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The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Today’s Reading: John 16:5-15
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 20:1-16, 22-27; Luke 11:37-54
“He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” (John 16:14–15)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. It is Holy Thursday evening. The Last Supper has been celebrated, and they are about to go to the Garden of Gethsemane. Before they do, though, Jesus gives His disciples one more word of comfort: the promise of the Holy Spirit.
It might seem strange that Jesus has to go away in order for the Holy Spirit to come, but that’s how God works. He has a plan beyond our knowledge, a way to save His people and spread the Gospel to untold multitudes that can only be fulfilled if Jesus treads this dark path to garden, cross, and tomb. What the Holy Spirit will bring to them is nothing less than the full might and power and strength of the Word of the Living God. Almighty God Himself will declare to these fledgling preachers the fullness of His saving Word through the Holy Spirit. They, in turn, will deliver it to the next generation, and so on.
Down through the centuries, never being diluted or losing its power, the things of Jesus are received by His servants and declared to the next generation of hearers for their comfort, forgiveness, and salvation. This is how you hear of Jesus. Countless generations before have gathered where Jesus promised to be and the Holy Spirit called, gathered, and enlightened. Now, you do the same. You hear the voice of your Good Shepherd declared by the one the Holy Spirit has called to deliver it to you. And in the declaration of those things of God, you receive something greater than anything else on this earth. Into your ears flow the forgiveness of your sins, salvation from sin, death, and the devil, and the life everlasting: the very things Jesus went ahead of you to gain, on that path to His Cross. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
O God, You make the minds of Your faithful to be of one will. Grant that we may love what you have commanded and desire what You promise, that among the many changes of this world our hearts may be fixed where true joys are found; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Collect for the Fifth Sunday of Easter)
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By Higher Things®Today’s Reading: John 16:5-15
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 20:1-16, 22-27; Luke 11:37-54
“He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” (John 16:14–15)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. It is Holy Thursday evening. The Last Supper has been celebrated, and they are about to go to the Garden of Gethsemane. Before they do, though, Jesus gives His disciples one more word of comfort: the promise of the Holy Spirit.
It might seem strange that Jesus has to go away in order for the Holy Spirit to come, but that’s how God works. He has a plan beyond our knowledge, a way to save His people and spread the Gospel to untold multitudes that can only be fulfilled if Jesus treads this dark path to garden, cross, and tomb. What the Holy Spirit will bring to them is nothing less than the full might and power and strength of the Word of the Living God. Almighty God Himself will declare to these fledgling preachers the fullness of His saving Word through the Holy Spirit. They, in turn, will deliver it to the next generation, and so on.
Down through the centuries, never being diluted or losing its power, the things of Jesus are received by His servants and declared to the next generation of hearers for their comfort, forgiveness, and salvation. This is how you hear of Jesus. Countless generations before have gathered where Jesus promised to be and the Holy Spirit called, gathered, and enlightened. Now, you do the same. You hear the voice of your Good Shepherd declared by the one the Holy Spirit has called to deliver it to you. And in the declaration of those things of God, you receive something greater than anything else on this earth. Into your ears flow the forgiveness of your sins, salvation from sin, death, and the devil, and the life everlasting: the very things Jesus went ahead of you to gain, on that path to His Cross. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
O God, You make the minds of Your faithful to be of one will. Grant that we may love what you have commanded and desire what You promise, that among the many changes of this world our hearts may be fixed where true joys are found; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Collect for the Fifth Sunday of Easter)