Description
Luke 12:49-53, (54-56)
Jesus has been teaching his disciples and a large gathering. He has been encouraging them and telling them not to worry but to trust Him, to be ready for the Son of Man to return, for He will return when least expected. Jesus then speaks some difficult words to understand. He says he is bringing fire! And division, not peace! Families will be divided. He scolds the crowd and calls them hypocrites because they can read the weather but not the times.
We Lift Our Hearts in Worship
[Preservice options include video countdowns, worship song videos, welcomes), CDs, or live music.]
Welcome & Time of Greeting
Time of Praise and Worship
Yes He Can
Jeff Pardo | Logan Cain | Madison Jonson | Taylor Matz, © 2020 BrentHood Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) Meaux Mercy (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)All Essential Music (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC) Logan Cain Music (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC) Madison Cain Music (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC) Taylor Cain Music (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC)
I Believe (The Creed)
Ben Fielding, Matt Crocker, ©2014 Hillsong Music Publishing (Admin by Capitol CMG Publishing)
Counting on God
Jared Anderson, ©2007 Vertical Worship Songs
[Traditional Options]
Lord Jesus Christ, With Us Abide
LSB 585; LW 344
Jesus Lives! The Victory’s Won
ELW 621; LBW 133; LSB 490; LW 139
My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less
BH 75 337; CH 526; CHH 537; ELW 596; HFG 92; HLC 313; HSP 125; LBW 293,294; LSB 575; LW 368; NCH 403; PH 379; RH 419; UMH 368; WAR 405
Invocation
Pastor / Worship Leader
Praise be to the Lord!
Worshipers
The Lord of Heaven and Earth!
Pastor / Worship Leader
We give you all praise and honor. and glory!
Worshipers
Our Creator and our Savior!
Pastor / Worship Leader
You are the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!
Worshipers
Praise the Lord! Amen!
Opening Prayer / Theme Introduction
Pastor / Worship Leader
Heavenly Father, we thank you and praise you that it was your will to send your Son Jesus to us. We thank you Jesus for your sacrifice, your pain. We thank you for our salvation and our lives. We praise you for your teaching while you were on earth. For your example, your obedience to the Father. Help us Lord today to understand your word. What it means to bring fire to the earth. Why not peace? Why division? Help us Lord to recognize the times! To discern and to have clarity. To cling to You and the Gospel and to reject false teaching and prophecy. We pray in Your Holy Name.
Worshipers
Amen!
Time of Confession and Forgiveness
[Alternate location: following Message]
Pastor / Worship Leader
Lord, we confess our sins.
Worshipers
You are faithful and just.
Pastor / Worship Leader
We ask you to forgive us.
Worshipers
And purify us from unrighteousness.
Pastor / Worship Leader
Create in us a pure heart O God
Worshipers
And renew in us a steadfast spirit
Pastor / Worship Leader
Open my lips Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Worshipers
We are saved by the Grace of God! Thank you, Jesus! Amen!
We Hear God’s Word
[Read aloud both the introduction and Scripture]
First Reading Jeremiah 23:16-29
The Prophet Jeremiah gives Israel a word from the Lord regarding lying prophets. Prophets who fill with false hope, using words they say are from the Lord but are really of their own imaginations. God declares that the storm of the Lord will burst out and the purposes of His heart will be accomplished.
This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.17 They keep saying to those who despise me, ‘The Lord says: You will have peace. ‘And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’18 But which of them has stood in the council of the Lord to see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word? 19 See, the storm of the Lord will burst out in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.20 The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand it clearly.21 I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.22 But if they had stood in my council, they would have proclaimed my words to my people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds.23 “Am I only a God nearby, “declares the Lord, “and not a God far away?24 Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? “declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth? “declares the Lord. 25 “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? 27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship. 28 Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. 29 “Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
