Debra K. Brazzel - "Nothing but the Essentials" (March 8, 1992)
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(organ music) | 0:01 | |
- | Welcome to Duke chapel on this | 1:13 |
first Sunday in the season of lent. | 1:16 | |
5:00 p.m. today Carole Terry, the renowned organist, | 1:20 | |
will be offering a free concert | 1:26 | |
here in the chapel and you're invited. | 1:28 | |
On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, | 1:31 | |
Doctor Ted Peters from the | 1:34 | |
Lutheran School of Religion in California | 1:36 | |
will be our guest to speak twice. | 1:39 | |
7:30 p.m. once on Tuesday, once on Wednesday, | 1:42 | |
On the New Age Spirituality | 1:48 | |
and on Wednesday on satanism in America | 1:51 | |
and it's challenge for Christians. | 1:56 | |
That'll be in York chapel at the Divinity School | 1:58 | |
and all are invited this Tuesday and Wednesday. | 2:01 | |
This afternoon we're going to commission | 2:05 | |
75 Duke students and their leaders | 2:08 | |
on three different work teams. | 2:11 | |
These are Duke students who will spend their | 2:13 | |
Spring Break in Honduras or Washington, D.C., | 2:15 | |
or Lumberton, North Carolina, serving the church, | 2:20 | |
ministering to the poor, learning and studying | 2:24 | |
about the situations there. | 2:28 | |
They are going at their own expense and time | 2:31 | |
but they are going also with the generous support | 2:35 | |
of the offerings of Duke chapel. | 2:37 | |
I think we've got some of the leaders | 2:40 | |
from these teams if you would stand up | 2:41 | |
this morning and come over here | 2:43 | |
and you can see some of their leaders | 2:45 | |
and representatives of these teams. | 2:49 | |
We pray God's blessings upon you | 2:52 | |
as you go forth in our name and in God's name | 2:53 | |
to minister and we hope that this will be | 2:57 | |
a marvelously productive experience. | 3:01 | |
Ollie Jenkins here, who is the United Methodist | 3:04 | |
campus minister, began our work teams a couple of years ago. | 3:06 | |
It has been a project which has grown tremendously | 3:10 | |
and we thank all of you and we will | 3:13 | |
be commissioning you this evening at six, thank you. | 3:15 | |
As is our custom, we began the first Sunday of Lent | 3:20 | |
in prayer with the Great Litany which comes to us | 3:23 | |
from the Anglican tradition. | 3:26 | |
A rich, traditional prayer interceding in Jesus' name | 3:29 | |
for the needs of the world. | 3:34 | |
Our choir will lead us, please join in the responses. | 3:36 | |
Let us stand. | 3:39 | |
Please join me in the greeting. | 3:43 | |
Create in me a clean heart, oh God. | 3:44 | |
Congregation | And renew a right spirit within me. | 3:48 |
Open my lips oh Lord. | 3:51 | |
Congregation | That my mouth shall proclaim your praise. | 3:54 |
♪ Oh God the father ♪ | 3:58 | |
♪ Creator of heaven and earth ♪ | 4:00 | |
♪ Have mercy on us ♪ | 4:03 | |
♪ Oh God the son ♪ | 4:07 | |
♪ Redeemer of the world ♪ | 4:09 | |
♪ Have mercy on us ♪ | 4:12 | |
♪ Oh the Holy Ghost sanctifier of the faithful ♪ | 4:15 | |
♪ Have mercy on us ♪ | 4:22 | |
♪ O holy blessed and glorious Trinity one God ♪ | 4:26 | |
♪ Have mercy on us ♪ | 4:32 | |
♪ Remember not Lord Christ our offenses ♪ | 4:35 | |
♪ Nor the offenses of our forebears ♪ | 4:40 | |
♪ Neither reward us according to our sins ♪ | 4:43 | |
♪ Spare us good Lord spare thy people ♪ | 4:48 | |
♪ Whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood ♪ | 4:52 | |
♪ And by thy mercy preserve us for ever ♪ | 4:57 | |
♪ Spare us good Lord ♪ | 5:02 | |
♪ From all evil and wickedness from sin ♪ | 5:05 | |
♪ From the crafts and assaults of the devil ♪ | 5:10 | |
♪ And from everlasting damnation ♪ | 5:13 | |
♪ Good Lord deliver us ♪ | 5:18 | |
♪ From all blindness of heart ♪ | 5:21 | |
♪ From pride vainglory and hypocrisy ♪ | 5:24 | |
♪ From envy hatred and malice ♪ | 5:28 | |
♪ And from all want of charity ♪ | 5:32 | |
♪ Good Lord deliver us ♪ | 5:36 | |
♪ From all inordinate and sinful affections ♪ | 5:39 | |
♪ And from all the deceits of the world ♪ | 5:43 | |
♪ The flesh and the devil ♪ | 5:47 | |
♪ Good Lord deliver us ♪ | 5:50 | |
♪ From all false doctrine heresy and schism ♪ | 5:53 | |
♪ From hardness of heart and contempt ♪ | 5:58 | |
♪ Of thy Word and commandment ♪ | 6:01 | |
♪ Good Lord deliver us ♪ | 6:05 | |
♪ From lightning and tempest ♪ | 6:08 | |
♪ From earthquake fire and flood ♪ | 6:11 | |
♪ From plague pestilence and famine ♪ | 6:14 | |
♪ Good Lord deliver us ♪ | 6:19 | |
♪ From all oppression conspiracy and rebellion ♪ | 6:22 | |
♪ From violence battle and murder ♪ | 6:27 | |
♪ And from dying suddenly and unprepared ♪ | 6:31 | |
♪ Good Lord deliver us ♪ | 6:37 | |
