Jesus, the Lamb of God

What are you looking for?

 

 

 

The next day he saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.' I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel." And John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God."

The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God!" The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?" He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon. One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated Anointed). He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter).

John 1:29-42

 

John the Baptist Identifies Jesus as the Lamb of God

1508-1519

Cathédrale d'Amiens

Amiens, France

 

Lamb of God is one of the titles given to Jesus in the New Testament and consequently in the Christian tradition. It is believed to refer to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb atoning for the sins of man in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple sacrifices in which a lamb was slain during the passover, the blood was sprinkled along the door, and the lamb was eaten. 

 

Painted choir-screen sculpture depicting John the Baptist pointing to Jesus and giving witness.

 

http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20140114330505371&code=ACT&RC=29353&Row=1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make no judgments

where you have no compassion.

~ Anne McCaffrey

 

 

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root,

can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures

and does not limit itself to mankind.

~ Albert Schweitzer

 

 

Being considerate of others will take your children

further in life than any college degree.

~ Marian Wright Edelman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We celebrated Joan Evashevski's December birthday (a little late) at Willow Creek Restaurant.

 

 

Memories in the Making

Alzheimer's Association

Denver, Colorado

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

4:00 - 6:30

Susie Frey announced the selected paintings for next June's Annual Art Auction.

We (Evergreen) had four paintings selected this year!!!

 

 

Emily Corey had us all falling out of our chairs with laughter

 at our Church Book Club!

 

 

Jim Davis (and his buddy) discussed procedures for next summer's

100 Holes of Golf Rotary Fund Raiser.

 

 

Steve Sumner, Executive Director, Center for the Arts Evergreen, 

demonstrated an acceptable golf ploy for the tournament.

 

 

 

Holly Brekke announced that she will be a grandmother.  Twice!

Both her daughter and her daughter-in-law are due on the same day.

 

 

The ice on the creek had to be broken up in order to repair the path wiped out in last summer's flood.

Large boulders were added along the bank to help guard against future erosion.

 

 

Some girls' teams were practicing today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never, never be afraid to do what's right,

especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake.

Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict

on our soul when we look the other way.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 19, 2014 Second Sunday after the Epiphany

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:
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Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

 

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 

 

Martin Luther King Day

 

 

Omaha Hurry Peyton Audible Denver Football Orange T Shirt

Go Broncos!!!

Hurry!  Hurry!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Isaiah 49:1-7
Psalm 40:1-11
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
John 1:29-42