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The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 5:1-7 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Song of the Unfruitful Vineyard
I will sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded rotten grapes.
And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield rotten grapes?
And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his cherished garden; he expected justice but saw bloodshed; righteousness but heard a cry!
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Psalm 80.1-2, 8-18
Hebrews 11:29-12:2 -New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Faith of Other Israelite Heroes
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days. By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had received the spies in peace.
And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection. Others suffered mocking and flogging and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned to death; they were sawn in two; they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented— of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains and in caves and holes in the ground.
Yet all these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better so that they would not, apart from us, be made perfect.
The Example of Jesus
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Luke 12:49-56 -New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jesus the Cause of Division
“I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already ablaze! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided:
father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
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Interpreting the Time
He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain,’ and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
Hymns
Prelude: Sweet Hour of Prayer Wm. Bradbury ------- Open : CP381 Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven J. Goss v1,2,3 Praise, my soul, the God of heaven; glad of heart your carols raise; ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who, like me, should sing God's praise? Alleluia, alleluia, praise the Maker all your days. Praise God for the grace and favour shown our forebears in distress. God is still the same forever, slow to chide and swift to bless; alleluia, alleluia, sing our Maker's faithfulness. Like a loving parent caring, God knows well our feeble frame; gladly all our burdens bearing, still to countless years the same. Alleluia, alleluia, all within me, praise God's name. ------------
Gloria: CP366 Glory, in the Highest Glory Glory, in the highest glory peace to all, in all their days. Worship, praise and thanks unceasing
to the source of all we raise: reigning in the sapphire height, hidden from our mortal sight, now receive our adoration as we make our supplication. Jesus Christ, the world's Redeemer Lamb of God, for sinners given, Word eternal, born of Mary, Word made flesh,the face of heaven. holy one, to you we pray, hear us in the realms of day, with the Spirit there united, and the God-head high exalted. ------------------- Gradual : I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light K. Thomerson I want to walk as a child of the light I want to follow Jesus God set the stars to give light to the world The star of my life is Jesus Chorus: In Him there is no darkness at all The night and the day are both alike The Lamb is the light of the city of God Shine in my heart Lord Jesus I want to see the brightness of God I want to look at Jesus Clear Sun of righteousness shine on my path And show me the way to the Father - Chorus ----gospel----- I'm looking for the coming of Christ I want to follow Jesus When we have run with patience the race We shall know the joy of Jesus - Chorus --------------------
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Offertory : CP 73 One Bread One Body, One Lord of All J.B. Foley One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless. And we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord. Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man no more. One bread... Many the gifts, many the works, one in the Lord of all. One bread... Grain for the fields, scattered and grown, gathered to one for all. One bread... ----------------------- Communion music: In Christ Alone K. Getty, S. Townend I Have Decided to Follow Jesus Indian Folk Melody ------------------ Doxology (Tadman ) -------------------- Close : CP 430 Will You Come and Follow Me Kelvingrove (Scottish melody ) v 1,2,5 Will you come and follow me if I but call your name ? Will yo go where you don't know and never be the same ? Will you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known, Will you let my life be grown in you and you in me? Will you leave yourself behind if I but call your name ? Will you care for cruel and kind and never be the same ? Will you risk the hostile stare should your life attract or scare ? Will you let me answer prayer in you and you in me ?
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Lord, your summons echoes true when you but call my name , Let me turn and follow you and never be the same. In your company I'll go where your love and footsteps show. Thus I'll move and live and grow in you and you in me.
