{"id":3469,"date":"2018-08-24T22:24:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T22:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3469"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:53:35","slug":"worship-august-26-2018-14th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3469","title":{"rendered":"Worship – August 26, 2018 – 14th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“What!!! God?”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosea 11, 12, & 13  (New International Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s Love for Israel<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11 <\/span>\u201cWhen Israel was a child, I loved him,<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>and out of Egypt I called my son.<\/span><\/span>
\n2 <\/sup>But the more they were called,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>the more they went away from me.<\/span><\/span>
\nThey sacrificed to the Baals<\/span>
\n    <\/span>and they burned incense to images.<\/span><\/span>
\n3 <\/sup>It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>taking them by the arms;<\/span><\/span>
\nbut they did not realize<\/span>
\n    <\/span>it was I who healed them.<\/span><\/span>
\n4 <\/sup>I led them with cords of human kindness,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>with ties of love.<\/span><\/span>
\nTo them I was like one who lifts<\/span>
\n    <\/span>a little child to the cheek,<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>and I bent down to feed them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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5 <\/sup>\u201cWill they not return to Egypt<\/span>
\n    <\/span>and will not Assyria rule over them<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>because they refuse to repent?<\/span><\/span>
\n6 <\/sup>A sword will flash in their cities;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>it will devour their false prophets<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>and put an end to their plans.<\/span><\/span>
\n7 <\/sup>My people are determined to turn from me.<\/span>
\n    <\/span>Even though they call me God Most High,<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>I will by no means exalt them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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8 <\/sup>\u201cHow can I give you up, Ephraim?<\/span>
\n    <\/span>How can I hand you over, Israel?<\/span><\/span>
\nHow can I treat you like Admah?<\/span>
\n    <\/span>How can I make you like Zeboyim?<\/span><\/span>
\nMy heart is changed within me;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>all my compassion is aroused.<\/span><\/span>
\n9 <\/sup>I will not carry out my fierce anger,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>nor will I devastate Ephraim again.<\/span><\/span>
\nFor I am God, and not a man\u2014<\/span>
\n    <\/span>the Holy One among you.<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>I will not come against their cities.<\/span><\/span>
\n10 <\/sup>They will follow the Lord<\/span>;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>he will roar like a lion.<\/span><\/span>
\nWhen he roars,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>his children will come trembling from the west.<\/span><\/span>
\n11 <\/sup>They will come from Egypt,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>trembling like sparrows,<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>from Assyria, fluttering like doves.<\/span><\/span>
\nI will settle them in their homes,\u201d<\/span>
\n    <\/span>declares the Lord<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Israel\u2019s Sin<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12 <\/sup>Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>Israel with deceit.<\/span><\/span>
\nAnd Judah is unruly against God,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>even against the faithful Holy One.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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12 <\/span>1 <\/sup>Ephraim feeds on the wind;<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>he pursues the east wind all day<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>and multiplies lies and violence.<\/span><\/span>
\nHe makes a treaty with Assyria<\/span>
\n    <\/span>and sends olive oil to Egypt.<\/span><\/span>
\n2 <\/sup>The Lord<\/span> has a charge to bring against Judah;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>he will punish Jacob according to his ways<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>and repay him according to his deeds.<\/span><\/span>
\n3 <\/sup>In the womb he grasped his brother\u2019s heel;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>as a man he struggled with God.<\/span><\/span>
\n4 <\/sup>He struggled with the angel and overcame him;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>he wept and begged for his favor.<\/span><\/span>
\nHe found him at Bethel<\/span>
\n    <\/span>and talked with him there\u2014<\/span><\/span>
\n5 <\/sup>the Lord<\/span> God Almighty,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>the Lord<\/span> is his name!<\/span><\/span>
\n6 <\/sup>But you must return to your God;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>maintain love and justice,<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>and wait for your God always.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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7 <\/sup>The merchant uses dishonest scales<\/span>
\n    <\/span>and loves to defraud.<\/span><\/span>
\n8 <\/sup>Ephraim boasts,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>\u201cI am very rich; I have become wealthy.<\/span><\/span>
\nWith all my wealth they will not find in me<\/span>
\n    <\/span>any iniquity or sin.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9 <\/sup>\u201cI have been the Lord<\/span> your God<\/span>
\n    <\/span>ever since you came out of Egypt;<\/span><\/span>
\nI will make you live in tents again,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>as in the days of your appointed festivals.<\/span><\/span>
\n10 <\/sup>I spoke to the prophets,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>gave them many visions<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>and told parables through them.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11 <\/sup>Is Gilead wicked?<\/span>
