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 from Ezekiel 36 explains who God is by his actions: how Israel profaned God’s name, how Yahweh vindicated it through the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, and how the Spirit restores God’s reputation through believers.
God saves not for human merit but for the sake of His Name, giving a new heart and Spirit so His people can faithfully bear His Name in daily life and mission.
The message points to Christ as ...
This episode examines 2 Kings 2 and Luke 24, showing Elijah’s ascension as a foreshadowing of Christ and how Jesus fulfills and surpasses the Old Testament story.
It traces Elijah giving his cloak to Elisha, the meaning of that transfer of office and power, and how Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension open the way to heaven for us.
Finally, it explains how believers are clothed with Christ’s power from on high and called to ...
This sermon traces Numbers 21 and the bronze serpent as a foreshadowing of Christ. Israel’s rebellion and suffering in the wilderness show human sin and futility, while God’s mercy provides a way of rescue through a lifted image that points to Jesus.
Christ became the curse of sin on the cross so that all who look to him in faith are saved. The sermon calls believers to trust the promises attached to baptism and the Lord’s Supper, ...
This episode explains Jesus' words from John 16 that it is to our advantage that he goes away because, by ascending, he sends the Holy Spirit — the Helper who gives believers the benefits of Christ's life, death, resurrection, and ascension personally. The Spirit convicts, teaches, and brings Christ to us through the gospel, baptism, and the Lord's Supper.
Listeners are encouraged to reject the devil's lies, receive the Spirit's gi...
Our sermon traces Isaiah 39–40: Hezekiah invites Babylon into Yahweh's storehouses, bringing judgment and exile, while Isaiah points to God as creator and sovereign of the stars. The preacher contrasts Israel's betrayal with Christ, the new Adam and true King, who reclaims and purifies God's vessels, raising humanity from plunder to glorious redemption; an invitation to feast on the riches of Christ and serve in gratitude.
This sermon explores Ezekiel 34 and John 10, showing how God condemns Israel's bad shepherds and promises to shepherd his people himself.
It explains the apparent tension between God and David by revealing Jesus as the Good Shepherd—both God and the new David—Who fights the enemy, dies for the sheep, and rises victorious.
The message closes with practical application: Christ calls His followers to serve their neighbors in their voc...
This sermon explains how Christ, the new temple and priest, recreates believers by giving His body, blood, and the Holy Spirit so our bodies become temples of God.
It calls Christians to live as Christ’s priests in the world: to suffer, serve, and bring God’s presence to others with the sure hope of the resurrection.
Drawing from Isaiah 25 and John 20, this sermon proclaims that Jesus intentionally entered death as a conquering warrior, sanctifying the grave and reversing the curse for all who cling to him.
His suffering and resurrection are presented as the decisive victory that brings vindication, eternal life, and an invitation to share in his rule. Believers, living or dead, are already with him in paradise through this accomplished work.
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This episode traces how the God of Exodus humbles Himself to save undeserving people, striking down false gods in Egypt and prefiguring Christ’s sacrifice. It draws a parallel between Moses striking the rock and Jesus’ death on the cross, where water and blood flow from the pierced side as the true source of life and atonement.
Listeners are invited to embrace baptismal union with Christ, to participate in the Lord’s Supper, and to...
This Maundy Thursday sermon examines John 13’s command to "love one another," arguing that true love is defined by Christ—His obedient, sacrificial, and often scandalous actions—rather than human feelings or preferences.
It calls believers to receive Christ’s body and blood, submit to God’s will, and love others by doing what they need rather than simply doing what pleases them.
This sermon draws on John 12, Matthew, and Ezekiel 11 to show how God's glory left the temple through the east gate and how Jesus, as the true man, reverses that exile.
It explains Jesus' humble triumph—entering by the east gate, purifying the temple, and securing victory through suffering and death—inviting believers into Holy Week to unite their sufferings with his and to enter anew into communion with God.
This episode contrasts Adam's choice in Eden with Christ's choice in Gethsemane: Adam chose his own will and brought sin, death, and God's wrath into the world, while Jesus voluntarily drank the cup of wrath to atone for humanity's sin.
Through Christ's obedient suffering and the Lord's Supper, believers receive His righteousness, freedom from wrath and death, and are called to conform their wills to God's, living out redemption in...
This sermon explores the question of true affiliation with Jesus—how do you know you are truly grafted into Christ? Using Gospel encounters and the Abraham/Isaac story, the preacher shows that purity, ethnicity, or church membership do not determine belonging.
Instead, hearing and clinging to Christ in need, trusting His work and word, is the decisive mark of being on Jesus’ team. As Holy Week approaches, the message calls listener...
This episode explains how Jesus is the True Vine and the Righteous Branch who restores humanity. It traces the Vine’s work from Eden through Israel’s history to Christ’s life, death, resurrection, and ascension, showing how believers are grafted into Him and called to bear fruit.
Listeners are urged to abide in God’s word, live out their vocations, and find assurance of resurrection and union with Christ through baptism and the sac...
This sermon, drawing on Isaiah 5 and John 2, explains that humanity was created to bear good fruit but failed—Adam and Israel rejected God’s word and produced bad fruit.
At the wedding in Cana, Jesus turns water into superior wine, honoring the bridegroom and illustrating justification: Christ’s perfect fruit is credited to sinners.
By his death and resurrection, Christ, the true Tree of Life, unites believers to himself, recreatin...
This sermon draws from Exodus 14–16 and the surrounding context to reflect on Lent: God’s costly work to restore fallen creation, Israel’s quick grumbling after deliverance, and God’s surprising provision in manna and quail, heavenly bread and meat.
It shows how Moses’ staff struck the rock Christ—crushed for sinners—whose life-giving work is received in baptism and the Lord’s Supper, calling believers to trust, live their vocation...
The sermon contrasts Israel’s barren, fig-leaf faith—fruitless, trusting false promises and worshiping idols—with Christ as the true living tree who bears fruit and fulfills God’s law.
Through his curse, death, and resurrection Christ becomes the source of life: pouring out Spirit and water, grafting sinners into himself so they may bear fruit and share in eternal life.
This sermon from Luke 11 contrasts Adam, who lost dominion to Satan, with Christ, who invaded Satan's stronghold, defeated death, and reclaimed humanity. It calls believers to receive Christ’s victory in Communion, defend their families against spiritual attack, and join the church in reclaiming the world for God's kingdom.
On the first Sunday in Lent this sermon explores Jesus as the new Adam by comparing Genesis 3 and Matthew 4. It contrasts Adam's failure in the garden with Jesus' faithful obedience in the wilderness, showing how Christ's victory undoes the consequences of the fall and restores humanity through his suffering, death, and resurrection.
The message invites believers to receive Christ's righteousness in baptism and the sacraments, live...
This episode explores Jesus' encounter with the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15, showing how his words and actions transform the biblical image of "dogs"—the cursed and excluded—into recipients of God’s mercy. The sermon traces Old Testament precedents, the woman’s faith, and Jesus’ willingness to humble himself and extend sacred space to the Gentiles.
It connects that story to the cross, explaining how Christ became a curse and gave...
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