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Worship at Good Shepherd on July 9, 2023. The sermon and Scripture lesson were from Romans 10.

Indeed Christ Jesus is the end — the fulfillment (telos) — of the law for righteousness to all who believe. Jesus fulfilled all righteousness for us and, through faith in His sufferings, death, and glorious resurrection, God “hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace” (Eph. 1:6-7).

If you believe Jesus’ words and trust in Him and His cross for pardon and forgiveness, take comfort! You will not be condemned on the day of judgment but have passed from death to life! But, if you do not believe Jesus’ words and do not trust in Jesus and His cross for pardon and forgiveness, you stand condemned already because you do not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God, your only Savior. Now is the time to repent and look to Jesus for pardon and forgiveness!

"What shall I do to inherit eternal life," an expert in Old Testament law asked Jesus to test Him. When Jesus directed him back to the law and to love for God and love for neighbor as the fulfillment of the law, the lawyer asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" The point of Jesus' telling of the Parable of the Good Samaritan may surprise you, but it reveals that none of us loves God or our neighbor as the law requires, and our only hope is in Jesus, our Savior.

Worship at Good Shepherd on July 2 with a sermon on Romans 9.

Jesus will be our judge on the last day. Those who honor Him and trust in His name will be spared in the judgment. Those who do not will be condemned on that day.

Those who hear and believe God's Word blessed

As God the Father raises the spiritually dead and gives them life through faith in Christ Jesus, so also God the Son gives life to whom He will through the preaching and hearing of His Word.

Are we like Jonah, not wanting to go where God sends us and do what He commands? Do we truly desire that all repent and look to God for mercy in Jesus Christ? Or do we take joy when evil comes upon our enemies? What does God say to us in this short Old Testament book about the ministry of the prophet Jonah?

Sermon is based on Romans 8:16-27, where we learn that we can expect suffering in this world as followers of Christ, that all of creation (us included) looks forward to the day when our bodies are changed into sinless bodies and the curse of sin is removed, and that the Holy Spirit comes to our aid in our weakness and intercedes for us in accord with God's perfect will.