Pastor Tige
Series Introduction - Lent is a season of reflection and renewed faith in the miracle of Jesus’ birth, life, death, resurrection, ascension and his promised coming again in glory. Through Advent and Christmas we prepared our lives for his arrival, “Ready or Not Here He Comes.” And in Epiphany we witnessed his glory, “glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14) — “Here’s Jesus!” For the next six weeks we will follow Jesus to the pinnacle of his glory, revealed surprisingly, shockingly, on the cross and there we humbly pray, “Let Us Ever Walk With Jesus.”
As We Gather - In Martin Luther’s Small Catechism he wrote in the explanation to the 6th Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “Lead us not into temptation” — God tempts no one. We pray in this petition that God would guard and keep us so that the devil, the world, and our sinful nature may not deceive us or mislead us into false belief, despair, and other great shame and vice. Although we are attacked by these things, we pray that we may finally overcome them and win the victory. Jesus' victory over Satan in the wilderness gives us assurance that the evil foe indeed has no power over us. He is defeated by the cross and Jesus’ resurrection from the dead.