Sermon by Rev. Jake Zabel of the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dalby, QLD, Australia on Matthew 2:1-12 for Epiphany 2020

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This is the Lord’s triumphal day,

Who through His death our death did slay:

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

He now comes forth in majesty;

Wherefore we sing eternally:

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

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Stripped of his power the devil lies,

His might destroyed, and lost his prize:

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

A hero strong this deed has done;

He felled His foe, and victory won:

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

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Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour blest,

Who givest sinners peace and rest:

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

O lead us by Thy grace so free

To endless joy and bliss with Thee.

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

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Jubilant thanks to Thee we give,

And in Thy kingdom yearn to live:

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

Through all our days be Thou our stay,

And we shall joyous tribute pay:

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

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Now to the Father on His throne,

To Christ our Lord, His only Son,

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

And to the Holy Ghost, we raise

Our hymn of honour, blessing, praise:

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

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Christ is arisen

Out of death’s dark prison.

O let us all rejoice today:

Christ shall be our hope and stay.

Lord, have mercy

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All our hopes were ended,

Had Jesus not ascended

From the grave triumphantly.

For this, Lord Christ, we worship Thee.

Lord, have mercy

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Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

O let us all rejoice today;

Christ shall be our hope and stay.

Lord, have mercy

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Christ the Lord is risen today,

Sons of men and angels say.

Raise your joys and triumphs high,

Sing, ye heavens; and earth, reply.

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Love’s redeeming work is done,

Fought the fight, the battle won

Lo, our sun’s eclipse is o’er!

Lo, He sets in blood no more!

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Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;

Christ has burst the gates of hell.

Death in vain forbids His rise;

Christ has opened Paradise.

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Lives again our glorious King:

Where, O death, is now thy sting?

Dying once, He all doth save:

Where thy victory, O grave?

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Soar we now where Christ has led,

Following our exalted head;

Made like Him, like Him we rise;

Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.

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Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!

Praise to Thee by both be given.

Thee we greet triumphant now;

Hail, the resurrection Thou!

Sermon by Rev. Jake Zabel of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dalby, Queensland, Australia on John 1:1-18

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Christ the Lord is risen today:

Christians, haste your vows to pay;

Offer ye your praises meet

At the paschal victim’s feet.

For the sheep the Lamb has bled,

Sinless in the sinner’s stead.

“Christ is risen!” today we cry;

Now He lives no more to die.

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Christ, the victim undefiled,

Man to God has reconciled;

Whilst in strange and awful strife

Met together death and life.

Christians, on this happy day

Haste with joy your vows to pay.

“Christ is risen!” today we cry;

Now He lives no more to die.

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Christ, who once for sinners bled,

Now the first-born from the dead,

Throned in endless might and power,

Lives and reigns for evermore.

Hail, eternal hope on high!

Hail, Thou King of victory!

Hail, Thou prince of life adored!

Help and save us, gracious Lord.

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Christ the Lord is risen again;

Christ has broken every chain.

Hark, the angels shout for joy,

Singing evermore on high,

Hallelujah!

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He who gave for us His life,

Who for us endured the strife,

Is our paschal Lamb today;

We too sing for joy, and say,

Hallelujah!

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He who bore all pain and loss

Comfortless upon the cross

Lives in glory now on high,

Pleads for us, and hears our cry.

Hallelujah!

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He who slumbered in the grave

Is exalted now to save;

Now through Christendom it rings

That the Lamb is King of kings.

Hallelujah!

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Now He bids us tell abroad

How the lost may be restored,

How the penitent forgiven,

How we too may enter heaven.

Hallelujah!

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Thou our paschal Lamb indeed,

Christ, today Thy people feed;

Take our sins and guilt away,

That we all may sing for aye,

Hallelujah!

On this episode Rev. Jake Zabel discusses the upcoming 2020 Queensland Election and the pro-life policies of the different political parties

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Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands,

For our offences given;

But now at God’s right hand He stands,

And brings us life from heaven;

Wherefore let us joyful be,

And sing to God right thankfully

Our songs of hallelujah.

Hallelujah! ‘

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It was a strange and dreadful strife

When life and death contended;

The victory remained with life,

The reign of death was ended;

Holy Scripture clearly saith

That death is swallowed up by death,

His sting is lost for ever.

Hallelujah!

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Here the true paschal Lamb we see,

Whom God so freely gave us;

He died on the accursed tree-

So strong His love! - to save us.

See, His blood doth mark our door,

Faith points to it, death passes o’er,

The murderer cannot harm us.

Hallelujah!

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So let us keep the festival

Whereto the Lord invites us;

Christ is Himself the joy of all,

The sun that warms and lights us.

By His grace He doth impart

Eternal sunshine to the heart;

The night of sin is ended.

Hallelujah!

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Then let us keep the feast today

That God Himself hath given,

And His pure Word shall do away

The old and evil leaven;

Christ alone our souls can feed,

He is our meat and drink indeed;

Our faith would seek no other.

Hallelujah!

Our panel for August 2020 is:

Rev. Shaun Manning, Naracoorte-Penola Lutheran Parish, South Australia, Australia (LCA)

Roland Adams, student at the Australian Lutheran College, Adelaide, South Australia (LCA)

Mitch Kitson, student at the Australian Lutheran College, Adelaide, South Australia (LCA)

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