02/25/2023
Bulletin for Divine Service
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
330 E. Liberty Street + South Lyon, Michigan 48178
Reverend Matthew C. Minzlaff, Pastor
office # (248) 437 -3389 / cell # (608) 343-9555
WELCOME
TO OUR GUESTS We welcome you in the Name of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We are pleased that you have gathered with us to receive God's Service in preached Word and Administered Sacraments. Please sign our guest book and visit with us following the Service. We look forward to getting to know you and to having the opportunity to worship with again in the near future.
Holy Communion!
Jesus gave his Supper to his Church as a precious gift, and we do not take it lightly! According to scripture, every communicant receives the true body and blood of Jesus Christ-together with he bread and wine (1 Cor. 10:16). In the Sacrament, repentant communicants receive forgiveness of all sin (Mt26:26-28) Impenitent communicants become guilty of the body and blood of Christ (1 Cor. 11:27-28). By communing together we publicly confess our common faith in ALL teachings of the Bible (1 Cor 10:17-18). If you are not a member of this congregation, or a sister WELS or ELS congregation, we ask you to speak privately with our pastor before communing. He will be glad to explain our Biblical communion practice, and how you may prepare to join us in the sacrament (1Cor 11:28-29). Thank you for your cooperation in this very important matter!
The Divine Service is about God coming to us to bless us with forgiveness, deliver us from death and the devil, and to grant us eternal salvation. We have entered this building to meet God. God is not found in Jerusalem or on the tree of the cross, or in heaven, but at His altar in His Word and Sacrament. He comes in His flesh and blood, living, for you! He comes to build you in New Life.
Therefore, right here and right now heaven comes down to earth with all of its benefits. God is really present to commune with you. Here is where the earthly church gathers with the heavenly church to give thanks to Jesus and receive His benefits. We are not worthy of this great honor, yet our God gathers us into His embrace once again; God is merciful to us solely for the sake of Jesus.
At the points marked with a cross (+) is laudable to make the sign of the cross to remember our Baptism into Christ Jesus. We are His children, lambs, and dearly beloved Bride.
At this sign (*) it is laudable to bow, recognizing the Lord's coming for us. As we bow, we recognize our unworthiness to be in God's presence, But our King is gracious!
GOD'S SERVICE
Lent 1 (Invocabit) – February 26th , 2023
[Temptation of Jesus]
Common Service :: p15 Christian Worship
Explanation of the Week: In the Garden man exalts himself to be a god in place of God. (Gen 3:1–21) He succumbs to the temptation of the devil, and eating of the forbidden fruit he receives death. But in the sin-cursed wilderness God humbles Himself to become man in place of man. (Matt 4:1–11) He does not eat but fasts and bears the onslaughts of the devil for us that we may be restored to life. Jesus stands as David in our place to do battle against the Goliath Satan. (I Sam 17:40–51) Though outwardly Jesus appears weak, yet He comes in the name of the Lord of hosts. He draws from the five smooth stones of the books of Moses and slings the Word of God. The stone sinks into the forehead, and the enemy falls. In Christ we are victorious over the devil. Let us therefore not receive the grace of God in vain (2 Cor 6:1–10), but seeing that we have a great High Priest, let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain help in time of need (Heb 4:14–16).
Silent Prayer
Ask God to graciously open your heart to joyfully receive Jesus and all His benefits in Word and Supper. Pray that His gracious presence may dwell in you and so forgive you, comfort you, and deliver you from all harm and danger to soul and body.
THE PREPARATION
VERSES of the INTROIT and GRADUAL :: (Spoken by Pastor)
Man shall call upon Me, and I will answer him, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him My Salvation. He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. … Amen.
OPENING HYMN
“All Mankind Fell in Adam's Fall” – Hymn 378 CW
(Please stand during the final verse)
P: IN the name of the Father and of (+) Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
HOLY ABSOLUTION
P: It is by God's grace alone that I approach the altar of God
C: God is my exceeding joy.
P: Our (+) help is in the name of the Lord.
C: Who made heaven and earth.
P: Beloved in the Lord … Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins to God our Father, asking him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.
during a period of silence, call to mind your sinfulness
and those sins you have committed against the ten commandments.
(you may kneel if you so choose.)
ALL: Holy and merciful Father, I confess that I am by nature sinful and that I have disobeyed you in my thoughts, words, and actions. I have done what is evil and failed to do what is good. For this I deserve your punishment both now and in eternity. But I am truly sorry for my sins, and trusting in my Savior Jesus Christ, I pray: Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.
KYRIE
C: (sing) Lord have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us.
P: God our heavenly Father, has been merciful to us and has given his only Son to be the atoning sacrifice for all our sins. Therefore, upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office as a called and ordained servant of Christ, in His stead and by His command announce the grace of God unto you; I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the (+) Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C: (sing) Amen.
PRAYER AND PRAISE
No Glorias or Alleluias will be sung during Pre-Lent or Lent.
They will joyfully return at the Resurrection of our Lord.
P: The Lord be with you.
C: (sing) And also with you.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
P: Let us pray. … O Lord God, You led Your ancient people through the wilderness and brought them to the promised land. Guide the people of Your Church that, following our Savior, we may walk through the wilderness of this world toward the glory of the world to come; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: (sing) Amen.
(Please be seated)
GOD'S SERVICE OF THE WORD
VERSES of the INTROIT and GRADUAL :: (Spoken by Pastor)
Christ humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death,
even the death of the cross.
