Church Year: Pentecost 17:
Date: September 19, 2021
Theme: Jesus: Our Perfect Hearing Aid
– Mark 7:31-37
– Pastor: John Hein
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 358 : Lamb of God, We Fall Before Thee
TLH 374 : Grace! 'Tis a Charming Sound
TLH 364 : How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
Scripture Readings:
Isaiah 35:4-7 James 1:17-27Theme: Jesus: Our Perfect Hearing Aid
Mark 7:31–37 (Listen)
Jesus Heals a Deaf Man
31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36 And Jesus1 charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Footnotes
[1] 7:36
(ESV)