Immanuel Lutheran High School, College, and Seminary
Eau Claire, WI

2014-11-06 ILC Chapel — Faithful friends will rebuke sin…

2014 Chapels -
Faithful friends will rebuke sin and remind us of redemption in Jesus

 

Date : 2014-11-06
Speaker : John Pfeiffer

Proverbs 27:6 (Listen)


  Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
    profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

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Matthew 18:15 (Listen)

If Your Brother Sins Against You

15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

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Psalm 141 (Listen)

Give Ear to My Voice

A Psalm of David.


141:1   O LORD, I call upon you; hasten to me!
    Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
  Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,
    and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!


  Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
    keep watch over the door of my lips!
  Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
    to busy myself with wicked deeds
  in company with men who work iniquity,
    and let me not eat of their delicacies!


  Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
    let my head not refuse it.
  Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
  When their judges are thrown over the cliff,1
    then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
  As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
    so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.2


  But my eyes are toward you, O GOD, my Lord;
    in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!3
  Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me
    and from the snares of evildoers!
10   Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
    while I pass by safely.

Footnotes

[1] 141:6 Or When their judges fall into the hands of the Rock

[2] 141:7 The meaning of the Hebrew in verses 6, 7 is uncertain

[3] 141:8 Hebrew refuge; do not pour out my life!

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Hymn: TLH 416 :
Oh, That the Lord Would Guide My Ways

Hymnary.org — Organ Audio

1. Oh, that the Lord would guide my ways
To keep His statutes still!
Oh, that my God would grant me grace
To know and do His will!

2. Order my footsteps by Thy Word
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.

3. Assist my soul, too apt to stray,
A stricter watch to keep;
And should I e’er forget Thy way,
Restore Thy wandering sheep.

4. Make me to walk in Thy commands,–
‘Tis a delightful road,–
Nor let my head or heart or hands
Offend against my God.