Church Year: Pentecost 20:
Date: October 23, 2022
Theme: Pray For Real Treasure
1. WHY WE PRAY FOR REAL TREASURE
2. WHAT THAT TREASURE TRULY IS
– Luke 18:9-17
– Pastor: John Hein and Seminarian Paul Agenten
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 1 : Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty
TLH 456 : Approach, my Soul, the Mercy Seat
TLH 323 : With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh
Scripture Readings:
Daniel 9:15-18 1 Corinthians 15:1-10Theme: Pray For Real Treasure
1. WHY WE PRAY FOR REAL TREASURE2. WHAT THAT TREASURE TRULY IS
Luke 18:9–17 (Listen)
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed1 thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Let the Children Come to Me
15 Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 17 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Footnotes
[1] 18:11
(ESV)