Church Year: Lent 2:
Date: March 5, 2023
Theme: Is My Account In Good Standing With God?
1. If by my works, then I’m in debt
2. If by God’s grace, then I’m blessed
– Romans 4:1-8
– Pastor: John Hein
Bulletin: Bulletin
Liturgy: WS, p. 12 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 389 : Not What these Hands have Done
TLH 330 : I Come to Thee, O Blessed Lord
TLH 377 st. 1-3,8-10: Salvation unto us has Come
Communion
WS 777 : Amazing Grace -- How Sweet the Sound
Scripture Readings:
Genesis 12:1-8 Passion HarmonyTheme: Is My Account In Good Standing With God?
1. If by my works, then I’m in debt2. If by God’s grace, then I’m blessed
Guest Speaker: Rev. Daniel Fleischer
Romans 4:1–8 (Listen)
Abraham Justified by Faith
4:1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”
(ESV)