♪ By the mystery of thy holy incarnation ♪ | 6:40 | |
♪ By thy holy nativity and submission to the law ♪ | 6:44 | |
♪ By thy baptism fasting and temptation ♪ | 6:49 | |
♪ Good Lord deliver us ♪ | 6:55 | |
♪ By thine agony and bloody sweat ♪ | 6:59 | |
♪ By thy cross and passion ♪ | 7:02 | |
♪ By thy precious death and burial ♪ | 7:05 | |
♪ By thy glorious resurrection and ascension ♪ | 7:09 | |
♪ And by the coming of the Holy Ghost ♪ | 7:13 | |
♪ Good Lord deliver us ♪ | 7:18 | |
♪ In all time of our tribulation ♪ | 7:22 | |
♪ In all time of our prosperity ♪ | 7:25 | |
♪ In the hour of death and in the day of judgment ♪ | 7:29 | |
♪ Good Lord deliver us ♪ | 7:35 | |
♪ We sinners do beseech thee to hear us O Lord God ♪ | 7:39 | |
♪ And that it may please thee to rule ♪ | 7:44 | |
♪ and govern thy holy church universal in the right way ♪ | 7:47 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 7:54 | |
♪ That it may please thee ♪ | 7:58 | |
♪ To illumine all bishops priests and deacons ♪ | 8:00 | |
♪ With true knowledge and understanding of thy Word ♪ | 8:04 | |
♪ And that both by their preaching and living ♪ | 8:09 | |
♪ They may set it forth and show it accordingly ♪ | 8:13 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. ♪ | 8:18 | |
♪ That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people ♪ | 8:23 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 8:30 | |
♪ That it may please thee to send forth laborers ♪ | 8:34 | |
♪ Into thy harvest and to draw all people into thy kingdom ♪ | 8:38 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 8:45 | |
♪ That it may please thee to give to all people ♪ | 8:50 | |
♪ Increase of grace to hear and receive thy Word ♪ | 8:53 | |
♪ And to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit ♪ | 8:58 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 9:03 | |
♪ That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth ♪ | 9:07 | |
♪ All such as have erred and are deceived ♪ | 9:12 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 9:17 | |
♪ That it may please thee to give us ♪ | 9:22 | |
♪ A heart to love and fear thee ♪ | 9:25 | |
♪ And diligently to live after thy commandments ♪ | 9:28 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 9:34 | |
♪ That it may please thee so to rule ♪ | 9:39 | |
♪ The hearts of thy servants ♪ | 9:42 | |
♪ the President of the United States ♪ | 9:45 | |
♪ And all others in authority ♪ | 9:48 | |
♪ That they may do justice and love mercy ♪ | 9:52 | |
♪ And walk in the ways of truth ♪ | 9:57 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 10:00 | |
♪ That it may please thee to make wars to cease ♪ | 10:05 | |
♪ In all the world to give to all nations ♪ | 10:09 | |
♪ unity peace and concord ♪ | 10:14 | |
♪ and to bestow freedom upon all peoples, ♪ | 10:19 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 10:24 | |
♪ That it may please thee ♪ | 10:28 | |
♪ To show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives ♪ | 10:30 | |
♪ The homeless and hungry ♪ | 10:35 | |
♪ And all who are desolate and oppressed ♪ | 10:38 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 10:43 | |
♪ That it may please thee to give and preserve ♪ | 10:48 | |
♪ To our use the bountiful fruits of the earth ♪ | 10:51 | |
♪ So that in due time all may enjoy them ♪ | 10:56 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 11:01 | |
♪ That it may please thee to inspire us ♪ | 11:05 | |
♪ In our several callings to do the work ♪ | 11:09 | |
♪ Which thou givest us to do ♪ | 11:13 | |
♪ With singleness of heart as thy servants ♪ | 11:15 | |
♪ And for the common good ♪ | 11:18 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 11:22 | |
♪ That it may please thee to preserve all ♪ | 11:27 | |
♪ Who are in danger by reason ♪ | 11:30 | |
♪ Of their labor or their travel ♪ | 11:32 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 11:36 | |
♪ That it may please thee to preserve ♪ | 11:40 | |
♪ And provide for all women in childbirth ♪ | 11:43 | |
♪ Young children and orphans widowed ♪ | 11:49 | |
♪ And all whose homes are broken or torn by strife ♪ | 11:52 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 11:59 | |
♪ That it may please thee to visit the lonely ♪ | 12:03 | |
♪ To strengthen all who suffer in mind body and spirit ♪ | 12:07 | |
♪ And to comfort with thy presence ♪ | 12:13 | |
♪ Those who are failing and infirmed ♪ | 12:15 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 12:19 | |
♪ That it may please thee to support help ♪ | 12:24 | |
♪ And comfort all who are ♪ | 12:28 | |
♪ in danger necessity and tribulation ♪ | 12:29 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 12:35 | |
