Trinity 6

In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Holy Ten Commandments show us the Christian standard of love. It is the Christian standard because the Commandments were given by the Lord and were fulfilled by Him, the Christ, in our flesh. It is the standard of love, because in the two tables of the Law, the two groupings, the first three and the remaining seven, God speaks and tells us what love of Him and what love of neighbor are and what they look like. He spoke all these words on Sinai as He gaveRead More →

✠ Psalmody: Psalm 28:8-9; 1a; Psalm 90:13, 1; Psalm 47:1; Psalm 17:5, 6b–7a; Psalm 27:6b ✠ Lection: Exodus 20:1–17; Romans 6:3-11; Matthew 5:20-26 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Lord Jesus says, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.” He spoke these blessed words to His disciples as they had pressed upon Him when He gave the Sermon on the Mount. This is early in His ministry, showing that He still had much to teach,Read More →