Lent 4 Date: March 18, 2012
Theme: Christ Is Lifted Up As The Curse
– John 3:14-21
(Pastor John Hein)
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy: TLH, p 5 ff (Also available on laminated sheet in pew)
Hymns:
TLH 354: In the Cross of Christ I Glory
WS 760: Oh, Love, How Deep
TLH 245: God Loved the World So that He Gave
TLH 175: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Scripture Readings:
Numbers 21:4-9
Ephesians 2:4-10
Sermon Theme:
Christ Is Lifted Up As The Curse
John 3:14-21
(14) “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, (15) “that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. (16) “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (17) “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (18) “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (19) “And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (20) “For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. (21) “But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” (NKJVTM)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.