Christ The King Lutheran Church

Service for Good Friday

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          Call To Worship, "Where You There?"    (Rev. Al Boysen-solo)

Invocation and Prayers

Rev. Mark Goble

Hymn of the Day,  "What will you Do With Jesus?"     (Jennifer Wofford & Marilyn Skwor - piano) 

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Hosea 6  

Israel Unrepentant

 2 After two days he will revive us;
       on the third day he will restore us,
       that we may live in his presence.

 3 Let us acknowledge the LORD;
       let us press on to acknowledge him.
       As surely as the sun rises,
       he will appear;
       he will come to us like the winter rains,
       like the spring rains that water the earth."

 4 "What can I do with you, Ephraim?
       What can I do with you, Judah?
       Your love is like the morning mist,
       like the early dew that disappears.

 5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
       I killed you with the words of my mouth;
       my judgments flashed like lightning upon you.

 6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
       and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

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 1 Who has believed our message
       and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
       and like a root out of dry ground.
       He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
       nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

 3 He was despised and rejected by men,
       a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
       Like one from whom men hide their faces
       he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

 4 Surely he took up our infirmities
       and carried our sorrows,
       yet we considered him stricken by God,
       smitten by him, and afflicted.

 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
       he was crushed for our iniquities;
       the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
       and by his wounds we are healed.

Prayers Of The Church

Rev. Mark Goble

 Hymn of the Day,  "Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted"     (Congregation &  Sarah Meyerrose-organ) 

Sermon for March 21, 2008  "The Meaning of the Cross"

Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Offering,  "When They Pierced Your Side"       (Sarah Wofford & Marilyn Skwor - piano) 

14 It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour.
      "Here is your king," Pilate said to the Jews.

 15 But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!"
      "Shall I crucify your king?" Pilate asked.
      "We have no king but Caesar," the chief priests answered.

16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. 

 32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."^[a] And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

Footnotes:

1. Luke 23:34 Some early manuscripts do not have this sentence.

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Luke 23 

35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."

 36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself."

 38 There was a written notice above him, which read:|sc THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

 39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"

 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."

 42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.^[a]"

 43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

Footnotes:

1. Luke 23:42 Some manuscripts come with your kingly power

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John 19

   25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," 27 and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

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Matthew 27 

The Death of Jesus

 47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah."

Footnotes:

1. Matthew 27:46 Some manuscripts Eli, Eli
2. Matthew 27:46 Psalm 22:1

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Matthew 10

38 Jesus told His disciples anyone  who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

 40 "He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me. 41 Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."

The Death of Jesus

The Blood of Christ

 15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Footnotes:

1. Hebrews 9:11 Some early manuscripts are to come

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Luke 23 

Jesus' Death

Matthew 27

 54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son^[a] of God!"

Footnotes:

1. Matthew 27:54 Or a son

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Closing Hymn,   "When Jesus Wept"      (Adult Choir) 

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