♪ That it may please thee to have mercy upon all people ♪ | 12:39 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 12:44 | |
♪ That it may please thee to give us true repentance ♪ | 12:48 | |
♪ To forgive us all our sins negligences and ignorances ♪ | 12:52 | |
♪ And to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit ♪ | 12:58 | |
♪ To amend our lives according to thy holy Word ♪ | 13:02 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 13:07 | |
♪ That it may please thee ♪ | 13:11 | |
♪ To forgive our enemies persecutors and slanderers ♪ | 13:13 | |
♪ And to turn their hearts ♪ | 13:18 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 13:21 | |
♪ That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand ♪ | 13:25 | |
♪ To comfort and help the weak-hearted ♪ | 13:30 | |
♪ And to raise up those who fail ♪ | 13:34 | |
♪ And finally to beat down Satan under our feet ♪ | 13:37 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 13:43 | |
♪ That it may please thee to grant to all ♪ | 13:47 | |
♪ The faithful departed eternal life and peace ♪ | 13:50 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 13:56 | |
♪ That it may please thee to grant that ♪ | 14:00 | |
♪ In the fellowship all the Saints ♪ | 14:02 | |
♪ We may attain to thy heavenly kingdom ♪ | 14:06 | |
♪ We beseech thee to hear us good Lord ♪ | 14:10 | |
♪ Son of God we beseech thee to hear us ♪ | 14:14 | |
♪ Son of God we beseech thee to hear us ♪ | 14:19 | |
♪ Oh Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world ♪ | 14:24 | |
♪ Have mercy upon us ♪ | 14:30 | |
♪ Oh Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world ♪ | 14:33 | |
♪ Have mercy upon us ♪ | 14:38 | |
♪ Oh Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world ♪ | 14:41 | |
♪ Grant us thy peace ♪ | 14:47 | |
♪ O Christ hear us ♪ | 14:50 | |
♪ O Christ hear us ♪ | 14:53 | |
♪ Lord have mercy upon us ♪ | 14:56 | |
♪ Christ have mercy upon us ♪ | 14:59 | |
♪ Lord have mercy upon us ♪ | 15:02 | |
♪ Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy Name ♪ | 15:06 | |
♪ Thy kingdom come thy will be done ♪ | 15:12 | |
♪ On earth as it is in heaven ♪ | 15:16 | |
♪ Give us this day our daily bread ♪ | 15:19 | |
♪ And forgive us our trespasses ♪ | 15:22 | |
♪ As we forgive those who trespass against us ♪ | 15:25 | |
♪ And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil ♪ | 15:29 | |
♪ For Thine is the kingdom ♪ | 15:35 | |
♪ And the power and the glory forever amen ♪ | 15:37 | |
♪ Oh Lord let thy mercy be showed upon us ♪ | 15:44 | |
♪ As we do put our trust in Thee ♪ | 15:49 | |
♪ Let us pray ♪ | 15:53 | |
♪ Almighty God, who hast promised to hear ♪ | 15:55 | |
♪ The petitions of those who ask in thy Son's Name ♪ | 15:58 | |
♪ We beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ear ♪ | 16:03 | |
♪ To us who have now made our prayers and supplications ♪ | 16:07 | |
♪ Unto thee and grant that those things ♪ | 16:12 | |
♪ Which we have asked faithfully according to thy will ♪ | 16:16 | |
♪ May be obtained effectually ♪ | 16:20 | |
♪ To the relief of our necessity ♪ | 16:23 | |
♪ And to the setting forth of thy glory ♪ | 16:27 | |
♪ Through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen ♪ | 16:31 | |
♪ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ ♪ | 16:37 | |
♪ And the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost ♪ | 16:40 | |
♪ Be with us all evermore Amen ♪ | 16:45 | |
- | Let us pray together the Prayer for Illumination. | 17:07 |
Congregation | Open our hearts and our minds oh God | 17:11 |
by the power of your Holy Spirit. | 17:14 | |
So that as the Word is read and proclaimed | 17:16 | |
we might hear with joy what you say | 17:21 | |
to us this first Sunday of Lent, amen. | 17:23 | |
- | The first reading is taken from | 17:41 |
the book of Deuteronomy, the 26th chapter | 17:43 | |
starting with the 1st verse. | 17:46 | |
"When you have come into the land that the Lord your God | 17:50 | |
"is giving you as an inheritance to possess | 17:53 | |
"and you possess it and settle in it, | 17:56 | |
"you shall take some first of all the fruit of ground | 18:00 | |
"which you harvest from the land | 18:04 | |
"the Lord your God is giving you. | 18:06 | |
"And you shall put it in a basket | 18:09 | |
"and go to the place that the Lord your God | 18:11 | |
"will choose as a dwelling for his name. | 18:13 | |
"You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time | 18:17 | |
"and say to him, 'Today I declare to the Lord your God | 18:21 | |
"that I have come into the land | 18:26 | |
"that the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.' | 18:28 | |
"When the priest takes the basket from your hand | 18:33 | |
"and sets it down before the altar of the Lord your God | 18:36 | |
