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Order of Service - Pg. 15 Hymn #269 O Lord, Our Father, Shall We Be Confounded Hymn #265 Thine Honor Save, O Christ, our Lord Hymn #290 We Have a Sure Prophetic Word Readings Jeremiah 15:19-21 Romans 8:12-17 St. Matthew 7:15-23 Collect Grant to us, Lord, we beseech Thee, the Spirit to think and do always such things as are right, that we, who cannot do anything that is good without Thee, may by Thee be enabled to live according to Thy will; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Sermon on the Holy Gospel 1)          Once again Jesus warns us to beware false prophets. This is something critically important for the church to hear on a yearly basis. The temptation to complacency about doctrine and true fellowship is one that is ever-present. Most in the American church have given up on Jesus’ teaching in this text. Ecumenism, the belief...

Order of Service - Pg. 15 Hymn 41 Wondrous King, All-Glorious Hymn 437 Who Trusts in God a Strong Abode Hymn 370 My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less Readings Jeremiah 31:23-35 Romans 6:19-23 St. Mark 8:1-19 Collect O God, Whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in Heaven and Earth, we humbly beseech Thee to put away from us all hurtful things and give to us those things which be profitable for us; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Sermon 1)          The text for today’s sermon is the Epistle lesson from Romans chapter six. The lesson picks up in the middle of an argument so it is best if we look back a few verses, beginning with verse fifteen. Paul is answering the accusation that Christians, having died to the demands of the Law in their baptism, can go on sinning because they are no longer under the law bu...