St. Timothy Lutheran Church » Epiphany http://www.sainttimothy.org Sharing the Joy! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:56:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ©2011 St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Lombard IL hiddenvorlon@msn.com (St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church) hiddenvorlon@msn.com (St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church) 1440 http://www.sainttimothy.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg St. Timothy Lutheran Church http://www.sainttimothy.org 144 144 St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church: Sharing the Joy! A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lombard Illinois Podcast. This podcast contains sermons from our worship services. Religion, Jesus, Life, church, Christianity, Spirituality, Christ, God St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church hiddenvorlon@msn.com no no How We Approach God With Confidence http://www.sainttimothy.org/2012/01/09/how-we-approach-god-with-confidence/ http://www.sainttimothy.org/2012/01/09/how-we-approach-god-with-confidence/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:36:13 +0000 HiddenVorlon http://www.sainttimothy.org/?p=768 How We Approach God With Confidence

based on Ephesians 3:2-12
The Epiphany

]]> http://www.sainttimothy.org/2012/01/09/how-we-approach-god-with-confidence/feed/ 0 0:18:26 Epiphany sermon based on Ephesians 3:2-12 Epiphany sermon based on Ephesians 3:2-12 Podcast St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church no no Epiphany – The Baptism of Our Lord http://www.sainttimothy.org/2012/01/05/epiphany-the-baptism-of-our-lord/ http://www.sainttimothy.org/2012/01/05/epiphany-the-baptism-of-our-lord/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:57:30 +0000 HiddenVorlon http://www.sainttimothy.org/?p=751 This Sunday is the first in the season of Epiphany, which lasts six more weeks until Ash Wednesday, February 22.  The word “epiphany” means “manifestation” and especially emphasizes that Christ was manifest to the world as our Savior, and particularly to the non-Jewish world.

At the Baptism of Jesus, He was made manifest to the world as the One whom John the Baptist had been preparing for, namely the Messiah (The Anointed One).  He was anointed then as our Prophet, Priest, and King.  This is recounted in our Gospel lesson.

Jesus would go on to institute this sacred washing as a sacrament, a means by which the Holy Spirit would give and strengthen faith, wash away our sins, and impart the righteousness of Christ.  Through baptizing and teaching the church carries out the benediction of Isaiah upon the Christ, that God would make Him “a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.” (Isaiah 49:6)

We see this very thing carried out in our lesson from the Acts of the Apostles, where in the city of Philippi the jailor and his whole household were taught and baptized and came to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior.  To this day, God continues to work through the gospel and through the sacrament of Holy Baptism to give and strengthen faith, so that His kingdom comes and His will is done to the salvation of men, women, and children.

]]> http://www.sainttimothy.org/2012/01/05/epiphany-the-baptism-of-our-lord/feed/ 0 Sermon from 01-11-09 http://www.sainttimothy.org/2009/01/11/sermon-01-11-09/ http://www.sainttimothy.org/2009/01/11/sermon-01-11-09/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:38:54 +0000 HiddenVorlon http://www.sainttimothy.org/?p=195 HUMAN CHILD AND DIVINE SAVIOR

Making Himself known through…
I. His Humility
II. His Divinity
III. His Righteousness

]]> http://www.sainttimothy.org/2009/01/11/sermon-01-11-09/feed/ 0 0:22:18 HUMAN CHILD AND DIVINE SAVIOR Making Himself known through… I. His Humility II. His Divinity III. His Righteousness Share on Facebook HUMAN CHILD AND DIVINE SAVIOR Making Himself known through… I. His Humility II. His Divinity III. His Righteousness Share on Facebook Podcast St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church no no EPIPHANY http://www.sainttimothy.org/2009/01/08/epiphany/ http://www.sainttimothy.org/2009/01/08/epiphany/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:04:57 +0000 HiddenVorlon http://www.sainttimothy.org/?p=194 read more...]]> The word “epiphany” means “manifestation.”  During the epiphany season we reflect upon the ways in which Jesus, a humble child of Mary, was revealed as the Savior of the world, including the gentiles.  That is why the gospel texts for the season touch on such; His first miracle, at Cana, on His precocious wisdom at the age of 12 in Jerusalem.

The Epiphany emphasis is also upon Jesus’ manifestation to the gentiles, for He came not only for the Jews, but as “the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world.”  So the Festival of Epiphany itself celebrates the coming of the Magi, gentile scientist-philosophers from the east, to visit the newborn Jesus.  Another lesson features the gentile centurion of Capernaum, who demonstrated such great faith.

It is our calling to also be part of Christ’s epiphany.  We are called to make Jesus and His saving work manifest to the whole world. 

Think of the unmerited love that God has lavished on the human race, wanting to make each one of us His child!  He does this by giving His gifts, his promises of life and salvation.  He does this by revealing His son as the child in the manger, the savior on the cross, the victor over death outside the tomb – and then using that good news to work faith in our hearts.  For it is by faith that we receive what He gives – forgiveness of our sins, righteousness acceptable to God, and everlasting life.

We have received these gifts, and as Christians we want everyone else to have them.  The challenge is to overcome all the reluctance that is so much a part of us.  After all, what a terrible thing it would be that someone would miss out on the light of the gospel because we kept it to ourselves!

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