Sixth Sunday of Easter
(06 May 2018)
Acts 10:34–48; Ps. 98:1-9; 1 John 5:1–8; John 15:9–17
Entrance: LSB 490 Jesus Lives! The Victory’s Won
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Of the Day: LSB 556 Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice
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Offertory: LSB 597 Water, Blood, and Spirit Crying
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Distribution: LSB 683 Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me;
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LSB 542 When I Behold Jesus Christ
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Closing: LSB 548 Thanks to Thee, O Christ, Victorious
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The Lord Jesus Is with His Church in the Apostolic Ministry of the Gospel
The crucified and risen Lord Jesus is with His Church through the word of His apostles, who “are witnesses of all that he did.” He was anointed by God “with the Holy Spirit and with power,” and “he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil,” and so He was with those whom He sent “to preach to the people” (Acts 10:38–42). The Holy Spirit is bestowed on those who hear that apostolic preaching, who are “baptized in the name of Jesus Christ,” so that “everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name” (Acts 10:43–44, 48). For as He came by the water of His Baptism, even to the blood of His Passion, so the Spirit testifies to the truth with “the water and the blood” in the apostolic ministry of the Gospel (1 John 5:6–7). By these means, Christ Jesus speaks to us, that His joy may be in us and that our “joy may be full.” For this purpose, He appointed the apostles to “go and bear fruit” in order to make known His divine friendship to us (John 15:11, 15–16).
Dr. Martin Luther:
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - John 15:9–17 (May 6)
“It is great and strong love if a man gives his neighbor in need a hundred or a thousand guldens, or if he pays all of his debts for him. How unusual it would be for a king or a prince to give a poor beggar an earldom or a principality, or even his own kingdom or country or subjects! Then all the world would sing and speak of such unheard-of love. And, yet all of this is trivial compared with Christ’s giving His life for you.” Luther's Works 24:251
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Worldview Everlasting – Swingset Low, Sweet GI Joe, and Stuff (John 15:9-17)
Yeah, SO THAT you will live. :D Worldview Everlasting Greek Tuesday takes on John 15 again, with special guest appearances by TSKIER4 and the Cat Lady too.
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Looking Forward to Sunday Morning (3 Year Lectionary): Sixth Sunday of Easter — Dr. Carl Fickenscher — Issues Etc.
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Dr. Carl Fickenscher, Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Ind., discusses the readings and propers with Pr. Todd Wilken on Issues Etc. (mp3, 57:21, 23.2 MB, 2015-May-04)
Lectionary Podcast - Easter 6 - Series B - John 15:9-17 with Dr. David Scaer
Dr. David Scaer, Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Ind., discusses the Gospel lesson from the Greek text.
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John 15:9-17 (SBLGNT)
9 καθὼς ἠγάπησέν με ὁ πατήρ, κἀγὼ ⸂ὑμᾶς ἠγάπησα⸃, μείνατε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ τῇ ἐμῇ.
10 ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολάς μου τηρήσητε, μενεῖτε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ μου, καθὼς ἐγὼ ⸂τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ πατρός μου⸃ τετήρηκα καὶ μένω αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ.
11 ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡ ἐμὴ ἐν ὑμῖν ⸀ᾖ καὶ ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν πληρωθῇ.
12 Αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμὴ ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς·
13 μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην οὐδεὶς ἔχει, ἵνα τις τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ.
14 ὑμεῖς φίλοι μού ἐστε ἐὰν ποιῆτε ⸀ἃ ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν.
15 οὐκέτι ⸂λέγω ὑμᾶς⸃ δούλους, ὅτι ὁ δοῦλος οὐκ οἶδεν τί ποιεῖ αὐτοῦ ὁ κύριος· ὑμᾶς δὲ εἴρηκα φίλους, ὅτι πάντα ἃ ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐγνώρισα ὑμῖν.
16 οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε, ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔθηκα ὑμᾶς ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε καὶ καρπὸν φέρητε καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ὑμῶν μένῃ, ἵνα ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου δῷ ὑμῖν.
17 ταῦτα ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους.
Literal Translation
(9) As the Father loved Me, I also loved you; continue in My love.
(10) If you keep My commandments you will continue in My love, as I have kept My Father's commandments and continue in His love.
(11) I have spoken these things to you that My joy may abide in you, and your joy may be full.
(12) This is My commandment, that you love one another as I loved you.
(13) Greater love than this has no one, that anyone should lay down his soul for his friends.
(14) You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
(15) I no longer call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his lord does. But I called you friends, because all things which I heard from My Father I made known to you.
(16) You have not chosen Me, but I chose you out and planted you, that you should go and should bear fruit, and your fruit remain, that whatever you should ask the Father in My name, He may give you.
(17) These things I command you, that you love one another.
Scripture quotations marked SBLGNT are from the SBL Greek New Testament. Copyright © 2010 Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Holmes, M. W. (2011–2013). The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Lexham Press; Society of Biblical Literature.