FAITH LUTHERAN ALIEN RIGHTEOUSNESS SERMONS
| PREACHING CHRIST’S ’ALIEN’ RIGHTEOUSNESS CREDITED TO US | Justification is a two-fold declaration of God that we are both ”Not Guilty” and also ”Perfectly Worthy” on account of Christ’s substitutionary death and meritorious life. God not only sees you just as He sees Christ, but you are personally united with Christ and His merit imputed through Word & Sacrament. Be ”fed with your ears” [Martin Luther] by Law & Gospel Preaching proclaiming Christ’s Person & Work, His ’Alien’ Righteousness, in Forensic Justification. Rest in the renewing of your mind as Scripture interprets Scripture through Christ in His unfolding story. Hear like ancient believers as Christ, the Word, that is both ’Author’ and ’Actor’, explains all that Moses, the Prophets & all the Scriptures say concerning Him.
Episodes
This sermon, drawing on Matthew 25 and Isaiah 65, explains the parable of the ten virgins as a portrait of Jesus as both the bridegroom and the true Wisdom. Though all humanity is foolish in sin, we are grafted into Christ and made wise through his life, death, baptism, and Eucharist.
We are invited to follow as bridegroom in suffering and faithfulness now, with the sure promise of being received into the eternal wedding feast and ...
This episode traces the indictment of Israel in Micah—framed by Deuteronomy’s blessing and curse—and the nation’s hopeless plea of what can be offered to God. It then shows how Psalm 116 points to the Messiah as the definitive answer: Christ’s obedience, sacrifice, and resurrection satisfy God’s justice.
Listeners are invited to share in Christ’s merits, receive the cup of salvation in the sacraments, and respond with the lifelong ...
This sermon explores Genesis 1 and Psalm 8 to show how humanity's original priestly office was meant to rule and serve in God's cosmic temple, how sin broke that office, and how Jesus, the new Adam, restores and fulfills it through His incarnation, life, death, and resurrection.
It invites listeners to rest in Christ's accomplished victory, participate in His kingdom now, and hold on to hope that the grave cannot finally hold those...
This sermon on Psalm 149 proclaims Christ’s victory over sin, death, and the devil and calls the saints to sing and participate in that victory.
Using the imagery of tambourines, lyres, and the two-edged sword, it explains how Christ shares His triumph with his people, honors them in their daily vocations, and calls them to suffer, fight, and rest in the promise of resurrection.
This sermon reframes Reformation Sunday as a battle rather than a celebration, urging believers to reject complacency and defend the true gospel and orthodox confession against attacks from within and without.
Drawing on Psalm 46, the preacher presents Christ as the warrior-king whose victory guarantees the church’s ultimate safety, while calling Christians to participate in the struggle through repentance, faithful vocations, and ...
This episode examines Deuteronomy 10’s call to "circumcise the foreskin of your heart," placing it in the context of divine judgment and idolatry. It contrasts the law’s condemnation with the gospel, showing how Christ fulfills the law, drinks the cup of wrath in our place, and offers life and blessing through a blessed exchange.
Listeners are invited to see the text Christologically, to appreciate the seriousness of the law, and t...
This sermon examines Psalm 2 and Luke 14 to show how the Bible’s vision of the Messiah frames all Scripture: Jesus is the humble servant who is vindicated, exalted, and given all authority.
It connects Proverbs and the Gospel to the cross as Christ’s victory, invites believers to baptism and communion as participation in his status, and calls Christians to suffer now while anticipating their future co‑rule with him.
In Luke 7 a widow mourns as her only son is carried out in a public funeral procession. Jesus meets her grief with compassion, touches the bier, and commands the young man to rise.
The sermon explains that death comes through sin, yet Christ willingly takes on humanity's guilt, dies, and rises to break death’s power. His holiness overcomes the impurity of death, and He shares His righteousness with us.
For those who trust Christ, d...
This sermon explores readings from 1 Kings and Luke 4 to explain why signs and wonders were given in Scripture, how Israel's rejection led God to show His works to Gentiles, and how Jesus fulfills Isaiah's promises by bringing salvation, sight, and the sacraments to the church.
