Sermon Tone Analysis

Collect of the Day

O God, Your divine wisdom sets in order all things in heaven and on earth.

Put away from us all things hurtful and give us those things that are beneficial for us; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Isa 53.4-12

notes: (not in LCMS) the best part of the best chapter in Isaiah, "he carried our weaknesses and our sorrows weighed him down..."

Response Psa 91.14

Psa 91.9-16

notes: (not in LCMS) This is about rescue, and 11-12 are the verses the devil uses to tempt Jesus to test God.

But there is a correct and right use of those verses.

I think most of the commentaries say it is not automatic that no evil befalls the Christian, ie God is not a vending machine or these verses magic words that become and incantation, but it is generally true that we are protected.

Also since God is sovereign, when bad things do happen to believers we need to search for God's way of coming through and eventually out of that valley of deepest gloom (shadow of death).

Heb 5.1-10

notes: (not in LCMS) Christ is the perfect and high priest, but even he did not just assume that office but was chosen and appointed by God.

God heard his prayers "because of his deep reverence for God."

How about us?

Gospel Acclamation Mrk 10.45

Mrk 10.35-45

notes: (23-31, not even overlapping.

The earlier in the chapter LCMS passage is about how difficult it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God, and Jesus saying what people consider impossible is possible with God.

Then Peter saying to the Lord that they (the disciples) have given up everything to follow Jesus, and Jesus replies that those kinds of people haven't really given up things and lead a barren and poor life but have a one hundred times as good a life and when before we had not yet yielded all to the Lord.