"you shall make this response before the Lord your God. | 18:40 | |
"'A wandering Aramean was my ancestor. | 18:46 | |
"He went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien | 18:50 | |
"few in number and there he became | 18:53 | |
"a great nation, mighty and populous. | 18:56 | |
"When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us | 19:02 | |
"by imposing hard labor on us, we cried to the Lord, | 19:05 | |
"the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice | 19:10 | |
"and saw our affliction, our toil and our oppression. | 19:15 | |
"The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand | 19:21 | |
"and an outstretched arm, | 19:24 | |
"with a terrifying display of power, | 19:26 | |
"and with signs and wonders. | 19:29 | |
"And he brought us into this place, and gave us this land, | 19:32 | |
"a land flowing with milk and honey. | 19:36 | |
"So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground | 19:40 | |
"That you, oh Lord, have given me.' | 19:44 | |
"You shall it down before the Lord your God | 19:48 | |
"and bow down before the Lord your God | 19:52 | |
"Then you together with the Levites and the aliens | 19:55 | |
"who reside among you shall celebrate with all | 19:59 | |
"the bounty that the Lord your God has given to you | 20:02 | |
"and to your house." | 20:07 | |
This is the Word of the Lord. | 20:09 | |
Congregation | Thanks be to God. | 20:12 |
- | The Psalm for today is number 91, verses 9 through 16, | 20:24 |
found on page 811 in your hymnal. | 20:29 | |
Please stand and join in singing responsively. | 20:32 | |
♪ Because you have made the Lord your refuge ♪ | 20:43 | |
♪ The Most High your habitation ♪ | 20:47 | |
♪ No evil shall befall you ♪ | 20:51 | |
♪ No scourge come near your tent ♪ | 20:55 | |
♪ For God will give his angels charge over you ♪ | 20:59 | |
♪ To guard you in all your ways ♪ | 21:04 | |
♪ They will bear you up on their hands ♪ | 21:08 | |
♪ Lest you dash your foot against a stone ♪ | 21:13 | |
♪ You will tread on the lion and the adder ♪ | 21:18 | |
♪ The young lion and the serpent ♪ | 21:23 | |
♪ You will trample under foot. ♪ | 21:26 | |
♪ Because they cleave to me in love I will deliver them ♪ | 21:30 | |
♪ I will protect them because they know my name ♪ | 21:37 | |
♪ When they call to me I will answer them ♪ | 21:43 | |
♪ I will be with them in trouble ♪ | 21:49 | |
♪ I will rescue them and honor them ♪ | 21:51 | |
♪ I will satisfy them with long life ♪ | 21:56 | |
♪ And show them my salvation ♪ | 22:01 | |
♪ All glory be to you creator ♪ | 22:06 | |
♪ And to Jesus Christ our savior ♪ | 22:09 | |
♪ And to the Holy Spirit life's Trinity ♪ | 22:13 | |
♪ As it was e'er time began ♪ | 22:19 | |
♪ Is now and will be forevermore ♪ | 22:24 | |
Cantor | You may be seated | 22:33 |
♪ Sancta Mater ♪ | 22:55 | |
♪ Istud agas ♪ | 23:00 | |
♪ Crucifíxi fige plagas ♪ | 23:05 | |
♪ Cordi meo válide ♪ | 23:12 | |
♪ Tui Nati vulnerati ♪ | 23:31 | |
♪ Tam dignati pro me pati ♪ | 23:40 | |
♪ penas mecum penas mecum divide ♪ | 23:55 | |
♪ Fac me tecum pie flere ♪ | 24:04 | |
♪ Crucifixo condolere ♪ | 24:11 | |
♪ Donec ego ♪ | 24:17 | |
♪ Vixero donec ego ♪ | 24:20 | |
♪ Juxta Crucem tecum stare ♪ | 24:27 | |
♪ Et me tibi sociare ♪ | 24:33 | |
♪ In planctu ♪ | 24:40 | |
♪ Desidero desidero ♪ | 24:43 | |
♪ Virgo virginum proclara ♪ | 24:52 | |
♪ Mihi iam non sis amara ♪ | 25:00 | |
♪ Virgo virginum proclara ♪ | 25:07 | |
♪ Mihi iam non sis amara ♪ | 25:16 | |
♪ Virgo virginum proclara ♪ | 25:26 | |
♪ Fac me tecum plangere ♪ | 25:36 | |
♪ Plangere ♪ | 25:46 | |
♪ Fac me tecum plangere ♪ | 26:01 | |
- | This reading is taken from the Gospel | 26:44 |
according to Saint Luke, the fourth chapter | 26:46 | |
starting with the first verse. | 26:49 | |
"Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan | 26:53 | |
"and was led by the spirit in the wilderness | 26:58 | |
"where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. | 27:01 | |
He ate nothing at all during those days, | 27:06 | |
"and when they were over, he was famished. | 27:09 | |
"The devil said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, | 27:13 | |
"command this stone to become a loaf of bread.' | 27:18 | |
"Jesus answered him, 'It is written, | 27:22 | |
"one does not live by bread alone.' | 27:26 | |
"Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant | 27:30 | |
"All the kingdoms of the world, and the devil said to him, | 27:33 | |
"'To you I will give their glory and all this authority | 27:40 | |
"for it has been given over to me, | 27:44 | |
"and I give it to anyone I please. | 27:46 | |
"If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.' | 27:49 | |
"Jesus answered him, 'It is written, | 27:55 | |
"Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.' | 27:59 | |
"Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, | 28:05 | |
"and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, | 28:08 | |
"saying to him, 'If you are the Son of God, | 28:10 | |
"Throw yourself down from here for it is written, | 28:15 | |
"He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you | 28:20 | |
"and on their hands they will bear you up, | 28:25 | |
"so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.' | 28:27 | |
"Jesus answered him, 'It is said, | 28:31 | |
"do not put the Lord your God to the test.' | 28:36 | |
"When the devil had finished every test, | 28:42 | |
"he departed from him until an opportune time." | 28:45 | |
This is the word of the Lord. | 28:50 | |
Congregation | Thanks be to God. | 28:53 |
- | Jesus had been baptized in the River Jordan | 29:08 |
and while he was praying, | 29:12 | |
heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit | 29:14 | |
descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. | 29:17 | |
And a voice came out of heaven, | 29:22 | |
"Thou art my beloved son, in thee I am well pleased." | 29:24 | |
Jesus' baptism was the first time | 29:31 | |
he was acknowledged as the Son of God. | 29:34 | |
And it was the background setting | 29:37 | |
for his temptation by the forces of evil | 29:39 | |
in our narrative today. | 29:42 | |
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan | 29:45 | |
and was led by the sprit in the wilderness. | 29:51 | |
Luke tells us he was in the wilderness 40 days. | 29:54 | |
It was during this time of solitude and isolation | 29:59 | |
that Jesus was confronted by the forces of evil | 30:03 | |
personified in Luke's gospel by the devil. | 30:08 | |
Now the concept of the devil is somewhat difficult | 30:12 | |
for us to accept, given our 20th Century worldview. | 30:15 | |
We tend to picture the devil as a comic figure | 30:19 | |
in red leotards with horns and a pitchfork, | 30:22 | |
frequently seen on Saturday Night Live. | 30:25 | |
It makes great comedy, but most of us don't take the idea | 30:29 | |
of an evil being out to capture our souls very seriously. | 30:33 | |
Yet the devil in the wilderness | 30:39 | |
is the symbol of evil, | 30:43 | |
and his attempts to tempt Jesus | 30:46 | |
can be seen as part of the cosmic struggle | 30:48 | |
between good and evil. | 30:52 | |
The encounter in the wilderness | 30:54 | |
may have been within Jesus' own mind and soul. | 30:56 | |
But Jesus discovered that the power of evil | 31:01 | |
is real and potent. | 31:03 | |
It is a power against which every human being | 31:07 | |
and even the Son of God must contend | 31:10 | |
because we've been given the freedom | 31:14 | |
to choose between good and evil. | 31:15 | |
Jesus had not eaten a thing in 40 days | 31:20 | |
and when they were over he was famished. | 31:23 | |
The devil said to him, | 31:27 | |
"If you are the Son of God, command this stone | 31:29 | |
"to become a loaf of bread." | 31:33 | |
What a subtle thing evil can be. | 31:37 | |
After all, everyone must eat to survive. | 31:40 | |
Surely the Son of God wasn't being asked to starve. | 31:45 | |
Jesus was tempted to secure a legitimate end | 31:50 | |
through illegitimate means, | 31:54 | |
to use God's power to meet his own needs. | 31:57 | |
But this temptation was not about | 32:01 | |
Jesus' immediate need only. | 32:03 | |
One of Israel's expectations for their Messiah was a leader | 32:07 | |
who could turn stones into manna, someone like Moses. | 32:10 | |
A leader who would provide a great banquet for Israel. | 32:16 | |
By performing this sign Jesus could have proved | 32:20 | |
his divinity and met the instinctive desire | 32:24 | |
all people have for better conditions of life, | 32:28 | |
for some relative abundance instead of poverty. | 32:32 | |
He could have become and economic messiah, | 32:37 | |
dedicated to improving their material conditions | 32:39 | |
without doing anything to alleviate their spiritual poverty. | 32:43 | |
The devil tried to appeal to Jesus' compassion. | 32:49 | |
Jesus had experienced hunger first hand. | 32:53 | |
And he knew how it forces one's attention | 32:57 | |
to the immediate, material need. | 33:00 | |
He knew that physical depravation | 33:03 | |
often dulls the senses to the higher claims of life. | 33:05 | |
Hunger is a genuine need, | 33:11 | |
and God desires people to be fed. | 33:15 | |
But it is not the most important thing. | 33:18 | |
What they needed most was spiritual nourishment. | 33:22 | |
Seek ye first the kingdom of God | 33:26 | |
and all these things will be added unto you. | 33:29 | |
