Pentecost 21:
Date: October 18, 2015
Theme: We Will Serve the Lord
1. There is No Other Option
2. The Lord is Our Only Help
– Joshua 24:1-2,14-18
– ( Seminarian Stephan Sonnenfeld )
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 55 : Come, Thou Precious Ransom, Come 
TLH 625 : Oh, Blest the House Whate'er Befall
TLH 380 : Thy Works, not Mine, O Christ
TLH 36 : Now Thank We all Our God
Scripture Readings:
Ephesians 6:10-20
John 6:56-69
Theme: We Will Serve the Lord
1. There is No Other Option
2. The Lord is Our Only Help
Joshua 24:1-2
The Covenant Renewal at Shechem
24:1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.
Joshua 24:14-18
Choose Whom You Will Serve
14 “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods, 17 for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight and preserved us in all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed. 18 And the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.” (ESV)