Behold the Lamb of God
John saw Jesus coming toward 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
St.
John the Baptist (Detail from The Annunciation from the Isenheim Altarpiece)
GRÜNEWALD,
Matthias
1512-1516
Unterlinden
Museum at Colmar
Alsace
France
View
of the Isenheim Altarpiece
Hagenauer
and Matthias Grünewald
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isenheim_Altarpiece
John never depicts the actual
baptism of the Lord Jesus. Matthew did already, as we saw last week. John
assumes it and unfolds it in the interaction of his characters. Let’s lay it
out. It’s the day after the baptism happened, and John the Baptist is standing
there, stage left, and upstage center is a small crowd. Stage right Jesus
enters, and walks in. John points to him, and says to the crowd, “Behold the lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.
This is he before whose coming I had been speaking of.”
See
more dialogue here:
http://oldfirst.blogspot.com/2014/01/january-19-second-after-epiphany-behold.html
Thankfulness is a soil in which
pride does not easily grow.
~
Michael Ramsey
We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge,
but we can’t be wise with other men’s wisdom.
~
Michel de Montaigne *
Ana
Dodson with her father, Rocco, and her brother, Noah.
Ana
was our speaker at Rotary and she told how Peruvian Hearts has grown
since
we passed the hat 14 years ago and collected $700 for her when she was only 11
(and very shy).
That
became her seed money to start Peruvian Hearts.
The motto of Peruvian Hearts is “changing the world, one
heart at a time.”
What
an amazing contribution Ana has made to our world!!!
You
can read more about Ana and Peruvian Hearts here:
https://www.facebook.com/peruvianhearts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWI0-Q0sxjA
Yes,
Ana really is 25 now!
Neil
and Jennie Snyder hosted Spares and Pairs in their lovely home Friday evening.
My father used to say,
“Don’t raise your voice.
Improve your argument.”
~
Desmond Tutu
January 15, 2017 Second Sunday after Epiphany
* “Montaigne
once wrote, 'We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we can’t
be wise with other men’s wisdom.' That’s because wisdom isn’t a body of
information. It’s the moral quality of knowing what you don’t know and figuring
out a way to handle your ignorance, uncertainty, and limitation.”
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Isaiah 49:1-7
Psalm 40:1-11
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
John 1:29-42
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