It challenges modern believers to treasure the Word and sacraments, recognize Christ as the true Israel, and live out their vocation in the new creation whi...
Using Ezekiel's vivid image of eating a scroll, this sermon challenges believers to recognize that institutional decline often reflects spiritual failure. It urges a return to the full gospel—the active and passive obedience of Christ—through Word and Sacrament, so congregations become visible beacons of the eternal, invisible church.
This sermon explores Luke 10 and the story of the Good Samaritan to show that we are the wounded man in need of rescue, not the rescuer. Christ alone fulfilled the law and provided eternal life by his obedience, sacrifice, and compassion.
Having received life through Christ, we are called to follow his example: love as he loved, confront evil when needed, and be willing to suffer for the sake of others, living out the law now that ...
This sermon explains that believers are the wandering sheep rescued and carried by the Good Shepherd, Jesus, who takes God’s wrath and gives overflowing blessing in his place.
It urges listeners to receive Christ’s work through Word and sacraments, then go serve others faithfully in their daily vocations while waiting for his return.
This sermon explores Mark 7 and Paul’s call to "confess with your mouth and believe in your heart," showing how human sin leaves us spiritually deaf, mute, and unable to save ourselves.
Using the healing of the deaf and mute man as a picture of our need, it explains how Christ—through his body, word, baptism, and supper—does for us what we cannot do, gives faith, and credits his righteousness so we are justified.
This sermon unpacks Luke 18’s parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, showing that both men are ritually present in the temple but differ in whom they trust: the Pharisee trusts his works, while the tax collector trusts God’s promise in the Messiah.
The preacher calls Christians to reject prideful self-righteousness, even that from modern religious righteousness of 'getting along', but rather cling only to Christ’s merits, a...
Drawing on Luke 19 and Jeremiah 7, this sermon calls out humanity's rebellion as theft against God's sovereignty and traces Israel's judgment for turning God's house into a den of robbers.
It proclaims Jesus as the true Adam who does not rob God but instead renders to Him all that is due. He takes our place, opens the gate for repentance, and grafts believers into his righteousness so they may live as co‑rulers with him, serving t...
This sermon unpacks Luke 16 by connecting the parable of the dishonest manager to the prodigal son, showing Jesus’ shocking critique of the Pharisees and his invitation to trust God’s character. Rather than a moral license to lie, the story urges sinners to bind God to His promises and receive mercy through Christ’s merits.
It calls believers to rely on God’s promises in baptism and the sacraments, to live sacrificially for others,...
This sermon unpacks Matthew 7's imagery of healthy and diseased trees to show humanity's fallen state and Christ as the only truly Good Tree who fulfills the law. Using Psalm 26 and Peter's sermon as a lens, the preacher identifies David's words as messianic, pointing to Jesus' perfect obedience, suffering, death, and resurrection.
Believers are invited to be grafted into Christ through baptism and the Lord's Supper, sharing in His...
This sermon traces Mark 8 and 1 Kings 20 to show how Jesus defeats the serpent’s power, miraculously provides for the hungry, and establishes God’s garden even in enemy territory.
Contrasting Adam and Ahab’s failures with Christ’s perfect mercy and provision, the message calls believers to receive Jesus’ gifts of His perfect obedience in our place, sacrificial death on the cross, and provision of Himself as the Bread of Life, and t...
In this unique sermon, we explore the profound connection between the cosmos and the salvation crafted by Jesus, as illustrated in Psalm 19. Dive into the celestial narrative that proclaims the ultimate victory of Christ and discover how ancient wisdom reveals a different reality than modern science suggests. The heavens speak of God's glory and his redemptive plan, inviting us to see beyond the tangible into a world filled with di...
The sermon delves deep into the human condition through the narrative of 1 Kings, highlighting our inescapable flaws and the impossibility of self-redemption due to original sin. It outlines a dramatic confrontation between Elijah and the prophets of Baal, capturing the essence of divine power and human vulnerability.
Through the story of Elijah, the sermon unveils our continual failures as successors of Adam, underscoring the nece...
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