Church Year: Pentecost 10:
Date: August 17, 2025
Theme: God’s Word Or Dreams: Which Do You Want?
1 . The false prophets offer only the worthless dreams of their own ideas
2 . The true prophets offer the precious truth of God’s Word
– Jeremiah 23:21-28
– Professor: Paul Naumann
Bulletin:
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 285 : How Precious Is the Book Divine
TLH 357 : Jesus, Thou Art Mine Forever
TLH 292 st. 1-4: Lord Jesus Christ, With Us Abide
WS 780 : Dear Lord, to Your True Servants Give
Scripture Readings:
Hebrews 11:17-31,12:1-3 Luke 12:49-56Theme: God’s Word Or Dreams: Which Do You Want?
1 . The false prophets offer only the worthless dreams of their own ideas2 . The true prophets offer the precious truth of God’s Word
– Jeremiah 23:21-28
“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. 22 But if they had stood in My counsel, And had caused My people to hear My words, Then they would have turned them from their evil way And from the evil of their doings. 23 “Am I a God near at hand,” says the LORD, “And not a God afar off? 24 Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the LORD; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD. 25 “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26 “How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, 27 “who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal. 28 “The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the LORD. (NKJVTM)