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Mid-Week Lent 4

Jesus is Our Self-Sacrificing High Priest

March 7, 2018

Welcome to Worship

Welcome and thank you for joining us for worship today! In our service we gather before our

almighty and saving God to offer him our worship and praise. We also assemble to hear God’s holy

and powerful Word. Through this Word, God strengthens our faith and draws us closer to him.

PREPARING FOR WORSHIP

Jesus is our Great High Priest who offers the greatest sacrifice—himself. He is himself the victim and

our priest. Tonight may we by faith lay our hands on the head of God’s faultless Lamb and believe

Christ has paid for our sins with his precious blood forever.

PRAYER BEFORE WORSHIP

Dearest Lord, you give life and you take it away. May your name be praised! Keep our eyes of faith

focused on the life you have promised and guaranteed to us — eternal life with you in heaven. Make

that destination our priority. We know that this promise of eternal life can only be attained through

Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. In his name I pray. Amen.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Minister: Pastor Daniel Schroeder

Keyboardist: Judith Winsor

The following were reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-706579:

Evening Prayer © 1993 Northwestern Publishing House. All rights reserved. “Let My Prayer Rise Before You” © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress.

Psalm 111: J. Robert Carroll. © 1986 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, IL. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The copyright to The Passion History of our Lord Jesus Christ (EHV) is held by The Wartburg Project © 2017. All rights reserved.

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OPENING HYMN A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth

Christian Worship #100 stanzas 1 and 2

CALL TO WORSHIP

M: Lord God, you have brought us safely to this hour of evening prayer. We thank you for providing

all that we need for body and life. Bless us who have gathered in your name. Forgive our sins.

Speak to our hearts. Dispel our sorrows with the comfort of your Word, and receive our hymns of

thanks and praise, through Jesus Christ, our living Savior, who reigns with you and the Holy

Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C: Amen.

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LET MY PRAYER RISE BEFORE YOU Psalm 141

M: Let our prayers be acceptable in your sight. Come and help us in time of need that we may sing

your praise in holy joy now and forever, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C: Amen.

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PSALM OF THE DAY Psalm 111

The Lord provided redemption, a payment, people needed. This psalm invites us to ponder with

delight what our Lord has done for us.

The Psalm will be sung in unison.

Great are the works of the LORD;

they are pondered by all who delight in them.

Glorious and majestic are his deeds,

and his righteousness endures forever.

He has caused his wonders to be remembered;

the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

Refrain

The works of his hands are faithful and just;

all his precepts are trustworthy.

He provided redemption for his people;

he ordained his covenant forever.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;

all who follow his precepts have good understanding.

Refrain

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PSALM PRAYER

M: God of majesty and power, the works of your hands are gracious and glorious, worthy of praise.

Fill us with awe and reverence for your mighty deeds that we may follow your precepts all our

days; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord.

C: Amen.

PASSION HISTORY Mark 14:43-65

The Trial before the High Priest

Just then, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A crowd

was with him, armed with swords and clubs. They were from the chief priests, the

experts in the law, and the elders. 44

Now his betrayer had given them a signal, saying,

“The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.” 45

He went

right to Jesus and said, “Rabbi!” and kissed him. 46

They laid hands on him and

arrested him. 47

But one of those who stood nearby drew his sword, struck the servant

of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

48Jesus responded by saying to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to

capture me as you would a criminal? 49

Day after day I was with you, teaching in the

temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But this happened so that the Scriptures

may be fulfilled.” 50

Then the disciples all left him and fled.

51A certain young man was following him, wearing just a linen cloth over his naked

body. They seized him, 52

but he left behind the linen cloth and fled from them naked.

53They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the

experts in the law gathered together. 54

Peter followed him at a distance, right into the

courtyard of the high priest. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself at

the fire.

55The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus

in order to put him to death, but they did not find any. 56

Many testified falsely against

him, but their testimonies did not agree. 57

Some stood up and gave this false

testimony against him: 58

“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with

hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’” 59

Yet even on

this point, their testimony did not agree.

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60The high priest stepped forward and questioned Jesus, “Have you no answer? What

is this they are testifying against you?”

61But Jesus was silent and did not answer anything.

Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

62“I am,” Jesus said. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of

power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

63The high priest tore his robes and said, “Why do we need any more witnesses?

64You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?”

They all condemned him as being worthy of death. 65

Then some began to spit on

him. They covered his face and struck him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” The

guards also took him and beat him. (EHV)

SEASONAL RESPONSE FOR LENT

C: All we like sheep have gone astray, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. By

his wounds we are healed.

HYMN Behold the Lamb of God

Christian Worship #101 stanzas 1 and 2

SERMON Hebrews 10:5-12

“Jesus is Our Self-Sacrificing High Priest”

Therefore when he entered the world, Christ said: Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you

prepared a body for me. 6You were not pleased with burnt offerings and sin offerings.

7Then I said,

“Here I am. I have come to do your will, God. In the scroll of the book it is written about me.”

8First he said: Sacrifices and offerings that were offered according to the law, both burnt offerings

and sin offerings, you did not desire, and you were not pleased with them.

9Then he said: Here I am. I have come to do your will.

He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10

By this will, we have been sanctified

once and for all, through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ.

11In the one case, every priest stood ministering day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and

again, which are never able to remove sin. 12

In the other case, this priest, after he offered one sacrifice

for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God. (EHV)

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SONG OF MARY

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OFFERING

An offering basket is available at the back of church. If you wish to give an offering, you may do so

before or after worship. No offering will be gathered during the service.

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LORD, HAVE MERCY

M: For the well-being of people everywhere, for the growth of your church in all the world, and for

the strengthening of all who serve and worship here, we pray, O Lord:

M: For one another, young and old, for your blessings that come with every stage of life, and for joy

in doing your will, we pray, O Lord:

M: For our public servants who work day and night to bring protection, justice, learning, and health

to this and every place, we pray to you, O Lord:

M: For favorable weather and bountiful harvests, for clothing and food, for health of body, mind, and

spirit, and for deliverance from all sin and every form of evil, we pray to you, O Lord:

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M: For the faithful who have gone before us, who have shared with us your good news, whose souls

are now at rest in your heavenly kingdom, we give you thanks, O Lord:

M: In thanksgiving for your many and varied gifts to us, we now commend ourselves to your care.

Be our shield and strength, O Lord.

LORD’S PRAYER

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.

PRAYER FOR PEACE

M: Lord God, all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works come from you. Give to us, your

servants, that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey your

commandments. Defend us also from the fear of our enemies that we may live in peace and

quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the

Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C: Amen.

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SONG OF SIMEON (NUNC DIMITTIS)

BLESSING

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CLOSING HYMN The Lamb

Christian Worship Supplement #714 stanzas 1-4

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Thank you for worshiping with us this evening. We pray that you were edified by the Word of God as it was presented in the spoken word and in song.

We thank those who organized, prepared, and setup our Lenten fellowship meal this evening before worship.

Join us next week as we continue to focus on Jesus Christ is our Great High Priest with the theme: “Jesus Our Great High Priest Serves at a Great Altar.” Pastor Mark Schewe of St. Peter in Clovis will be the guest preacher. A meal will be served at 5:30pm, if you’d like to join us for that.