Through this first temptation Jesus clarified | 33:34 | |
that he could not be a messiah of economics. | 33:37 | |
For Israel needed bread for its soul | 33:41 | |
much more than bread for its body. | 33:44 | |
He responded to the tempter, | 33:47 | |
"It is written, one does not live by bread alone." | 33:50 | |
But the devil doesn't give up easily. | 33:56 | |
He next led him up and showed him | 33:59 | |
all the kingdoms of the world in an instant. | 34:01 | |
And the devil said to him, | 34:05 | |
"To you I will give their glory and all this authority | 34:07 | |
"for it has been given over to me | 34:12 | |
"and I give it to whomever I please. | 34:14 | |
"If you then will worship me it will all be yours." | 34:17 | |
There were many in Israel who hoped that the messiah | 34:24 | |
would come as a conqueror to deliver them | 34:27 | |
from the oppression of Rome and bring them to world power. | 34:30 | |
The devil offered Jesus world domination. | 34:35 | |
Jesus never doubted the devil's ability | 34:41 | |
to deliver this power because he knew | 34:44 | |
that the temporal kingdoms are under the influence | 34:46 | |
of the power of evil. | 34:50 | |
The tempter offered Jesus the opportunity | 34:52 | |
to be the messiah who would satisfy the patriotic passion | 34:55 | |
of his people and bring Israel to world power. | 34:59 | |
Many would try to make Jesus this kind of king | 35:04 | |
but he understood that to accept power | 35:08 | |
was to worship the one who gives power | 35:11 | |
and all that he stands for. | 35:15 | |
Jesus understood that power is always purchased at a cost. | 35:18 | |
Jesus answered the tempter, | 35:26 | |
"It is written, worship the God of Israel, | 35:29 | |
"the Lord your God alone and serve only him." | 35:33 | |
Rebuffed, but not beaten, | 35:39 | |
the devil then tried to tempt Jesus a third time | 35:42 | |
by taking him to Jerusalem and placing him | 35:46 | |
on the pinnacle of the Temple. | 35:48 | |
And saying to him, | 35:51 | |
"If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here | 35:52 | |
"for it is written, 'He will command his angels | 35:56 | |
"'concerning you to protect you and on their hands | 35:59 | |
"'they will bear you up | 36:03 | |
"'so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.'" | 36:04 | |
The devil changed tactics in this temptation. | 36:09 | |
Jesus had consistently quoted Scripture | 36:13 | |
as he sought to discern God's will and resist temptation. | 36:16 | |
So this time the tempter also quoted Scripture | 36:20 | |
to strengthen the appeal of his temptation. | 36:24 | |
He was inviting Jesus to put God to the test, | 36:28 | |
to make God act on his behalf | 36:32 | |
and publicly demonstrate Jesus' divinity, | 36:35 | |
to use God's power for his own glorification. | 36:39 | |
The devil was tempting Jesus to put conditions on his faith. | 36:44 | |
If you want me to obey you | 36:49 | |
then you must prove yourself by protecting me. | 36:51 | |
The lure of conditional faith is always strong. | 36:56 | |
I'll believe as long as I prosper. | 37:00 | |
If you want me to obey then give me what I want. | 37:04 | |
Bad things never happen to good people. | 37:09 | |
But Jesus knew that he wasn't given spiritual power | 37:14 | |
for his own protection and glorification. | 37:17 | |
To worship God was to trust God | 37:21 | |
and leave the results in God's hands even unto death. | 37:25 | |
Jesus answered Satan, | 37:32 | |
"It is said, do not put the Lord your God to the test." | 37:35 | |
When the devil had finished every test | 37:41 | |
he departed from him until an opportune time. | 37:44 | |
Would this end the temptations Jesus faced? | 37:48 | |
No, these same temptations would be repeated | 37:52 | |
throughout Jesus' ministry. | 37:55 | |
He would have to reaffirm his determination | 37:57 | |
not to let his concern for people's physical well-being | 38:00 | |
divert him from a greater ministry to their empty souls. | 38:04 | |
He would have to resist more than once | 38:08 | |
the fierce pressure of nationalistic desire | 38:11 | |
by those who wanted to take him by force and make him king, | 38:14 | |
by those who wanted him to assume power, whatever the cost. | 38:18 | |
And he would have to resist repeatedly, | 38:23 | |
the temptation to save himself | 38:26 | |
from pain, agony, and ultimately, death. | 38:28 | |
So the struggle was not ended in the wilderness. | 38:34 | |
But the essential victory was won. | 38:38 | |
Jesus' decisions had been so deep | 38:41 | |
and sure that they could not afterward | 38:44 | |
be taken by surprise or shaken. | 38:46 | |
So what difference does this make to us? | 38:51 | |
We know that Jesus is the Messiah. | 38:55 | |
