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Multimedia Lent Devotional – Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent

March 25, 2025

2025:

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent:

  • Scripture (Theresa Mayhue) – Matthew 5:17-19
  • Reflection (Michael Sculley)
  • Prayer (Judi Campbell)
  • Videos: Matthew 5:17-19
  • Music: “To See the Law by Christ Fulfilled” (Grace Presbyterian Church) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ds2sVEk4k

2024:

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent:

Matthew 5:17-19 – “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

All throughout his ministry, Jesus told us and showed us what the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven is like. In today’s scripture, Jesus draws our attention to the law. The Old Testament law had been given to create a community that reflected God’s oneness. The law offered God’s gracious intrusions into the chaos of the human community in order to create a more trustworthy and just world. The goal had always been the restoration and transformation of all people and all of creation. In his life, ministry, death, and resurrection, Jesus gloriously accomplished what the law did not, and now the goal of restoration and transformation is truly fulfilled for the very first time! The resurrection of Jesus launched a new, and newly integrated, way of life. All law now must submit to the authority of Jesus, for it is in Christ that the law is now fulfilled. Because of what Jesus did, God is making us into people who are able to love God and others by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said the greatest and first commandment is, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength,” and the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” To love like this fulfills the law of Christ. This is the kingdom of heaven.

2023:

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent:

  • Scripture (Declan) – John 6:63c, 68c
  • Reflection (Nancy Penton)
  • Prayer (Robby Martin)
  • Videos: John
  • Music: “To Whom Shall We Go” (Carolyn Arends)

Each short Multimedia Lent Devotional is an invitation to set aside time each day during the season preceding Easter. Lent is a solemn 40-day period we observe as we seek to draw near to God prior to the great celebration of Easter. During Lent,

  • we intentionally practice sober reflection, serious repentance, and sincere restitution, in which we more fully recognize our brokenness as humans, looking always to Jesus Christ as our Savior and sanctifier;
  • we seek to live lives marked by simplicity, self-denial, and surrender, in imitation of Christ Jesus, who fasted for 40 days in the wilderness before He began His public ministry;
  • we look for ways in which we express love for neighbors and nations in need in practical ways through generously giving of our time, talents, and treasures.

This collaboration is brought to you by Liberty Vineyard Church

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