2022-11-13 — When The Ransomed Of The LORD Return

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Church Year: Saints Triumphant:
Date: November 13, 2022

Theme: When The Ransomed Of The LORD Return

I. Then strength will replace weakness.
II. Then a lush garden will replace desert wasteland.
III. Then joy and gladness will replace sorrow and sighing.

– Isaiah 35:3-10

– Pastor: John Hein, Professor Paul Naumann

The Order of Worship: Bulletin

Liturgy: WS, p. 12 ff.

Hymns:

TLH 24 : Lord of my Life, Whose Tender Care Hymnary.org link
CDS & SS
TLH 605 : The World is Very Evil Hymnary.org link
TLH 616 : Forever with the Lord Hymnary.org link
TLH 660 : I'm But a Stranger Here Hymnary.org link

Scripture Readings:

1 Corinthians 15:20-28 Matthew 25:31-46

Theme: When The Ransomed Of The LORD Return

I. Then strength will replace weakness.
II. Then a lush garden will replace desert wasteland.
III. Then joy and gladness will replace sorrow and sighing.

Isaiah 35:3–10 ( Listen )

3    Strengthen the weak hands,
    and make firm the feeble knees.
4    Say to those who have an anxious heart,
    “Be strong; fear not!
  Behold, your God
    will come with vengeance,
  with the recompense of God.
    He will come and save you.”
5    Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
    and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
6    then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
    and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
  For waters break forth in the wilderness,
    and streams in the desert;
7    the burning sand shall become a pool,
    and the thirsty ground springs of water;
  in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down,
    the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
8    And a highway shall be there,
    and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
  the unclean shall not pass over it.
    It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
    even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. 1
9    No lion shall be there,
    nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
  they shall not be found there,
    but the redeemed shall walk there.
10    And the ransomed of the LORD shall return
    and come to Zion with singing;
  everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain gladness and joy,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Footnotes

[1] 35:8 Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it

( ESV )