We know that Jesus overcame temptations in the wilderness. | 38:58 | |
After all, who would expect anything less | 39:03 | |
from the Son of God. | 39:05 | |
But what does this have to do with us? | 39:08 | |
Wilderness experiences are not for Christ alone. | 39:13 | |
Through this period of testing, | 39:18 | |
Jesus came to understand who he was called to be, | 39:20 | |
what he was called to do, | 39:24 | |
and what he would give his life for. | 39:26 | |
Sometimes it is also necessary for us to go with Christ | 39:30 | |
into the wilderness | 39:36 | |
to figure out what and who God is calling us to be. | 39:37 | |
Sometimes we must withdraw into solitude and quiet | 39:43 | |
to discern what is important | 39:49 | |
and what we are willing to give our lives to. | 39:51 | |
Lent is a time in the Christian year | 39:56 | |
when we follow the spirit into the wilderness. | 39:59 | |
Like Jesus' sojourn, it too is 40 days. | 40:03 | |
It is a time when we prepare ourselves to die with Christ | 40:08 | |
so that we might be raised with him. | 40:12 | |
It is a time of reflection, when we strip away | 40:15 | |
all that is extraneous in life so we can see | 40:19 | |
and affirm the essentials. | 40:23 | |
As Jesus was tested in the wilderness, | 40:26 | |
so too we will be tested. | 40:29 | |
In these times of testing God confronts us | 40:33 | |
with decisions difficult to make | 40:35 | |
and lets us hear the plausible voices of false alternatives | 40:39 | |
in order that we may learn to discern the truth | 40:44 | |
and commit ourselves in obedience to God. | 40:48 | |
Like Jesus, we also must confront the reality of evil, | 40:53 | |
not the devil in red tights | 40:58 | |
but that reality which has a grip on human life and society. | 41:00 | |
Lest any of us doubt the reality of the power of evil, | 41:06 | |
turn on the evening news any day of the week. | 41:11 | |
You'll see rape, murder, fraud, racism, starvation, and war, | 41:14 | |
visible signs of evil's grip on our world. | 41:21 | |
Ask the families of the victims of Jeffrey Dahmer. | 41:26 | |
They don't doubt; they have suffered the effects of evil. | 41:30 | |
Ask the prisoners of conscience who fill the world's jails. | 41:37 | |
They know first hand what evil individuals and governments | 41:41 | |
will practice to maintain power. | 41:45 | |
Ask the grandmothers raising their children's children | 41:49 | |
because the parents have been lost to drugs. | 41:53 | |
They too have experienced evil's insidious seduction. | 41:57 | |
Most of us prefer to deny the existence of evil, | 42:03 | |
to close our eyes to the evidence around us, | 42:07 | |
to turn away from its consequences, to minimize its power. | 42:11 | |
After all, we've never been tempted | 42:16 | |
by this kind of blatant evil. | 42:18 | |
It has no hold on us. | 42:21 | |
We aren't murderers, oppressors, addicts. | 42:23 | |
The temptation to see ourselves as immune | 42:28 | |
from evil's influence is strong. | 42:30 | |
But whenever we deny evil, we give it power over us | 42:34 | |
and participate in it through our silent complicity. | 42:39 | |
This was not Jesus' way. | 42:45 | |
Jesus didn't deny evil. | 42:48 | |
Jesus confronted the devil, who symbolized the full power | 42:51 | |
of evil, head on, and he was victorious over it | 42:56 | |
because he trusted in God's power. | 43:01 | |
When we are called into the wilderness | 43:05 | |
during this Lenten season, we too must confront | 43:07 | |
the reality of evil and its temptations in all its forms. | 43:10 | |
Evil always appeals to us in ways that are most inviting. | 43:17 | |
We must decide whether we will be seduced by its promise | 43:23 | |
of material abundance, power, or self glorification. | 43:26 | |
What will we worship? | 43:32 | |
What will we give our lives to? | 43:34 | |
Will we listen to the voices that promise prestige, | 43:38 | |
success, human respect, | 43:42 | |
pleasure, power, and influence? | 43:45 | |
Or will we listen to God's word and God's promises? | 43:50 | |
We must decide whether we will follow God's way | 43:56 | |
or the way of the world. | 43:59 | |
When Jesus went into the wilderness he didn't go alone, | 44:02 | |
he was led by the spirit and he was sustained by the spirit | 44:08 | |
during this time of testing | 44:13 | |
and through all the trials of his life and death. | 44:15 | |
Whenever he encountered evil in any form, | 44:19 | |
he relied upon God's word and God's power | 44:22 | |
to carry him through. | 44:26 | |
Ultimately, he knew that the love of God and our obedience | 44:28 | |
to God are all that matter in life. | 44:32 | |
And with nothing more than faith, | 44:37 | |
he conquered death and the power of evil. | 44:40 | |
