Sermon Sandwich
Luke 3:15-22—Sermon Sandwich
Trinity Church, 1589 Hwy 174, Edisto Island, SC 29438
www.trinityedisto.com 843-869-3568
1st Sunday of Epiphany, January 9, 2022
Holy Eucharist - Renewed Ancient Text; 2019 BCP, p.123
Luke 3:15-22 Sermon Notes
Intro - Prayer
Luke 3:21 - Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying,
Prayer - proseuchomai - Pray, address. Wish forward, desiring onward. Includes many activities; petition, thanksgiving, supplication, this word describes the whole attitude of a worshipping and adoring soul in the presence of God. (The Gospel According to Luke, G Morgan Campbell, p.54)
The prayer life of Jesus becomes a theme in St. Lukes Gospel:
Luke 5:16 - Prayer as His fame was growing.
Luke 6:12 - Prayer before closing the 12 Apostles
Luke 6:28 - Bless who curse you, pray for those who abuse you
Luke 9:18 - Prayer before challenging His Apostles on His Identity
Luke 9:28 - Prayer before the Transfiguration
Luke 11:1 - Prayer; “Lord teach us to pray.”
Luke 18:1 - Parable of the Widow and Judge -
to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart
Luke 18:10 - Publican and Pharisee went to the Temple to pray
Luke 22:40 - Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane
Prayer is a Holy Spirit led activity in the New Covenant of Grace
Old Covenant of Law New Covenant of Grace
Prayer not a 10 Command Prayer - how our New Life of Grace begins!
Prayer is Coming Home to our Heavenly Father’s House -
the door is Jesus Christ and the key to the door is Prayer.
(Prayer; Finding the Heart’s True Home, Richard Foster, p. 1)
Three Categories of Prayer:
Conversion/Consecration - Seeking the Transformation We Need
Communion - Seeking the Intimacy We Need
Cause - Advancing the Kingdom of Heaven
Conversion/Consecration - Baptism for everyone else
Communion - Baptism for Jesus - He is in deep communion with His Heavenly Father, his Abba.
“The Prayer of the Heart” - Prayer by Richard Foster, pg 134
Cause - Intercession for others,
Gossiping to Jesus about the person I love.
(Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, p. 86)