Easter 20:
Date: August 18, 2002
Theme:”THE WORD OF GOD” OUR ROLE GOD’S ROLE
1. Hear it — Wrote it
2. Study it — Bless it
3. Spread it — Grow it
– Mark 4:23-29
– Bernthal, Luke
The Order of Worship:
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 5 : Lord, Open Thou my Heart to Hear 
TLH 344 st. 1,2: Come, Let us Join our Cheerful Songs
TLH 294 : O Word of God Incarnate
TLH 46 : On What Has Now Been Sown
Scripture Readings:
Isaiah 55:6-11, 2 Corinthians 3:4-11
Theme: “THE WORD OF GOD” OUR ROLE GOD’S ROLE
1. Hear it — Wrote it
2. Study it — Bless it
3. Spread it — Grow it
Mark 4:23-29
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. 25 For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
The Parable of the Seed Growing
26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” (ESV)