The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional
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During the forty days of Lent, we explore the gift of repentance that turns us back to Christ and his finished work. There is no repentance apart from Christ. There is no Lent apart from Christ's suffering on our behalf. There is no hope apart from his righteousness gifted to us. All of these daily devotions are written with these great truths in mind. Dear Sinner/Saint, prepare to be told in these pages to go home to your forgiving Father over and over.
* Foreword by Daniel Emery Price
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The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional - Kyle G Jones
The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional
© 2019 Kyle G. Jones
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Publisher’s Cataloging-In-Publication Data
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Names: Jones, Kyle G., author. | Strauch, Kathryn, author. | Price, Daniel Emery, writer of supplementary textual content.
Title: The sinner/saint Lenten devotional / by Kyle G. Jones and Kathryn Strauch ; foreword by Daniel Emery Price.
Other Titles: Sinner saint Lenten devotional
Description: Irvine, CA : 1517 Publishing, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: ISBN 9781948969130 (softcover) | ISBN 9781948969147 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Lent--Prayers and devotions. | Lutheran Church--Prayers and devotions. | Bible--Meditations. | Devotional exercises.
Classification: LCC BX8067.L5 J66 2019 (print) | LCC BX8067.L5 (ebook) | DDC 242/.34--dc23
Cover art by Brenton Clarke Little.
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Contents
Foreword by: Daniel Emery Price
WEEK OF ASH WEDNESDAY
Marked | Ash Wednesday
Meeting Jesus in the Water | Thursday after Ash Wednesday
The Watery Grave | Friday after Ash Wednesday
The Master Artist | Saturday after Ash Wednesday
FIRST WEEK OF LENT
The God Who Sees | First Sunday in Lent
Divine Servant | Monday of the First Week of Lent
Dying of Thirst | Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
A Tale of Two Prayers | Wednesday of the First Week of Lent
Delivered into Evil? | Thursday of the First Week of Lent
Jesus’s Devotion | Friday of the First Week of Lent
Buried Treasure | Saturday of the First Week of Lent
SECOND WEEK OF LENT
Jesus Doesn’t Give out Clean Slates | Second Sunday in Lent
The Great Hide and Seek | Monday of the Second Week of Lent
For Our Benefit | Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
The Perfect Neighbor | Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
Scripture Speaks with an Accent | Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
Carried to the Table of the King | Friday of the Second Week of Lent
The Lord Who Remembers Not | Saturday of the Second Week of Lent
THIRD WEEK OF LENT
Anointed | Third Sunday in Lent
Crowned | Monday of the Third Week of Lent
Life in the Blood | Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
Our Scapegoat | Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
Our Judgment | Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
Our Gracious Gardener | Friday of the Third Week of Lent
Named | Saturday of the Third Week of Lent
FOURTH WEEK OF LENT
From Adored to Abhorred | Fourth Sunday in Lent
The Ultimate Rejection | Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
The New and Better Jonah | Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
The Extraordinary for the Ordinary | Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
A Fiery Exchange | Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Our Great Worship Leader | Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Our Silent Defense and Bloody Apology | Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT
Prove It | Fifth Sunday in Lent
The Greater David | Monday of the Fifth Week in Lent
Remembering to Forget | Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Lent
Behold the Light of the World | Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Lent
Climbing Trees with Jesus | Thursday of the Fifth Week in Lent
A Defeated God | Friday of the Fifth Week in Lent
Wearing Jesus’s Wounds | Saturday of the Fifth Week in Lent
HOLY WEEK
A Foal for a Steed | Palm Sunday
The Holy Coal | Monday of Holy Week
A King for a Criminal | Tuesday of Holy Week
Pilate’s Baptism | Wednesday of Holy Week
Jesus’s Most Important Words | Maundy Thursday
Answer Me | Good Friday
Exchanging Graves | Holy Saturday
Foreword
Properly speaking, repentance consists of two parts: One part is contrition, or the terrors that strike the conscience through knowledge of sin. The other part is faith, which is born of the Gospel, or the Absolution, and believes that for Christ’s sake, sins are forgiven.
The Augsburg Confession, 1530
I once saw a man holding a sign that read:
Divorce is an abomination. Repent!
That’s it. Nothing else. Nothing about forgiveness. Nothing about God. Nothing about Christ or His blood-soaked cross and empty tomb. I couldn’t help but approach the man and ask him one question.
Repent to what?
He didn’t answer. In fact, he wouldn’t even look at me. I asked the question again . . . still nothing. So I told him about all that Christ had done for a world of wretched sinners, and I asked him to consider adding some good news to his sign if he was dead set on holding one. Sadly, he never spoke to me. Never even looked at me. But he certainly heard me.
Repentance
is a word we use a lot in Christianity. All of the Old Testament Prophets said to repent. John the Baptist said to repent. Jesus said to repent. The Apostles said to repent. Repentance is a big deal. Understandably, we feel the pressure to get this right—but far too often we get it wrong.
Because the Church is made up of sinners, we