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Seventeenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Jonah 3:10–4:11, Matthew 20:1–16, Romans 9:6–16Worship Folder

Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Jonah 3:10-4:11

10 When God saw their actions, that they had turned from their evil way, God relented from the disaster which he said he would bring on them, and he did not carry it out.

The Lord Teaches Jonah a Lesson About Grace

4 But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

5 Jonah went out of the city and sat down east of the city. He made a shelter for himself there and sat in the shade under it, waiting to see what would happen in the city.

6 Then the Lord God provided a plant and made it grow up over Jonah to provide shade over his head, to relieve him from his discomfort. So Jonah was very happy about the plant. 7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, and it attacked the plant so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, so he said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

Jonah said, “I do have a right to be angry—angry enough to die!”

10 So the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant. You did not work for it or make it grow. It grew up in one night and perished after one night. 11 So should I not be concerned for Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than one hundred twenty thousand people who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left—and also many animals?”

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Sixteenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Genesis 50:15–21, Matthew 18:21-35, Ephesians 4:29-5:2Worship Folder

Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 18:21-35

An Unforgiving Servant

22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, you must forgive him more than 7 times. You must forgive him even if he does wrong to you 70 times 7.

23 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who decided to collect the money his servants owed him. 24 So the king began to collect his money. One servant owed him several million dollars. 25 But the servant did not have enough money to pay his master, the king. So the master ordered that everything the servant owned should be sold, even the servant’s wife and children. The money would be used to pay the king what the servant owed.

26 “But the servant fell on his knees and begged, ‘Be patient with me. I will pay you everything I owe.’ 27 The master felt sorry for his servant. So the master told the servant he did not have to pay. He let the servant go free.

28 “Later, that same servant found another servant who owed him a few dollars. The servant grabbed the other servant around the neck and said, ‘Pay me the money you owe me!’

29 “The other servant fell on his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me. I will pay you everything I owe.’

30 “But the first servant refused to be patient. He threw the other servant into prison until he could pay everything he owed. 31 All the other servants saw what happened. They were very sorry. So they went and told their master all that had happened.

32 “Then the master called his servant in and said, ‘You evil servant! You begged me to forget what you owed. So I told you that you did not have to pay anything. 33 I had mercy on you. You should have had the same mercy on that other servant.’ 34 The master was very angry, and he put the servant in prison to be punished. The servant had to stay in prison until he could pay everything he owed.

35 “This king did what my heavenly Father will do to you if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

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Fifteenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Ezekiel 33:7-11, Galations 2:14-16Worship Folder

Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 18:15-20

When Someone Hurts You

18 “I can assure you that when you speak judgment here on earth, it will be God’s judgment. And when you promise forgiveness here on earth, it will be God’s forgiveness. 19 To say it another way, if two of you on earth agree on anything you pray for, my Father in heaven will do what you ask. 20 Yes, if two or three people are together believing in me, I am there with them.”

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Fourteenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Psalm 33Worship Folder

Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 16:21-28

Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection

22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “May you receive mercy, Lord! This will never happen to you.”

23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a snare[a] to me because you are not thinking the things of God, but the things of men.”

Take Up the Cross

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Thirteenth Sunday after PentecostBible Reading Exodus 34:5-10Worship Folder

Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 16:13-20

Jesus Is the Christ

14 They said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

15 He said to them, “But you, who do you say that I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell[a] will not overpower it.[b] 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be[c] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” 20 Then he commanded the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.

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Twelfth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Matthew 15:21-28Worship Folder

Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 15:21-28

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

23 But he did not answer her a word.

His disciples came and pleaded, “Send her away, because she keeps crying out after us.”

24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

25 But she came and knelt in front of him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

26 He answered her, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to their little dogs.”

27 “Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet their little dogs also eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

28 Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, your faith is great! It will be done for you, just as you desire.” And her daughter was healed at that very hour.

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Eleventh Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Isaiah 55:1-5, Matthew 14:13-21, Romans 8:35-39Worship Folder

Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Romans 8:35-39

35 What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 Just as it is written:

For your sake we are being put to death all day long.

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor rulers, neither things present nor things to come, nor powerful forces, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Tenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Psalm 136:7-9, Nehemiah 9:6 ,Romans 1:18-20, Acts 4:23-32Worship Folder

Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes to the heavens,

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Ninth Sunday after PentecostWorship Folder

Pastor John Melke

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Eighth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings 1 Kings 3:5-12, Matthew 13:44-52, 1 Timothy 6:17-21Worship Folder

Pastor John MelkeSermon text: 1 Timothy 6:17-19

17 Instruct those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but rather in God, who richly supplies us with all things for our enjoyment. 18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and willing to share. 19 In this way they are storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

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