Bethany Lutheran Church
Maundy Thursday Holy Communion
7 PM Central
Pastor Gregory L. Jackson
The melodies are linked in the hymn name.
The lyrics are linked in the hymn number.
The Confession of Sins
The Absolution
The Introit p. 16
The Gloria Patri
The Kyrie p. 17
The Gloria in Excelsis
The Salutation and Collect p. 19
The Epistle and Gradual
The Gospel
Glory be to Thee, O Lord!
Praise be to Thee, O Christ!
The Nicene Creed p. 22
The Love of God Gave Us Freedom from Tyrants
Communion Hymn #311 Jesus Christ Our Blessed Savior - Huss was burned at the stake for opposing the pope.
The Preface p. 24
The Sanctus p. 26
The Lord's Prayer p. 27
The Words of Institution
The Agnus Dei p. 28
The Nunc Dimittis p. 29
The Benediction p. 31
Prayers and Announcements
- Ongoing Treatment - Kermit and Maria Way, Pastor Shrader and his wife Chris, Callie. Pray for those enduring emotional stress and trials, the likely cause for the Apostle Paul's thorn in the flesh.
- Pray for our country as the major trials continue. And help all those suffering from economic difficulties.
- Good Friday Vespers, 7 PM
- Easter Sunday Holy Communion, 10 AM
1 Corinthians 11
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
John 13
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
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The Love of God Gave Us Freedom from Tyrants
Normally, a sermon is built on a passage from the Scriptures and the message in those verses. Imagine this - which happened among our ancestors -
1. The Bible is only found in the pulpit and is written in Latin.
2. It is illegal, having a death penalty - to translate the Bible from Latin or its original languages - into our language.
3. All laws are based upon royalty and the Church leaders, so there are no human rights, only royal and church laws.
4. People are slaves to the monarch and the Church.
5. Those who disobey the rules about the Bible are put in miserable prisons, tortured, and burned at the stake.
We often talk about Luther during the Reformation, or at least sell cheap trinkets in his name, but there is one who is the Reformer's equal in the area of the Bible and translating it into the common tongue.
William Tyndale went to Oxford college when he was 12 years old and stayed for 8 years. In addition, he studied at Cambridge and became an expert in many languages. In a dispute with another clergyman, he said, ""I defy the Pope and all his laws; and if God spares my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy that driveth the plow to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost!"
Note the meaning behind "the boy that drives the plow." He was intending to translate the Bible expressly for those who could not read. Tyndale used one-syllable words and simple expressions, to give us the majestic King James Bible admired by all the great writers and universities, including Harvard. Note some of the praise given to the KJV, linked here.
That jumps ahead from Tyndale the potential translator to the KJV requested so that all the pulpit Bibles would be the same. Tyndale's opponent was King Henry VIII, loyal to the Pope (when he wanted to be) and an enemy of all heretics (by definition, anyone who opposed the Pope).
Tyndale went to Europe where he could print Bibles without being stopped or killed, but he began with Greek (New Testament) and Hebrew (Old Testament). Tyndale moved around to remain alive and get Greek New Testaments printed. He lived near Luther for a time but the facts are limited about how much he knew Luther and the Reformer's associates. Luther's work with the Bible and Tyndale's were similar in being accomplished by language experts of the highest ability, men who in effect created their language via the Bible and Shakespeare. (There is a German translated Shakespeare, which is almost as foundational as the English original.)
Tyndale used tactics to smuggle Greek and English versions into England, which were a hot commodity in a time when people longed for freedom and the truth of God's Word. One English church leaders raved against Tyndale and burned an enormous pile of Tyndale's Bible outside. This appalled people, who were used to people and objects being burned. This was a first - burning the Bible itself, the holy Word of God. That blasphemy, speaking against God Himself, marked a turning point in honoring the English Bible and giving freedom to the average person, demoting the royalty and the priesthood as dictators, slave-drivers, and torturers.
King Henry VIII eventually sent a false friend to seek out Tyndale and become friends in an attempt to arrest and bring him back to England for burning at the stake. (Synod leaders do the same with false friends, but they are not allowed to use capital punishment, thanks to Tyndale.)
He died at the stake, shouting, "Lord open the King's eyes!" in 1536. Edward VI, and Bloody Mary's reign came soon after, then Queen Elizabeth, then King James. Roughly 75% of the KJV Old and New Testaments came from Tyndale. His name was not mentioned in any Bible, but his work was there to prove how the greatest translator created a Bible for the boy at the plow, so that worker could remember and recite the Word of God.
Freedom of religion shook off the chains and demands of the Pope, so England became a Protestant country, and generated a Protestant empire around the world.
Persecution by the Roman Catholics led to people coming to America where they could enjoy religious freedom. The spark was Tyndale, who gave his life so we could have the freedom to read the Bible in our own language, not in Latin, not distorted by the false texts behind the Roman Catholic Bible, manufactured by the Jesuits - Rheims-Douai, where Genesis 3:15 became the foot of Mary, the "cloud-shaped foot" at Mt. Carmel.
What do hundreds of popes and micro-bishops demand now? They want any translation but the Tyndale/KJV. They love every text except the Masoretic Old Testament and the Apostolic (Textus Receptus or Byzantine) New Testament.
They have increased confusion and decreased faith.
Let's vote on it. The Bible most used and appreciated is the King James Version. Tyndale brought the pure Word of God into the English language and that KJV brings us to Christ, and Christ to us.
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