Jesus teaches us that when we are called | 44:44 | |
into the wilderness, it is an opportunity to strip down | 44:47 | |
until we are left with nothing but the essentials, | 44:52 | |
God's word, God's spirit, and God's power. | 44:56 | |
And with these, all things are possible. | 45:02 | |
(organ music) | 45:12 | |
♪ Lord who throughout these forty days ♪ | 45:41 | |
♪ For us did fast and pray ♪ | 45:48 | |
♪ Teach us with thee to mourn our sins ♪ | 45:55 | |
♪ And close by thee to stay ♪ | 46:02 | |
♪ As thou with Satan didst contend ♪ | 46:11 | |
♪ And didst the victory win ♪ | 46:18 | |
♪ O give us strength in thee to fight ♪ | 46:25 | |
♪ In thee to conquer sin ♪ | 46:33 | |
♪ As thou didst hunger and did thirst ♪ | 46:42 | |
♪ So teach us gracious Lord ♪ | 46:49 | |
♪ To die to self and chiefly live ♪ | 46:57 | |
♪ By thy most holy Word ♪ | 47:04 | |
♪ And through these days of penitence ♪ | 47:13 | |
♪ and through thy Passiontide ♪ | 47:21 | |
♪ Forevermore in life and death ♪ | 47:28 | |
♪ Jesus with us abide ♪ | 47:35 | |
♪ Abide with us that so this life ♪ | 47:45 | |
♪ Of suffering over past ♪ | 47:52 | |
♪ An Easter of unending joy ♪ | 47:59 | |
♪ We may attain at last ♪ | 48:06 | |
- | We're often tempted to think of our possessions | 48:19 |
as our own property, our own achievements. | 48:23 | |
But now we're invited to offer ourselves | 48:27 | |
and our gifts to the God who has given so much to us. | 48:29 | |
Let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God, be seated. | 48:34 | |
(organ music) | 48:45 | |
♪ Sanctus sanctus sanctus ♪ | 49:23 | |
♪ Dominus deus Sabaoth ♪ | 49:29 | |
♪ Sanctus sanctus sanctus ♪ | 49:36 | |
♪ Dominus deus Sabaoth ♪ | 49:42 | |
♪ Sanctus sanctus sanctus ♪ | 49:49 | |
♪ Dominus deus Sabaoth ♪ | 49:55 | |
♪ Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua ♪ | 50:00 | |
♪ Hosanna in excelsis ♪ | 50:07 | |
♪ Hosanna in excelsis ♪ | 50:23 | |
♪ Hosanna in excelsis ♪ | 50:35 | |
♪ Hosanna hosanna in excelsis ♪ | 50:45 | |
♪ In excelsis ♪ | 50:53 | |
♪ Hosanna hosanna in excelsis ♪ | 50:59 | |
♪ Hosanna in excelsis ♪ | 51:07 | |
♪ In excelsis ♪ | 51:18 | |
♪ Hosannah in excelsis ♪ | 51:25 | |
♪ In excelsis ♪ | 51:34 | |
♪ In excelsis ♪ | 51:39 | |
♪ Benedictus qui venit ♪ | 51:55 | |
♪ In nomine Domini ♪ | 52:01 | |
♪ Hosanna in excelsis ♪ | 52:05 | |
(organ music) | 52:44 | |
♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪ | 53:36 | |
♪ Praise him all creatures here below ♪ | 53:45 | |
♪ Praise him above ye heavenly hosts ♪ | 53:52 | |
♪ Praise Father Son and Holy Ghost ♪ | 54:00 | |
- | Lord Jesus, we are thankful that there is no temptation | 54:14 |
we face in this life that you have not faced before us. | 54:19 | |
We are thankful that whatever Satan or our own self, | 54:26 | |
deceit, and sin puts before us, | 54:31 | |
you have given us the power to resist. | 54:34 | |
In gratitude, for these and all your gifts, | 54:37 | |
we therefore offer our gifts to you | 54:41 | |
for your work in this world, amen. | 54:45 | |
Now may the grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, | 54:51 | |
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit | 54:55 | |
be with you now and always. | 54:58 | |
♪ Amen ♪ | 55:05 | |
♪ Amen ♪ | 55:09 | |
♪ Amen ♪ | 55:14 | |
(organ music) | 55:29 | |
♪ God of grace and God of glory ♪ | 56:10 | |
♪ On thy people pour thy power ♪ | 56:16 | |
♪ Crown thy ancient church's story ♪ | 56:22 | |
♪ Bring its bud to glorious flower ♪ | 56:28 | |
♪ Grant us wisdom grant us courage ♪ | 56:34 | |
♪ For the facing of this hour ♪ | 56:40 | |
♪ For the facing of this hour ♪ | 56:45 | |
♪ Lo the hosts of evil round us ♪ | 56:53 | |
♪ Scorn thy Christ assail his ways ♪ | 56:59 | |
♪ Fears and doubts too long have bound us ♪ | 57:05 | |
♪ Free our hearts to work and praise ♪ | 57:11 | |
♪ Grant us wisdom grant us courage ♪ | 57:17 | |
♪ For the living of these days ♪ | 57:23 | |
♪ For the living of these days ♪ | 57:29 | |
♪ Cure thy children's warring madness ♪ | 57:37 | |
♪ Bend our pride to thy control ♪ | 57:42 | |
♪ Shame our wanton selfish gladness ♪ | 57:49 | |
♪ Rich in things and poor in soul ♪ | 57:54 | |
♪ Grant us wisdom grant us courage ♪ | 58:00 | |
♪ Lest we miss thy kingdom's goal ♪ | 58:06 | |
♪ Lest we miss thy kingdom's goal ♪ | 58:12 | |
♪ Save us from weak resignation ♪ | 58:20 | |
♪ To the evils we deplore ♪ | 58:26 | |
♪ Let the search for thy salvation ♪ | 58:31 | |
♪ Be our glory evermore ♪ | 58:37 | |
♪ Grant us wisdom grant us courage ♪ | 58:43 | |
♪ Serving thee whom we adore ♪ | 58:48 | |
♪ Serving thee whom we adore ♪ | 58:54 | |
(organ music) | 59:04 |
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