{"id":156,"date":"2024-02-20T16:56:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovelutheranlcms.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2024-02-20T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:56:11","slug":"sunday-february-25-2024-lessons-for-1st-sunday-of-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovelutheranlcms.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/20\/sunday-february-25-2024-lessons-for-1st-sunday-of-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, February 25, 2024 Lessons for 1st Sunday of Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First Reading<\/strong>     2 Kings 2:1-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 <\/sup><\/strong>Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 <\/sup><\/strong>And Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cPlease stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.\u201d But Elisha said, \u201cAs the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.\u201d So they went down to Bethel. 3 <\/sup><\/strong>And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, \u201cDo you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?\u201d And he said, \u201cYes, I know it; keep quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 <\/sup><\/strong>Elijah said to him, \u201cElisha, please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.\u201d But he said, \u201cAs the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.\u201d So they came to Jericho. 5 <\/sup><\/strong>The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him, \u201cDo you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?\u201d And he answered, \u201cYes, I know it; keep quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 <\/sup><\/strong>Then Elijah said to him, \u201cPlease stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.\u201d But he said, \u201cAs the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.\u201d So the two of them went on. 7 <\/sup><\/strong>Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan. 8 <\/sup><\/strong>Then Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 <\/sup><\/strong>When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cAsk what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.\u201d And Elisha said, \u201cPlease let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.\u201d 10 <\/sup><\/strong>And he said, \u201cYou have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you, but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.\u201d 11 <\/sup><\/strong>And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 <\/sup><\/strong>And Elisha saw it and he cried, \u201cMy father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!\u201d And he saw him no more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epistle     2 Cor. 3:12-13; 4:1-6<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

12 <\/sup>Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, 13 <\/sup>not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 <\/sup>Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. 2 <\/sup>But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 <\/sup>And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 <\/sup>In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 <\/sup>For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 <\/sup>For God, who said, \u201cLet light shine out of darkness,\u201d has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Gospel     Mark 9:2-9<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

2 <\/sup><\/strong>And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 <\/sup><\/strong>and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. 4 <\/sup><\/strong>And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 <\/sup><\/strong>And Peter said to Jesus, \u201cRabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.\u201d 6 <\/sup><\/strong>For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7 <\/sup><\/strong>And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, \u201cThis is my beloved Son; listen to him.\u201d 8 <\/sup><\/strong>And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 <\/sup><\/strong>And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First Reading     2 Kings 2:1-12 1 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cPlease stay here, … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t