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

Text: Exodus 24:1-18

Jesus opened your ears and mouth when He baptized you. Jesus put His fingers into your ears, spoke to you, and washed your sins away. That's why, in the early church, the pastor would put his fingers into the candidate’s ears and say, “Ephphatha, be opened.” That is the great baptismal confession of the Church! When you were born, you couldn’t hear God’s words. But when you were reborn, Jesus “Ephphatha-ed" you. He opened your ears and mouth. When you were born, you couldn’t speak to God. But when you were reborn, Jesus “Ephphatha-ed" you. He opened your ears and mouth. He said, "Be opened!” And you confess Jesus as Lord and God.

Text: Mark 6:14-29

Text: Mt 25:31-46

Text: Mt 25:14-30

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Text: Matthew 25:1-13

Text: Matthew 24:43-51

Text: Matthew 24:32-42

Thank God I am baptized. Thank God I am forgiven. Thank God I am given faith. Thank God I am enlightened with the Word of God. Thank God He has kept me in this faith and given me the good confession. Thank God I am fed with Christ’s body and blood. Thank God I am saved. Thank God I am an inheritor of eternal life. Thank God I am His child. “Thank God that I am” is the right way, because that way is to look to Christ for every confidence of salvation.