Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Emmanuel Lutheran Church Aurora Illinois
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Emmanuel is a member congregation of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. We unreservedly confess the Holy Scriptures to be the inspired and inerrant Word of God, and we hold fast to the Confessions of the Lutheran Church as a correct exposition of the Scriptures.

  1. 07/20/2024

    Jesus restores paradise and feeds us freely.

    In the Garden of Eden, our first parents received food freely from the gracious hand of God, apart from any burdensome work (Gen 2:7-17). But after the fall, food would be received only through toil and labor. The curse declared, "By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground.." (Gen. 3:19). In other words, "The wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23). But into this wilderness world came Jesus the Messiah to restore creation. Having compassion on the weary multitudes, He renewed the bounty of Eden on the third day, freely granting an abundance of bread to the 4,000 (Mark 8:1-9). So also our Lord Jesus, having endured the burden of our sin, was raised on the third day to bring us back to Paradise. He now miraculously turns the bread of death into the Bread of Life in the Sacrament, giving you His very body and blood for your forgiveness. For "the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord' (Rom. 6:23).

    19 min

  2. 07/07/2024

    Our Only Hope Is in Christ's Righteousness

    "Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 5:20). God demands nothing less than perfection and holiness from you in regard to His commandments (Ex. 20:1-17). Your only hope, then, is not in your own goodness but in the goodness of Christ, who did not come to destroy the Law and the Prophets, but to fulfill them for you. In Christ, your righteousness does indeed exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees. For you have been baptized into Christ's death and your sinful nature crucified. Therefore, he who has died has been freed from sin (Rom. 6:1- 11). You are now raised with Christ to walk in newness of life and to share in His resurrection on the Last Day. Christ has brought you through the baptismal sea "out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery" (Ex. 20:2). Therefore, "consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to Go in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 6:11).

    22 min

  3. 06/01/2024

    Trinity Sunday

    05/26/2024

    20 min

  4. 05/24/2024

    Pentecost

    May 19, 2024

    20 min

  5. 05/21/2024

    May 12, 2024

    5/12

    22 min

  6. 05/13/2024

    Ascension

    So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

    20 min

  7. 05/05/2024

    The Father Answers Our Prayers Because of Jesus

    "Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you" (John 16:23). To pray in Jesus' name is to pray as one who has been baptized. For it is in the water that He put His name upon you, claiming you as His own, making you a son of God with access to the Father. By His incarnation and crucifixion, our Lord Jesus broke through the barrier of sin which separated us from God, opening a portal to the Father. To pray in Jesus' name is to pray with faith in Him as the one Mediator between God and men, who gave Himself a ransom for all (1 Tim. 2:1-6). Like Moses in the wilderness, Jesus is our go-between and intercessor before the throne of heaven. He was lifted up for us on the cross that we might be saved and restored to fellowship with the Father (Num. 21:4-9). Looking into this perfect teaching of liberty (James 1:22-27) we pray with boldness and confidence as dear children of God.

    20 min

  8. 04/28/2024

    Jesus Promises to Send His Holy Spirit, the Helper

    John 16:5-15

    21 min
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Emmanuel is a member congregation of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. We unreservedly confess the Holy Scriptures to be the inspired and inerrant Word of God, and we hold fast to the Confessions of the Lutheran Church as a correct exposition of the Scriptures.

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    Emmanuel Lutheran Church Aurora Illinois
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
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    93
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