THE FIRST READING – Genesis 3:1-21
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” 12 Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” 13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
4 So the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”
16 To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. 18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 21 Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
P: The Word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
PSALM OF THE DAY
CW Psalm 91 – page 100
VERSES of the INTROIT and GRADUAL:: (Spoken by Pastor)
For He will give His angels charge over you: to keep you in all your ways.
They will bear you up in their hands: lest you dash your foot against a stone.
THE SECOND READING – 2 Corinthians 6:1-10
We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
3 We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. 4 But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; 6 by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, 7 by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
P: The Word of the Lord
C: Thanks be to God.
VERSE OF THE DAY
P: He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High:
C: Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty
P: I will say of the Lord. He is my Refuge and my Fortress,
C: In Him will I trust.
P: He will cover you with His feathers:
C: Under His wings I will trust.
No Glorias or Alleluias will be sung during Pre-Lent or Lent.
They will joyfully return at the Resurrection of our Lord.
(Please stand)
The Gospel is read from the center of the congregation to symbolize that Jesus lived among us as He accomplished our salvation as our Savior; He died for us. He rose as He said. He lives! He ascended into heaven. And now, until He returns to take us to our heavenly home, He comes to us today and sustains us through His Spirit's means of grace alone.
P: The Lord be with you.
C: And with Your Spirit.
P: Bless we the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
P: The continuation of the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (*)according to … … St. Matthew 4:1-11
C: (sing) Glory be to you, O Lord!
THE GOSPEL READING – Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”
8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
P: The Gospel of the Lord.
C: (sing) Praise be to you, O Christ
THE NICENE CREED
ALL: I believe in one God, (*) the Father, the Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen
I believe in one Lord (*) Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of His Father, God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father, Through Him all things were made; For us men and for our salvation He came down from heaven, (*) was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, And was made man. For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. On the third day He rose again in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven, and is seated on the right hand of the Father; He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; And His Kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who in unity with the Father and the Son is (*) worshiped and glorified, Who has spoken through the Prophets.
I believe one Holy Christian and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins, I look for the resurrection of the dead, And the life (+) of the world to come. Amen.
(Please be seated)
HYMN OF THE DAY
“A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” – Hymn 200 CW
THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL
(please stand)
OFFERTORY
C: (sing) Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with your free Spirit. Amen.
(Please be seated)
OFFERING
(Please stand)
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
P: We beseech You, O Lord, by the mystery of our Savior's fasting and temptation, to endow us with the same mind that was in Him toward all evil and sin; and give us grace to keep our bodies in holy discipline that our minds may always be ready to resist Satan and obey the promptings of the Your Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
+++ Intercessory Prayers +++
GOD'S SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION
P: The Lord be with you
C: (sing) and also with you.
P: Lift up your hearts
C: (sing) We lift them up to the Lord.
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
C: (sing) It is good and right so to do.
P: It is truly good and right that we should at all times and in all places give you thanks, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everlasting God, through Jesus Christ our Lord,..........Therefore, with all the saints on earth and hosts of heaven, we praise your holy name and join their glorious song:
(you may kneel if you so choose.)
SANCTUS
C: (sing) Holy, (*) holy, holy Lord God of heavenly hosts: heav'n and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he, (+) blessed is he, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest.
THE WORDS OF INSTITUTION
P: Behold, + the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
LORD'S PRAYER
P: Taught by our Lord and trusting in His promise, we are bold to pray:
ALL: 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.
P: The peace (+) of the Lord be with you always.
C: (sing) Amen.
AGNUS DEI
C: (sing) O Christ, Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us; O Christ, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us. O Christ, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; grant us your peace. Amen.
(Please be seated)
DISTRIBUTION OF CHRIST'S BODY AND BLOOD
(Reception in the Lord's supper indicates unity in confession and faith. If you have not communed previously with us, please refrain from this holy communion until you have spoken to pastor. We respectfully ask that only those who are members in good standing of Immanuel or our sister WELS & ELS congregations approach the table of our Lord.)
(you may kneel at the supper if you so choose.)
DISTRIBUTION HYMN
“I Walk in Danger All the Way” – 431 Hymn CW
&
“Jesus Grant that Balm and Healing” – 121 Hymn CW
Prayer before approaching the Altar:
O Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who by the will of the Father with the Holy Spirit has given life to the world through Your death; by this, Your most holy Body and blood, deliver me from all my sins and from every evil, and enable me ever to abide in Your commandments, and allow me never to be separated from You; who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
So do not despise any absolution that God sets up, whether public or private;
the more you have of God's Word the better it is."
-- Luther, "Receiving Both Kinds in the Sacrament" (1522), Luther's Works 36:258
Prayer after returning from the Altar:
Let Your Body which I have received and Your Blood which I have drunk, O Lord, cleave to my members; and grant that no sin remain in me, whom you have refreshed with a pure and holy sacrament; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit now and forever. Come quickly Lord Jesus. Amen.
(Please stand)
NUNC DIMITTIS
C: (sing) Lord, now you let your servant depart in peace according to your word. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared before the face of all people, a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of your people Israel.
P: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
C: (sing) And his mercy endures forever.
P: We give thanks almighty God, that You have refreshed us with this holy supper. We pray that through it You will strengthen our faith in You and increase our love for one another. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: (sing) Amen.
BENEDICTION
P: The Lord be with you.
C: And with your spirit.
P: Bless We the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
P: The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look on you with favor and give you (+) peace.
C: (sing) Amen. Amen. Amen.
CLOSING HYMN
“Praise to You and Adoration” – Hymn 470 CW
Silent Prayer
Give thanks to God and bless His Name for having given himself to you in His Gospel preaching and Sacrament; our gracious God has forgiven you, comforted you, and delivered You from all harm and danger. Pray to remain in Christ just as He is in you.
