Lent 4:
Date: March 15, 2015
Theme: Solution to the Stinging Snakebite
– Numbers 21:4-9
– ( Pastor John Hein )
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 245 : God Loved the World so that He Gave 
TLH 171 st. 1,6-9: Upon the Cross Extended
TLH 394 : My Faith Looks Up to Thee
TLH 179 : On My Heart Imprint Thy Image
Scripture Readings:
John 3:14-21
Passion Account
Theme: Solution to the Stinging Snakebite
Numbers 21:4-9
The Bronze Serpent
4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.” 6 Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. 7 And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. (ESV)