\n    <\/span>Its people are worthless!<\/span><\/span>
\nDo they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?<\/span>
\n    <\/span>Their altars will be like piles of stones<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>on a plowed field.<\/span><\/span>
\n12 <\/sup>Jacob fled to the country of Aram;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>Israel served to get a wife,<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>and to pay for her he tended sheep.<\/span><\/span>
\n13 <\/sup>The Lord<\/span> used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>by a prophet he cared for him.<\/span><\/span>
\n14 <\/sup>But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>and will repay him for his contempt.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Lord<\/span>\u2019s Anger Against Israel<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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13 <\/span>When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>he was exalted in Israel.<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.<\/span><\/span>
\n2 <\/sup>Now they sin more and more;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>they make idols for themselves from their silver,<\/span><\/span>
\ncleverly fashioned images,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>all of them the work of craftsmen.<\/span><\/span>
\nIt is said of these people,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>\u201cThey offer human sacrifices!<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>They kiss calf-idols!\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\n3 <\/sup>Therefore they will be like the morning mist,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>like the early dew that disappears,<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>like chaff swirling from a threshing floor,<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>like smoke escaping through a window.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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4 <\/sup>\u201cBut I have been the Lord<\/span> your God<\/span>
\n    <\/span>ever since you came out of Egypt.<\/span><\/span>
\nYou shall acknowledge no God but me,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>no Savior except me.<\/span><\/span>
\n5 <\/sup>I cared for you in the wilderness,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>in the land of burning heat.<\/span><\/span>
\n6 <\/sup>When I fed them, they were satisfied;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>when they were satisfied, they became proud;<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>then they forgot me.<\/span><\/span>
\n7 <\/sup>So I will be like a lion to them,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>like a leopard I will lurk by the path.<\/span><\/span>
\n8 <\/sup>Like a bear robbed of her cubs,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>I will attack them and rip them open;<\/span><\/span>
\nlike a lion I will devour them\u2014<\/span>
\n    <\/span>a wild animal will tear them apart.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9 <\/sup>\u201cYou are destroyed, Israel,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>because you are against me, against your helper.<\/span><\/span>
\n10 <\/sup>Where is your king, that he may save you?<\/span>
\n    <\/span>Where are your rulers in all your towns,<\/span><\/span>
\nof whom you said,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>\u2018Give me a king and princes\u2019?<\/span><\/span>
\n11 <\/sup>So in my anger I gave you a king,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>and in my wrath I took him away.<\/span><\/span>
\n12 <\/sup>The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>his sins are kept on record.<\/span><\/span>
\n13 <\/sup>Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>but he is a child without wisdom;<\/span><\/span>
\nwhen the time arrives,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>he doesn\u2019t have the sense to come out of the womb.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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14 <\/sup>\u201cI will deliver this people from the power of the grave;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>I will redeem them from death.<\/span><\/span>
\nWhere, O death, are your plagues?<\/span>
\n    <\/span>Where, O grave, is your destruction?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI will have no compassion,<\/span>
\n15 <\/sup>    <\/span>even though he thrives among his brothers.<\/span><\/span>
\nAn east wind from the Lord<\/span> will come,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>blowing in from the desert;<\/span><\/span>
\nhis spring will fail<\/span>
\n    <\/span>and his well dry up.<\/span><\/span>
\nHis storehouse will be plundered<\/span>
\n    <\/span>of all its treasures.<\/span><\/span>
\n16 <\/sup>The people of Samaria must bear their guilt,<\/span>
\n    <\/span>because they have rebelled against their God.<\/span><\/span>
\nThey will fall by the sword;<\/span>
\n    <\/span>their little ones will be dashed to the ground,<\/span><\/span>
\n    <\/span>their pregnant women ripped open.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Coffee & Discussion:<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/em><\/strong>9:00 \u2013 9:45 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Upper Level.  Our current topic is a study of the Evangelical Catechism.<\/p>\n

Noisy Offering:<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nA collection of coins by the children for missions is part of the worship service the last Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n

Sunday School:<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level.  A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n

Nursery Ministry:<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level.  Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n

Sunday Morning Worship:<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary.  Join us today for Pastor Joe Vasarhelyi\u2019s sermon \u201cWhat!!! God?.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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