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.
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
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Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Martin
Luther King Day
Go Broncos!!!
Hurry! Hurry!!!
Isaiah 49:1-7
Psalm 40:1-11
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
John 1:29-42