Television Title Match: Bugsy McGraw © vs Black Bart

Michael Hayes vs Bart Gunn

‘Hot Stuff’ Eddie Gilbert vs T.D. Steele

Iceman King Parsons vs Cactus Jack

Chris Candido vs ‘Gentleman’ Chris Adams

Terry Gordy vs Billy Gunn

Bubba Ray Dudley & Stone Cold vs Great Muta & Sting

Genesis 7:19-20 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.

Was there a safe place for people outside the Ark? No. “The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.” How tall was the water? Fifteen cubits is about 270 inches or 22.5 feet over the mountains. The waters of the Flood rose to a level of a bit over 29,050 feet above sea level. That would be fifteen cubits above the tip of Mount Everest. Nowhere was a safe place except the Ark. The Church is today’s Ark. Amen.

The Sixth Commandment

You shall not commit adultery.

What does this mean?

We should fear and love God so that we do lead a sexually pure and decent life

in what we say and do, and husband and wife love and honor each other.

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Genesis 7:16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in.

After Noah and his family and all the animals were inside the Ark, God closed the door. The great door Noah had put in the side of the Ark was closed and kept closed by God’s almighty power.

God closes the door as both judgment and mercy. No one outside the Ark could open the door to get in. No one inside the Ark could fall out of the Ark. Those inside were safe. Those outside were condemned.

The Ark’s door gives us a picture of Jesus’ cross. Those in the shade of the cross will have everlasting life. Those not shaded by the cross will have everlasting death. Are you under the shadow of Jesus’ cross? Now is the time to seek its refuge and reward. Amen.

Liturgical Date: Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Calendar Date: October 9, 2022

Order of Service: Service of Prayer & Preaching

Hymns:

#398, "Hail to the Lord's Anointed"

#846, "Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old"

#855, "For All the Faithful Women" (with verse 7)

#845, "Where Charity and Love Prevail"

Sermon Theme: The Moabite Queen

Sermon Text: Ruth 1:1-19

Other Lectionary Readings: 

Psalm 111

2 Timothy 2:1-13

Luke 17:11-19

Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

When God sent forth the Flood, it was not only rain from the sky that fell. “The fountains of the great deep burst forth.” The reservoirs beneath the earth burst forth. Very likely, this formed a tsunami wave that broke upon the whole earth. This is also very likely how the earth broke into the continents we have now. The breaking forth of the water from under the earth was likely the bulk of the water that stood upon the earth.

But the rain came down as well. “The windows of the heavens were opened.” This was likely the first time rain fell on the earth. And it was a torrential downpour. The water came upon the earth from above and below. Amen.

Liturgical Date: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Calendar Date: October 2, 2022

Order of Service: Divine Service 1

Hymns:

#614, "'As Surely As I Live,' God Said"

#850, "God of Grace and God of Glory"

#637, "Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord"

#629, "What Is This Bread"

#630, "Now, My Tongue, the Mystery Telling"

#720, "We Walk by Faith"

Sermon Theme: Unworthy Servants

Sermon Text: Luke 17:1-10

Other Lectionary Readings: 

Psalm 62

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

2 Timothy 1:1-14

"In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me." (Psalm 120:1)

"I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?" (Psalm 121:1)

"I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the LORD!'" (Psalm 122:1)

"Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till He has mercy upon us." (Psalm 123:2)

"Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth." (Psalm 124:8)

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Renaissance Coliseum

Contract Signing: Sting (5/31/23)

Trade: Jimmy Golden for ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams (HCW) [7/19/23]

Television Title Match: Bugsy McGraw © vs Buzz Sawyer

Non-Title Match: ‘Nightmare’ Ken Wayne & Italian Stallion vs Blackjacks

T.D. Steele & Jimmy Wang Yang vs Rough  & Ready

‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams vs Gino Hernandez

Badd Company vs Cowboy Ron Bass & Black Bart

#1 Contender for Illinois Heavyweight Title Match: Chris Candido vs ‘Hot Stuff’ Eddie Gilbert vs Cactus Jack vs Iceman King Parsons

Interview: Bubba Ray Dudley & Stone Cold challenge Sting & Muta to a match

World Tag Team Titles Streetfight: Smokin’ Gunns © vs Fabulous Freebirds

You shall not murder.

What does this mean?

We should fear and love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his

body, but help and support him in every physical need.

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