Worship at Good Shepherd on Aug. 21, 2022.

How often should we forgive a brother or sister who sins against us? Jesus' answer: "I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven."

As God’s people under Moses were to circumcise their sons and teach their children to know the LORD God and love Him, so also God commands parents today to bring their children to Him in baptism and to bring them up “in the nurture and admonition of the Lord" (Eph. 6:4).

Sermon covers Hebrews 4 where we are told to fear and take heed lest we also come short of obtaining the rest promised to all those who believe the promises of God's Word and look to Christ and His cross for pardon and forgiveness.

We have, by our sins, crucified the LORD's Christ and the only way we can be saved is to repent and be baptized in the name of Messiah Jesus for the full and free remission of all our sins.

What do you do when the situation seems hopeless? Certainly, the situation must have seemed hopeless for Jesus' disciples; He had told them to feed the multitudes of people, and they only had five small loaves of bread and two fish with which to feed this crowd of over five thousand.

Have you ever wondered what kind of body you will have in the resurrection – what you will be like? It’s hard even to begin to imagine what we will be like on that day when Jesus Christ returns and raises up those who have died trusting in His name and changes the living who trust in Him for forgiveness and life.

Since the holy Son of God took on flesh and blood and redeemed us with His blood, shed on the cross, the devil can no longer successfully accuse us when we despair of our own faulty works and righteousness under the law and flee in faith to the cross of Jesus for refuge; through faith in the crucified and risen Christ, our sins are covered and washed away in Jesus’ shed blood!

But need we be afraid of the troubles of life? God's Word tells us: “But now thus says the LORD who created you, O Jacob, and he who formed you, O Israel: ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.’”

Ezekiel’s message? The soul who sins shall die, whether father or son. But those who repent of their wicked ways will be pardoned and live!