Month: October 2014

All Aboard the Ark of Salvation Genesis 6:5-22; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Wisdom of Solomon 14:1-7

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Post date 26 Oct 2014
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@Copyrighted by Troy Sybrant Sermon: All Aboard the Ark of Salvation Genesis 6:5-22; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Wisdom of Solomon 14:1-7 Sunday October 26, 2014

Scripture (Genesis 6:5-22; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Wisdom of Solomon 14:1-7)

Our first reading comes from the book of Genesis.

Listen for God’s word.

⁵The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.

⁶And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. ⁷So the Lord said, “I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created—people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

⁸But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord. ⁹These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. ¹⁰And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹¹Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. ¹²And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth.

¹³And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth. ¹⁴Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. ¹⁵This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. ¹⁶Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above; and put the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower, second, and third decks. ¹⁷For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. ¹⁸But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁹And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. ²⁰Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive. ²¹Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them.”

²²Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

Our second reading comes from the first letter of Peter.

¹⁸For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, ¹⁹in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, ²⁰who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.

²¹And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²²who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.

Our third reading comes from the Wisdom of Solomon.

¹Again, one preparing to sail and about to voyage over raging waves calls upon a piece of wood more fragile than the ship that carries him. ² For it was desire for gain that planned that vessel, and wisdom was the artisan who built it; ³ but it is your providence, O Father, that steers its course, because you have given it a path in the sea, and a safe way through the waves, ⁴showing that you can save from every danger, so that even a person who lacks skill may put to sea. ⁵ It is your will that works of your wisdom should not be without effect; therefore people trust their lives even to the smallest piece of wood, and passing through the billows on a raft they come safely to land. ⁶ For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing, the hope of the world took refuge on a raft, and guided by your hand left to the world the seed of a new generation. ⁷ For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes.

Here ends our readings. May God bless our hearing and understanding.

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Parting the Waters, Treading the Deep Matthew 14:22-32 Exodus 13:21-22 14:15-25 Sunday October 19, 2014

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Post date 19 Oct 2014
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@Copyrighted by Troy Sybrant Sermon: Parting the Waters, Treading the Deep Exodus 13:21-22, 14:15-25; Matthew 14:22-32 Sunday October 19 2014

Parting the Waters, Treading the Deep

SCRIPTURE:

Matthew 14:22-32

Jesus Walks on the Water:

²²Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. ²³After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, ²⁴and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

²⁵Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. ²⁶When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.

²⁷But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

²⁸“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

²⁹“Come,” he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. ³⁰But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

³¹Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”

³²And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. ³³Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

Exodus 13:21-22

²¹By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. ²²Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

Exodus 14:15-25

¹⁵Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. ¹⁶Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. ¹⁷I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. ¹⁸The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”

¹⁹Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, ²⁰coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.

²¹Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, ²²and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

²³The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. ²⁴During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. ²⁵He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”

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Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea Genesis 1:1-10, 20-21; Job 41:1-2, 7-34

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Post date 13 Oct 2014
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Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea

Genesis 1:1-10, 20-21; Job 41:1-2, 7-34

SCRIPTURE Genesis 1:1-10, 20-21

¹In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, ²the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.

³Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. ⁴And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. ⁵God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

⁶And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” ⁷So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. ⁸God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

⁹And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. ¹⁰God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

²⁰And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.” ²¹So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good.

Job 41:1-2, 7-34

¹“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or press down its tongue with a cord? ²Can you put a rope in its nose, or pierce its jaw with a hook? ⁷Can you fill its skin with harpoons, or its head with fishing spears? ⁸Lay hands on it; think of the battle; you will not do it again! ⁹Any hope of capturing it will be disappointed; were not even the gods overwhelmed at the sight of it? ¹⁰No one is so fierce as to dare to stir it up. Who can stand before it?

¹¹Who can confront it and be safe? —under the whole heaven, who? ¹²“I will not keep silence concerning its limbs, or its mighty strength, or its splendid frame. ¹³Who can strip off its outer garment? Who can penetrate its double coat of mail? ¹⁴Who can open the doors of its face? There is terror all around its teeth. ¹⁵Its back is made of shields in rows, shut up closely as with a seal. ¹⁶One is so near to another that no air can come between them. ¹⁷They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated. ¹⁸Its sneezes flash forth light, and its eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn. ¹⁹From its mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap out. ²⁰Out of its nostrils comes smoke, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes. ²¹Its breath kindles coals, and a flame comes out of its mouth. ²²In its neck abides strength, and terror dances before it. ²³The folds of its flesh cling together; it is firmly cast and immovable. ²⁴Its heart is as hard as stone, as hard as the lower millstone. ²⁵When it raises itself up the gods are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves. ²⁶Though the sword reaches it, it does not avail, nor does the spear, the dart, or the javelin. ²⁷It counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. ²⁸The arrow cannot make it flee; slingstones, for it, are turned to chaff. ²⁹Clubs are counted as chaff; it laughs at the rattle of javelins. ³⁰Its underparts are like sharp potsherds; it spreads itself like a threshing sledge on the mire. ³¹It makes the deep boil like a pot; it makes the sea like a pot of ointment. ³²It leaves a shining wake behind it; one would think the deep to be white-haired. ³³On earth it has no equal, a creature without fear. ³⁴It surveys everything that is lofty; it is king over all that are proud.”