The Sovereign Love of God

K ingdomtide : R emembering the S aints , E xalting the K ing

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Twenty-second Sundayafter Pentecost October 24 - 30, 2021 • Proper 25 According to God’s holy promise, the saints of Christ will dine at the marriage supper of the Lamb, a feast of love and communion with the risen Lord and Savior himself. The Feast of Christ the King, the last Sunday before Advent, anticipates the day when Christ will reign supreme, and the saints of God will never again leave the presence of their Lord. Through the apostles and the prophets, the Lord gives a canonical authoritative telling and interpretation of the story. God narrates his own person and work in the Scriptures. He provides commentary on the meaning of events. His own person provides the unity of Scripture. Historically, the Church has outlined this theology in the Nicene Creed. “It provides us with a summary of the whole Christian narrative in bold relief. As a Christ-centered statement, it points to the story of Jesus of Nazareth as the key to the entire self-consciousness of Christianity, and the key to understanding the hope of all twenty-first century disciples today” ( Sacred Roots ). THIS WEEK’S THEME Your Word Is Truth: Divine Narration: Biblical Theology, Luke 24.44-45

WEEK 48

Daily Devotional Guide

Preparing Our Hearts

Invocation: Our Prayer of Acclamation Thank you, heavenly Father, for the Holy Scriptures, your written word which testifies of the work of your Son in salvation for the world. We have come to know and understand that everything that was written about him in the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled. He is the hero of the biblical