Ascension:
Date: May 25, 2017
Theme: Believe in Christ’s Baffling Ascension
– John 3:9-17
– ( Pastor John Hein )
The Order of Worship:
Liturgy: Matins TLH, p. 32 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 217 : Oh, Sing with Exultation 
TLH 215 : Draw Us to Thee
WS 738 : Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
TLH 559 : O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day
Scripture Readings:
Acts 1:1-11
Ephesians 1:16-23
Theme: Believe in Christ’s Baffling Ascension
John 3:9-17
9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
For God So Loved the World
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (ESV)