Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana Podcast

1 The law of God is good and wise

and sets his will before our eyes,

shows us the way of righteousness,

and dooms to death when we transgress.

Sermon Text: Isaiah 29:17-24 & The Close of the Commandments. Sermon Theme: "Fear and Love God's Commandments: Close of Commandments." Preached for the 12th Sunday after Trinity, 4- September-2022, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

God rich in mercy has raised us up in Christ Jesus from being the walking dead following the desires of our hearts to be alive forever. Even if evil slaughter us as Cain did his brother Abel, our blood cries out to God on high confessing Christ Jesus as our Lord and Victory over all sin, death, and the power of the devil.

Sermon Text: Genesis 4:1-15. Sermon Theme: "Guard Your Heart! The 9th & 10th Commandments!" Preached for the 11th Sunday After Trinity, 8/28/2022, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

"With the merciful, you will show yourself merciful!" Our God - Christ Jesus is Mercy! He opens our lips to declare His praise by being kind and forgiving with our words. We are to explain the action of our fellow sinners in the kindest way possible. Sermon Text: 2 Samuel 22:26-34. Sermon Theme: "The 8th Commandment: God Protects Our Reputation With His Own Blood!" Preached for the 9th Sunday After Trinity, 14-August-2022, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert

False prophets lead us away from Jesus to trust in our own works and mammon.

The 8th Sunday After Trinity 7-August-2022

Sermon Text: Jeremiah 23:16-20

Sermon Theme: The Seventh Commandment: Protecting Private Property

Preached at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert

"And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." (Genesis 2:18). Our compassionate Creator created us as either male or female to find companionship in the life long union of marriage. Satan seeks to destroy sexuality, marriage, the family, and the blessing of babies. Christ redeems and restores marriage by His first miracle - (John 2:1-8).

Sermon Text: Genesis 2:7-17 Sermon Theme: "The Sixth Commandment: God's Gift of Marriage!" Preached for the 7th Sunday after Trinity, 31-July-2022 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert, Pastor

The Lutheran Confessions Responsive Reading: Luther’s Small Catechism

P: As the head of the family should teach them in a simple way to his household. What is The Fifth Commandment

C: You shall not murder.

P: What does this mean?

C: We should fear and love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body,

but help and support him in every physical need.

P: How does this Commandment apply to those who refuse to speak up in defense of human life (Large Catechism)?

C: It also applies to anyone who can do his neighbor good, prevent or resist evil, defend, and save his neighbor so that no bodily harm or hurt happen to him—yet does not do this [James 2:15–16].... if you see anyone innocently sentenced to death or in similar distress, and do not save him, although you know ways and means to do so, you have killed him. It will not work for you to make the excuse that you did not provide any help, counsel, or aid to harm him. For you have withheld your love from him and deprived him of the benefit by which his life would have been saved.

P: How Does Jesus explain the Fifth Commandment?

C: “But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will have to answer for it in court. Anyone who calls his brother a ‘numbskull’ will have to answer for it before the highest court. Anyone who calls him a ‘fool’ will have to answer for it in hellfire.” (Matthew 5:22 GWN)

P: What is the summary of commandments 4-10 (Second Table)?

C: ""And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"Mat 22:39

All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to our Crucified and Risen Lord Christ Jesus. He rules the godly in His Church by grace through His Word. He rules the ungodly in His World through His authorities placed in the state by the rule of natural law and the power of the sword keeping evil in check. Sermon on the Fourth Commandment - "God's Rule Through Authority!" Preached for the 3rd Sunday After Trinity, July 3rd, 2022 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

Hear and Live! Jesus invites sinners to the feast of forgiveness, life, and salvation every Sunday! The Second Sunday After Trinity 26-June-2022

Sermon Text: Proverbs 9:1-10

Sermon Theme: The Third Commandment: Hear and Live! by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert

God the Father blesses us with His Name to save us in Christ Jesus! The Second Commandment invites us to call upon the Lord in every trouble. Trinity 1 19-June-2022 Sermon Text: Genesis 15:1-6 Sermon Theme: The Second Commandment: Blessed With God’s Name! by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert

Who Is Your God?

Luther’s Small Catechism

P: As the head of the family should teach them in a simple way to his household.

P: What is The First Article of the Apostles’ Creed?

C: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

P: What does this mean?

I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still takes care of them.

He also gives me clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home, wife and children, land, animals, and all I have. He richly and daily provides me with all that I need to support this body and life. He defends me against all danger and guards and protects me from all evil.

All this He does only out of fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me. For all this it is my duty to thank and praise, serve and obey Him. This is most certainly true.

P: What is the First Commandment

C: You shall have no other gods.

P: What does this mean?

C: We should fear, love and trust in God above all things.

P: What is the Introduction to the Lord’s Prayer?

C: Our Father who art in heaven.

P: What does this mean?

C: With these words God tenderly invites us to believe that He is our true Father and that we are His true children, so that with all boldness and confidence we may ask Him as dear children ask their dear father.

P: Which is the great commandment in the law?"

C: " 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' "This is the first and great commandment."Matthew 22:37-38

Sermon Text: Isaiah 6:1-7. Sermon Theme: The First Commandment: The Only True God! Preached for the Feast of the Holy Trinity, 12-June-2022, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.