Lectio Concordia

The Resurrection of the Lord – Wednesday

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Series: Lectio Concordia

April 16, 2025 By Rev. Mark Ryman

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• Collect: We thank you, Heavenly Father, that you did not abandon your Son to the pit, nor allow him to undergo decay, but that you raised him up on that third day as promised. We give you thanks that because of the great power at work in him, who is also at work in us who believe, you will also raise us up at the last trumpet to be with you forever. Amen.

• Psalm 30:1–12

• Luke 24:45–49

• After his resurrection, when Christ commanded the apostles to preach the gospel in all the world (Mark 16:15), he compressed the sum of this doctrine into a few words, saying, “and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations...” (Luke 24:46–47) [Formula of Concord, Clarification of Terms]

• "Christ the Lord is Risen Today," Charles Wesley Tune

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like him, like him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

Hail the Lord of earth and heaven, Alleluia!
Praise to thee by both be given, Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia!
Hail the Resurrection, thou, Alleluia!

King of glory, soul of bliss, Alleluia!
Everlasting life is this, Alleluia!
Thee to know, thy power to prove, Alleluia!
Thus to sing, and thus to love, Alleluia!

• Benediction: May you be gifted with faith to believe the ancient mystery: that the Son of God was raised from the dead and is calling you to join him in his eternal kingdom. Amen.

• Memory Verse: Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)

• Memory Verse Aid: BIYCWYM TJIL ABIYH TGRHFTD, YWBS. (R109)