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*Call to Worship*
We live between the two Advents (comings)
Of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The last few days and weeks
We remembered and celebrated the first advent of Christ
In the incarnation of the Son of God as a little child.
And we live in the expectation of his second coming,
His second advent
As King of Glory, high and lifted up.
We are never so certain of this
As on a day like today,
When a Sunday falls between Christmas & New Year…
The old has passed away,
And we behold the new that is yet to come.
We are awaiting Christ’s return,
When His Kingdom will be fully revealed.
In the meantime we pray,
Thy kingdom come
On earth as it is in heaven.
We pray that God’s kingdom of justice and righteousness
And peace will be established
Once and for all.
As we gather to worship on the last Sunday of 2008
We look towards the Kingdom of God
That Jesus came to proclaim.
Let us worship Christ the King.
\\ !! Gebet zum Neuen Jahr - auch das Jahr hindurch -
Guter Gott, Du Schöpfer allen Lebens.
\\ Wunderbar hast Du den Menschen erschaffen \\ und noch wunderbarer erneuerst du jährlich \\ die Natur, wenn sie grünt und blüht
Und wenn der Schnee zur Winterzeit
So rein und weiss die Erde bedeckt.
Du, der Du Deine Schöpfung und die Menschen \\ über alles liebst, \\ steh uns Schwachen mit Deiner Kraft bei \\ und behüte uns vor allen Gefahren \\ an Leib und Seele.
Sende uns Deinen Heiligen Geist, \\ damit wir erkennen, was Du mit uns vorhast \\ und was unsere Aufgabe ist.
\\ Leuchte uns mit Deinem Licht, \\ damit wir den Weg zu Dir finden, \\ und sei es auch nur schrittweise.
Sei alle Zeit mit Deiner Gnade bei uns \\ und schaue gütig auf uns herab.
\\ Lass uns erkennen, \\ dass alles, was Du uns schickst, \\ und wenn es uns auch schmerzt, \\ letztlich uns zum Heile gereicht, \\ weil Du ja die Liebe selbst bist.
Gott, unser Vater, \\ auf Dich hoffen und vertrauen wir, \\ Du bist unser Schöpfer \\ und willst, dass wir leben \\ und glücklich sind.
\\ In Deinen Händen liegt unsere Zukunft und Zeit.
\\ Bewahre uns o Gott vor Katastrophen, \\ Krieg und alles Böse.
\\ Schenke der Welt Frieden und Versöhnung.
\\ Begleite uns mit Deinem Segen \\ auf allen unseren Wegen.
AMEN* \\ Signs of the Kingdom*
*Mark 1:9-15*
* *
The Christmas season is still lingering in our hearts
as we move from the story of Jesus’ birth
to his commissioning and ministry.
The last few weeks we heard the story of God’s coming to us
in a little child.
And today, on the last Sunday of the year 2008
we want to concern ourselves
with the message that Jesus brought into the world.
Matthew and Luke tell us with great passion
about the incarnation…
God coming to us in human flesh.
Today we want to shift our attention to the Gospel of Mark.
When we read the Gospel of Mark from the very beginning,
the first question that comes to mind is:
“Where was Mark on Christmas Eve?”
Did he miss the candle light program at church?
He seems to have totally missed
the mysterious announcement by the angel Gabriel,
and there is also not a single word about the Virgin birth,
the manger scene,
the visit of the Maggi, and so on.
Mark’s report begins with John the Baptist preparing the way.
Listen to his account:
/1 //The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ,/
/ the Son of God./
/2 //It is written in Isaiah the prophet: /
/"I will send my messenger ahead of you, \\ who will prepare your way" — \\ 3 "a voice of one calling in the desert, /
/'Prepare the way for the Lord, \\ make straight paths for him.'"
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/4 //And so John came, /
/baptizing in the desert region /
/and preaching a baptism of repentance /
/for the forgiveness of sins.
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/9 //At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee /
/and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
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/10 //As Jesus was coming up out of the water, /
/immediately he saw heaven being torn open /
/and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
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/11//And a voice came from heaven: /
/"You are my Son, whom I love; /
/with you I am well pleased."
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/12 //At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert, /
/13 //and he was in the desert forty days, /
/being tempted by Satan.
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/He was with the wild animals, /
/and angels attended him./
/14 //After John was put in prison, /
/Jesus went into Galilee, /
/proclaiming the good news of God.
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/15 //"The time has come," he said.
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/"The kingdom of God is near.
/
/Repent and believe the good news!"/
This is a very rich text, that describes
the beginning of the ministry of Jesus.
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*1. ** Jesus’ Baptism and Commissioning *
Timothy J. Geddert, wirtes
*in the /Believers church Bible commentary on Mark/*/,/
that through repentance and baptism
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