November 3, 2024 | TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Enter the Kingdom of God by the Love of Christ, Who Has Fulfilled the Law for You True and lasting life is found only in the Lord our God. Fear, love and trust in Him, therefore, “with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” As His Words are spoken to you, so “teach them diligently to your children,” and lay them upon your heart “all the days of your life,” confessing them as “you walk by the way” (Deut 6:2–7). To love the one true God above all else, and “your neighbor as yourself,” is the sum of the whole Law…
PINNACLE LUTHERAN CHURCH | “Love your neighbor as yourself, can we, do it? …this year?”
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OPENING HYMN: #677 – For All the Saints (v. 1, 2, 3, 8)
HYMN of the DAY: #673 – Jerusalem, My Happy Home (vs 1-4)
CLOSING HYMN: #670 – Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
PINNACLE LUTHERAN CHURCH
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
“How Difficult is it to Enter the Kingdom of God”
October 20, 2024
+ AS WE GATHER +
Enter the Kingdom of God by the Love of Christ, Who Has Fulfilled the Law for You
True and lasting life is found only in the Lord our God. Fear, love and trust in Him, therefore, “with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” As His Words are spoken to you, so “teach them diligently to your children,” and lay them upon your heart “all the days of your life,” confessing them as “you walk by the way” (Deut 6:2–7). To love the one true God above all else, and “your neighbor as yourself,” is the sum of the whole Law, which is fulfilled in Christ Jesus (Mark 12:29–31). In perfect love for His Father, and in love for His neighbors, He has gone to the cross and poured out His life, “much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices,” that we might draw near and enter “the kingdom of God” in Him (Mark 12:33–34). For He is the merciful and great High Priest who “offered Himself without blemish to God,” who thus secured an eternal redemption for all “by means of His own blood” (Heb. 9:11–14). “This is the blood of the covenant,” which is for you, for the forgiveness of all your sins (Heb. 9:20–22).
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING
HYMN: #677 – For All the Saints (v. 1, 2, 3, 8)
INVOCATION, p. 167
P In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
REMEMBRANCE OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
P In joyful expectation of the resurrection to life eternal, we remember before the Lord our departed family and friends who have gone before us in faith and all those who are in our hearts and minds this day.
(reading of names)
P Let us pray.
Almighty God, we remember with thanksgiving those who loved and served You in Your Church on earth and who now rest from their labors. Keep us in fellowship with all Your saints, and bring us at last to the joy of Your heavenly kingdom; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
CONFESSION and ABSOLUTION, p. 167
P If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
C But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Silence for reflection on God’s Word and for self-examination.
P Let us then confess our sins to God our Father.
C Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.
P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
+ SERVICE OF THE WORD +
INTROIT Psalm 89:1–4; antiphon: Psalm 9:1
(spoken responsively as marked)
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn to David my servant:
‘I will establish your offspring forever,
and build your throne for all generations.’”
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen.
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
KYRIE, LSB 168
P In peace let us pray to the Lord.
P For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray to the Lord.
P For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord.
P For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise let us pray to the Lord.
P Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
HYMN OF PRAISE – This Is the Feast, p. 171
P This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia.
SALUTATION and COLLECT OF THE DAY, p. 172
P The Lord be with you.
P Let us pray.
Lord Jesus Christ, our great High Priest, cleanse us by the power of Your redeeming blood that in purity and peace we may worship and adore Your holy name; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
OLD TESTAMENT READING, Deuteronomy 6:1–9
1“Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the just decrees that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, 2that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. 3Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
4“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
A This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
PSALM, Psalm 119:1–8; antiphon: v. 5 (read responsively by verse)
Aleph
1Blessèd are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord!
2Blessèd are those who keep his testimonies,
who seek him with their whole heart,
3who also do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!
4You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.
5Oh that my ways may be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!
6Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
7I will praise you with an upright heart,
when I learn your just and righteous decrees.
8I will keep your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me!
EPISTLE, Hebrews 9:11–14
11When Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. 13For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, 14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
A This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
Alleluia and Verse, LSB 173
HOLY GOSPEL, Mark 12:28–37
P The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the twelfth chapter.
28One of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that [Jesus] answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. 33And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
35And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 36David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared,
“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet.’
37David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.
P This is the Gospel of the Lord.
HYMN of the DAY: #673 – Jerusalem, My Happy Home (vs 1-4)
SERMON: “Love your neighbor as yourself, can we, do it? …this year?
Mark 12:28-37
NICENE CREED LSB 158
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth
and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of His Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven
and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried.
And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures
and ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of the Father.
And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord and giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified,
who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church,
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,
and I look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life T of the world to come. Amen.
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life T everlasting. Amen.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
After each petition: P … Lord, in Your mercy:
C hear our prayer.
At conclusion: P … one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
OFFERING
OFFERTORY LSB 159
PREFACE LSB 160
P The Lord be with you.
P Lift up your hearts,
P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
PROPER PREFACE
P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who on this day overcame death and grave and by His glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:
SANCTUS LSB 161
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
P Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross.
Gathered in the name and the remembrance of Jesus, we beg You, O Lord, to forgive, renew, and strengthen us with Your Word and Spirit. Grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament. Gather us together, we pray, from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, which has no end. Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve us. To You alone,
O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
LORD’S PRAYER Matthew 6:9–13 LSB 162
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen.
THE WORDS OF OUR LORD
P Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”
In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
Pax Domini LSB 163
P The peace of the Lord be with you always.
AGNUS DEI LSB 163
DISTRIBUTION
POST-COMMUNION CANTICLE: Nunc Dimittis LSB 165
Post-Communion Collect LSB 166
P Let us pray.
O God the Father, the fountain and source of all goodness, who in loving-kindness sent Your only-begotten Son into the flesh, we thank You that for His sake You have given us pardon and peace in this Sacrament, and we ask You not to forsake Your children but always to rule our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit that we may be enabled constantly to serve You; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C Amen
Benediction
P The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look upon you with favor and T give you peace
CLOSING HYMN: #670 – Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
DISMISSAL
Pastor: Go in peace as you serve the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God!
POSTLUDE MUSIC to God!
Creative Worship for the Lutheran Parish, Series C, Quarter 3. Copyright © 2022 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
