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Psalm 66:5: Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons
of men.
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Want to see something awesomely
amazing? Go watch a baptism. Go tell your pastor your sins and listen to Him
absolve you. Kneel at the Lord’s altar and eat and drink Jesus’ Body and Blood.
Sit and listen to a sermon proclaiming Christ crucified. What? You don’t think
that stuff is amazing? The Psalmist says it is. He says to “come and see the
works of God.”
The “works of God” aren’t things that the movies show: power and light
and magic and lighting and all of that stuff. The works of God are hidden.
Foolish. They look silly. A man beat up and hanging on a cross? A baby getting
water splashed on her. Seriously? Awesome? More like mundane. Same ol’
same ol’. But it’s not. Those are the awesome works of God.
Why are they so awesome? Because there, in the Divine Service where
you’ll be tomorrow, the Lord of heaven and earth unloads His gifts of
forgiveness, life and salvation on you. By water, word, Body and Blood, Jesus is
doing awesome things.
By those gifts, the same Lord who shed His blood on the cross and
rose triumphantly on Easter wipes out your sins and drives the devil away and
robs death of its sting.
The world looks for miracles and healings and strange things to
happen. Lots of preachers are out there telling people that those things are the
awesome works of the Lord. But the Lord hasn’t promised any of that. He has
promised by His means of grace to forgive your sins and bestow Jesus and His
gifts of life and salvation on you. What could be more awesome than that?
When you go to the Divine Service, look with the eyes of faith and you
will be amazed at the awesome things the Lord is doing by His powerful Word
and Sacraments. In the Name of Jesus. Amen.
The gifts Christ freely gives He gives to you and me To be His Church, His
bride, His chosen, saved, and free! Saints blessed with these rich gifts Are
children who proclaim That they were won by Christ And cling to His strong
name. (LSB 602:1)
of men.
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Want to see something awesomely
amazing? Go watch a baptism. Go tell your pastor your sins and listen to Him
absolve you. Kneel at the Lord’s altar and eat and drink Jesus’ Body and Blood.
Sit and listen to a sermon proclaiming Christ crucified. What? You don’t think
that stuff is amazing? The Psalmist says it is. He says to “come and see the
works of God.”
The “works of God” aren’t things that the movies show: power and light
and magic and lighting and all of that stuff. The works of God are hidden.
Foolish. They look silly. A man beat up and hanging on a cross? A baby getting
water splashed on her. Seriously? Awesome? More like mundane. Same ol’
same ol’. But it’s not. Those are the awesome works of God.
Why are they so awesome? Because there, in the Divine Service where
you’ll be tomorrow, the Lord of heaven and earth unloads His gifts of
forgiveness, life and salvation on you. By water, word, Body and Blood, Jesus is
doing awesome things.
By those gifts, the same Lord who shed His blood on the cross and
rose triumphantly on Easter wipes out your sins and drives the devil away and
robs death of its sting.
The world looks for miracles and healings and strange things to
happen. Lots of preachers are out there telling people that those things are the
awesome works of the Lord. But the Lord hasn’t promised any of that. He has
promised by His means of grace to forgive your sins and bestow Jesus and His
gifts of life and salvation on you. What could be more awesome than that?
When you go to the Divine Service, look with the eyes of faith and you
will be amazed at the awesome things the Lord is doing by His powerful Word
and Sacraments. In the Name of Jesus. Amen.
The gifts Christ freely gives He gives to you and me To be His Church, His
bride, His chosen, saved, and free! Saints blessed with these rich gifts Are
children who proclaim That they were won by Christ And cling to His strong
name. (LSB 602:1)