off bad merchandise as top shelf stuff and yes it even applies to stealing from god by withholding tithes and offerings we have to agree with what the large catechism says about thievery this is the most common trade and the largest union on earth lc i 228 instead of stealing and conniving god s design for you is to help your neighbor to improve and protect his possessions and income yes this does fly in the face of occupy wall street movements and making the rich pay their fair share love looks out for your neighbor s benefit not your own god is gracious enough to give every person the possessions he or she needs the possessions and wealth he wants them to manage whether the possessions are many or few god gives each of you exactly what you need and what he wants you to manage this then frees you up to help and serve your neighbor as you are able god always gives you the money and possessions you need so you don t have to worry about seizing and taking from your neighbor in fact the money and possessions that god gives you are a rich supply for you to use not only for your own needs but also to help and share with those in need on top of all this you have a precious promise proverbs 19 17 says whoever is generous to the poor lends to the lord and he will repay him for his deed you have a very rich lord jesus he is certainly sufficient for your needs and he will not let you lack anything you need 8th commandment god s gift of a good reputation this commandment deals with how you use your tongue regarding your neighbor no one can live peacefully without a good reputation so god wants you to preserve your neighbor s good reputation but that s also precisely where you and i fail and fall often your neighbor s reputation is the last thing you think about the tongue gets going a mile a minute and before you know it you ve injured your neighbor either to his face or behind his back and often without realizing it something about your neighbor disagrees with you and the tongue goes to work gossiping and slandering you do it at home at work at church at school over the phone even and especially on social media st james knew what he was talking about no human being can tame the tongue it is a restless evil full of deadly poison with it we bless our lord and father and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of god from the same mouth come blessing and cursing my brothers these things ought not to be so james 3 8 10 protecting someone else s reputation is one of the smallest yet most important good works and it s god s design for life as st paul says love does no wrong to a neighbor rom 13 10 here are some tips from luther in his large catechism for protecting god s gift of a good reputation first if a neighbor sins against you don t talk to others instead go talk to your neighbor god wants you to win your brother back from his sin second when you hear gossip no matter how true it may be defend your neighbor no matter what his faults are third if you cannot make official charges before the proper authorities then make your ears a tomb and bury your neighbor s sin now you and i are going to stumble in keeping this commandment and when you do run to jesus christ crucified and risen he is your neighbor who was spoken against and slandered he was the victim of false testimony and because of that he won your forgiveness and his forgiveness for you means that god does not speak against you but for you in fact because of jesus crucified and risen god your father puts the best construction on you and your life and on your neighbor 9th 10th commandments god s gift of contentment now we come to the real snare these two commandments on coveting will catch you every time you see these commandments are directed against the most upright good religious people you and me just when you think you ve kept the other commandments along comes this command don t covet in the other commandments god deals with our actions now in these last two commandments he zeroes in on our hearts and desires and again god is protecting your neighbor from you coveting is looking to get what god did not give you several years ago the title of one lutheran witness article described coveting in a very picturesque way it said thou shalt not suffer thine eyes to sprout hands an odd picture if you re a literalist hands growing out of your eye sockets but that s what you do when you covet you are not content with what god gives you so you look to your neighbor s things or status or reputation if only i could get my hands on that our heart and mind tell us not only does this happen for you personally it s also common in the church and in society in the church we might hear think and say things such as if only we could get more money or if only we could be more like that church over there in society we might hear think and say things such as no one should have that much wealth or that much stuff or the rich really need to pay their fair share no matter where it happens or when it happens or who says it the sin is still the same you and i have a problem being content with what god gives us whether it s house or spouse goods or kids members or monies these two commandments shine the light of truth on us good religious people they show us for the discontents we really are under the religious exterior and it all goes back to the first commandment we really don t trust god and how he chooses to take care of us so the only way out of the coveting trap is by god s giving and forgiving because of jesus crucified and risen you have a gracious god because of jesus dying and rising you have god s good favor god is content with you because of his son that s god s forgiving and god s giving also helps you you have god s promise that he knows what you need you have god s promise that he will always see to your needs so you have what you need and your neighbor has what he or she needs god recreates your heart so that you do not need to covet anything that belongs to your neighbor so why covet you have a gracious god in christ jesus conclusion to the ten commandments we ve spent these past five weeks rehearsing and relearning god s design for life in his ten commandments it may not have been flashy or entertaining it wasn t supposed to be it s been something like planting a garden every year it s the same old thing break up the soil pull the weeds plant the seeds and water the ground no flash just dirt and seeds no quick fix just patient steady growth you are the garden plot god is the gardner and his word in the commandments is the seed in the commandments you have the most precious teaching since it comes from god himself no one can improve upon it we ll also have our hands quite full just trying to keep these commandments no they re not glamorous or showy in fact they keep us rooted in very simple common everyday actions of faith in god and love toward neighbor but they are the very things god considers good works and good lives when we look at the ten commandments as god s design for life we also discover how we fail and mess up his design too often we even despise god for his design for life that s why we need our crucified and risen lord jesus only one person has ever kept the commandments perfectly and they nailed him to a cross for it but that cross is also god s design for life there the design was completed and fulfilled for you all of your commandment breaking is laid on broken bloody jesus and all of his commandment keeping is now given to you through faith now you no longer live but christ lives in you that s god s design for life now and forever amen posted by randy asburry at 11 12 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels catechesis homilies lent ten commandments 14 march 2016 homily for lent 5 judica before abraham was i am john 8 42 59 listen here the time of jesus passion and death draws closer today is traditionally called passion sunday on this day we hear of the people s rejection of jesus as the only messiah and how they sought to kill him some churches drape their crosses as a reminder that the price for our lord s passion is great when they remove the veil they view the cross with new eyes we happen to mark this time of passion tide with the scarlet paraments and vestments the color of blood jesus tells the jews that if they truly were from god they would love him after all he comes from the father and goes back to the father he then proclaims that they the people are of their father the devil the father of lies he and his lies are at the root of all sin and evil in the world this is how our lutheran confessions explain this text about the devil the apology of the augsburg confession says the cause of sin is the will of the devil and people turning away from god according to the saying of christ about the devil when he lies he speaks out of his own character john 8 44 apology xix 77 in times of great evil and distress in the world it s quite common to ask the question why why is there so much evil in the world why is there so much hatred and violence and war why are innocent people slain and christians hunted down and persecuted and if you dig even deeper you may even ask this question of yourself why do i do these sins why am i so torn and possessed and infected by sin st paul himself struggled with this very question in romans 7 18 20 he says i know that nothing good dwells in me that is in my flesh for i have the desire to do what is right but not the ability to carry it out for i do not do the good i want but the evil i do not want is what i keep on doing now if i do what i do not want it is no longer i who do it but sin that dwells within me this is our slavery to sin each of us is bound under it and infected by it each of us struggles with it each and every day and if you do not struggle with and fight against sins that s not a sign that you have no sin and do not sin it s just a sign that you are blind and numb to your sin you don t realize its stranglehold on you you don t feel its infecting grip on you this is the message that so incensed and infuriated the jews in jesus day he had the audacity the sheer unmitigated gall to suggest that they were not going to be saved automatically merely because they were descendants of abraham but even more jesus knows and understands the connection between sin and the devil the two always go together in our gospel reading jesus is not talking only about the jews of his day he s also talking about us you and me he s talking about our desire to cling to our pet sins he s talking about how we too always 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