Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin

Text: Luke 2:41-52

Text: Matthew 2:13-23

Text: Matthew 2:1-12

Text: Luke 2:25-40

Text: Luke 2:21-24

Study Notes: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xiE1ZOhyUFNjSMva1u_TXbSE4JjNyh2r

Christ Jesus has drawn you out of the devil’s kingdom. He has redeemed you by His sacrificial suffering and death on the cross of Golgotha. He has claimed you as His own through the washing of the water and the Word. You bear the mark of Christ, the holy cross on your forehead and heart. And you have been outfitted with the holy armaments of faith, clothed in Christ, shielded by faith, and the sword of the Spirit in your hands. The defeated enemy can hurl all his fiery arrows at you. He can prowl around like a lion seeking to devour. But He cannot take from you the only thing that matters, your greatest good: Jesus, His forgiveness, His resurrection, and His eternity.

Text: Genesis 46:1-7

Now, you are sons and daughters of the King, through the new circumcision of the heart, that is, faith. You have received this greater mark, giving you the new name, Christian. You are are marked by Holy Baptism, not with the removal of foreksin, but completely covered by Christ’s flesh. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. This free and precious gift of God is for all people, for all are one in Christ Jesus. There is neither Jew nor greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. God has put His name upon you, His people Israel, and He has blessed you. You are baptized. You are free. You are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise. You are marked and named—child of God.

Text: Luke 12:35-40