Gerhard Ebeling

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Gerhard Ebeling

• Advent Preaching Seminar 2010
• Good Shepherd Institute
• Concordia Theological Seminary

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Gerhard Ebeling

• Born on July 6, 1912 in Berlin
• Died on October 1, 2001 in Zurich

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Ebeling

• Attended the Predigerseminar at Finkenwalde as a
  student of Bonhoeffer.
• Deep involvement in the Confessing Church.
• Luther scholar, New Testament exegete, and
  systematic theologian with a focus on
  hermeneutics.
• Preacher

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Theology and Proclamation

• Theology is necessary in order to make preaching
  as hard for the preacher as it has to be
  Gerhard Ebeling, Thesis 7 in Discussion Theses
  for a Course of Introductory Lectures on the
  Study of Theology in Word and Faith, 424

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Advent Sermon Series on the Lords Prayer

• On Prayer The Lords Prayer in Todays World by
  Gerhard Ebeling (Fortress Press, 1966)

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Ebeling Hallowed be Thy Name

• Ebeling ties the first petition to Advent The
  decisive thing is waiting on God (21)
• This puts the one who prays in the position of a
  beggar.
• Christian praying gives priority to Gods Word
  we must pray to God on behalf of God that he
  would take up his own cause, that he would
  appear, that he would reveal himself, that he
  would arise as God, that he would in very truth
  become God (24)
• God hallows His name by taking on our humanity
  and coming to us as the child of Mary.

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Liturgical Material for Midweek Advent Service
Hallowed be Thy Name

• Reading Luke 1928-38
• Psalm 138
• Hymns
• Once He Came in Blessing-333 LSB
• O Lord, How Shall I Meet You-334 LSB
• The Night Will Soon Be Ending-337 LSB
• Hark the Glad Sound-349 LSB
• Comfort, Comfort Ye My People-347 LSB

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Ebeling Thy Kingdom Come

• Prayer is turning to God.Prayer is turning to
  the future (29)
• Each petition of the Our Father is such a cry
  for a future, a crying out for Gods future
  because there threatens to be no future for man
  (30)
• Each of the petitions can be understood only as
  a cry from the depths (30-31)
• This is not a prayer for an absent kingdom but a
  kingdom that is present now in Christ Jesus (33)

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Ebeling Thy Kingdom Come-cont

• The old man is called old for the very reason
  that he is now antiquated, subject to the past .
  He has no more time (37).
• The new man is called new because his future
  is Gods future. He has time (37)
• The kingdom is received by faith alone that
  suffers God to come. Ebeling cites Luke 138.
• We pray this petition in the certainty of the
  Lord who is the Alpha and Omega (Rev. 214-6)
  (38).

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Liturgical Material for Midweek Advent Service
Thy Kingdom Come

• Reading Luke 1720-30
• Psalm 25
• Hymns
• Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers- 515 LSB
• The Advent of Our King-331 LSBSavior of the
  Nations, Come-332 LSB
• O Bride of Christ, Rejoice-335 LSB
• Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus-338 LSB
• Lift Up Your Heads-339 LSB
• Prepare the Royal Highway-343 LSB
• The King Shall Come -348 LSB

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Ebeling Thy Will be Done on Earth as it is in
Heaven

• This is not a prayer that turns its back on the
  world but rather one imploring Gods will to be
  done in the world (39).
• Faith lives in surrender to the God-world-event
  (41) that is to the coming of Jesus who was
  crucified to fulfill Gods will to save us.
• Atheists, religious fanatics, and legalists all
  misread this petition.
• In this petition we pray against all that opposes
  Gods will revealed in Christ. Also note
  Ebelings discussion of the distinction between
  Gods hidden will and His revealed will (49).

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Liturgical Material for Midweek Advent Service
Thy Will be Done

• Reading John 635-40
• Psalm 143
• Hymns
• Creator of the Stars of Night-351 LSB
• Jesus Came, the Heavens Adoring-353 LSB
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel-357 LSB
• I Lie, O Lord, within Your Care-885 LSB
• Come, Thou Precious Ransom, Come-350 LSB