Bethany Lutheran Church
Springdale, Arkansas
Worship, 10 AM Central Daylight
Pastor Gregory Jackson
The Confession of Sins
The Absolution
The Absolution
The Introit
Be not Thou far from me, O Lord: O my Strength, haste Thee to help me.
Save me from the lion’s mouth: and deliver me from the horns of the unicorns.
Psalm. My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? Why art Thou so far from helping Me?
The Kyrie p. 17
The Gloria in Excelsis
The Salutation
The Collect
Almighty and everlasting God, who hast sent Thy Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross that all mankind should follow the example of His great humility, mercifully grant that we may both follow the example of His patience and also be made partakers of His resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth, etc.
Gradual
Thou hast holden me by my right hand: Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel and afterward receive me to glory.
V. Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart: but as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well-nigh slipped; for I was grieved at the ungodly.
Tract. My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?
V. Why art Thou so far from helping Me: and from the words of My roaring?
V. I am a worm and no man: a reproach of men and despised of the people.
V. Be not Thou far from Me, O Lord; O My Strength, haste Thee to help Me.
V. I will declare Thy name unto My brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise Thee.
V. They shall come and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall be born: that He hath done this.
The Gospel
Glory be to Thee, O Lord!
Praise be to Thee, O Christ!
The Nicene Creed p. 22
Praise be to Thee, O Christ!
The Nicene Creed p. 22
Light and Darkness
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
The Hymn #341 Crown Him with Many Crowns
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
The Hymn #341 Crown Him with Many Crowns
Prayers and Announcements
- In our prayers - Dr. Kermit Way; Sarah Buck, Pastor James Shrader and Chris Shrader, Lito Cruz.
- Maundy Thursday Holy Communion, 7 PM Central Time.
- Good Friday Vespers, 7 PM.
- Easter Sunday Holy Communion. 10 AM.
KJV Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
KJV Matthew 21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9 And the multitudes t hat went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Palm Sunday
Almighty and everlasting God, who hast caused Thy beloved Son to take our nature upon Himself, that He might give all mankind the example of humility and suffer death upon the cross for our sins: Mercifully grant us a believing knowledge of this, and that, following the example of His patience, we may be made partakers of the benefits of His sacred passion and death, through the same, Thy beloved Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one true God, world without end. Amen.
Light and Darkness
KJV Matthew 21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
One of the advantages in the Fourth Gospel - among many - is to see how John gives us essential facts about His Passion. Decades ago I had a member say, "Where is this in John? Why haven't we been told?" Two essential points in John 11 and 12 show how frightened and angered the Jewish leaders were and the importance of Lazarus utterly dead, yet rising from death, joining Jesus, and being at the dinner.
John 11: 47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
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| John 12:1 | Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. |
| John 12:2 | There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. |
| John 12:9 | Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. The royal entrance can be experienced from two perspectives. First is the reference to the Scriptures. Secondly, Jesus is not there to cause riots and boast political authority but to assert His divinity for the benefit of the people and the consternation of the authorities. |
3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. Zechariah 9:9
This is a great battle, between the Messiah and the two enemy forces - the pagan Romans, whose empire was about to start caving in, and Israel, which was soon to be destroyed, only 40 years later.
- It was said that no one could defeat Jerusalem because of their position high up, its walls, and its abundance of water from beneath.
- The Temple of Jerusalem was the symbol of their literature, their worship, and their holiness. Circumvallation and panic turned glory into slavery.
For Jesus, it was a combination of expanding the Gospel but in the knowledge of the great sorrows to come, for the Savior most of all, but also for the disciples and the women, including His mother.
6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
People came out to meet Jesus and others followed Him from Bethany. People also wanted to see Lazarus, which was a combination of rising from the dead because of Jesus' Word, and proving the miracle for all to see. Lazarus was a wealthy person (note the very expensive grave) and therefore well known. People saw Lazarus and spread the rumor. KJV Romans 10:17 - "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9 And the multitudes t hat went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
The Son of David is a great honor, promised centuries before when God promised Abraham and Sarah a son, a miracle - and promised descendants as great as all the stars in the sky and the sands along the sea. King David inherited this faith, even with so many of his blunders and sins. That Promise continued on to Jesus and all of us who believe in Him.
