8/1/2021 - The Holy Spirit Gives Us Life Everlasting
SEASON OF PENTECOST
We are presently in the season of the church year called the Sundays after Pentecost. Pentecost Day (Acts 2:1-41) is celebrated seven weeks after Easter and marks the birth of the Christian Church. The Sundays after Pentecost emphasize the life of the Church and the life of the Christian in light of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Third Article
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
What does this mean?
I believe that I cannot by my own thinking or choosing believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to him. But the Holy Spirit has called me by the gospel, enlightened me with his gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith. In the same way he calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian Church on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith. In this Christian Church he daily and fully forgives all sins to me and all believers. On the Last Day he will raise me and all the dead, and give eternal life to me and all believers in Christ. This is most certainly true.
June 6: The Holy Spirit is True God
June 13: The Holy Spirit Reveals Christ’s Saving Work
June 20: The Holy Spirit Works Through the Means of Grace
June 27: The Holy Spirit Makes Us Holy in God’s Sight
July 4: The Holy Spirit Has Enlightened Us with His Gifts
July 11: The Holy Spirit Gathers all Believers into One Spiritual Body
July 18: The Holy Spirit Enables His Church To Do Good Works
July 25: The Holy Spirit Points Us to the Resurrection of the Body
August 1: The Holy Spirit Gives Us Life Everlasting
FIRST READING: Genesis 3:22-24
SECOND READING: Revelation 22:1-9
GOSPEL: John 14:1-6
SERMON: Revelation 21:3-4 "Heaven Will Be Worth the Wait"
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