Midweek Lent:
Date: March 20, 2019
Theme: A Soldier’s Spear
– John 19:31-37
– ( Pastor Emeritus Paul Fleischer )
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy:
Hymns:
TLH 140 st. 1-5: Jesus, I Will Ponder Now 
TLH 157 : There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood
TLH 653 : Now the Light Has Gone Away
Theme: A Soldier’s Spear
John 19:31–37 (Listen)
Jesus’ Side Is Pierced
31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. 35 He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. 36 For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”
(ESV)