The Kingdom Man -- Dr. Wil Baker

Dr. WIL BAKER:

Born and raised in Atmore, he answered God’s call to ministry just after high school graduation. He then earned degrees from Howard College, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and the University of Southern Mississippi, while pastoring Baptist churches, and completed his PhD at New Orleans Seminary. From 1974-1994, he was Professor of Family Medicine at the University of South Alabama. After retiring, he helped develop the Alabama Medical Education Consortium, a “medical school without walls,” which gave birth to the Alabama College pf Osteopathic Medicine in Dothan, where he is now Associate Dean for Clinical Resources.

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People of Healing Faith -- Angie Long

Luke 5:17-26

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A Paralytic Healed

17 And it happened that on one of the days as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come[a] from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was there in order for him to heal. 18 And behold, men came carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and place him[b][c] before him. 19 And when they[d] did not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and[e] let him down through the roof tiles with the stretcher into the midst of them, in front of Jesus. 20 And when he[f] saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.” 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?” 22 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered and[g] said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’ 24 But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” he said to the one who was paralyzed, “I say to you, ‘Get up and pick up your stretcher and[h] go to your home.’” 25 And immediately he stood up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and[i] went away to his home, glorifying God. 26 And amazement seized them all, and they began to glorify[j] God. And they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen wonderful things today!”

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  1. Luke 5:17 Literally “were having come”

  2. Luke 5:18 Some manuscripts Some manuscripts include the pronoun “him” after “place”

  3. Luke 5:18 Since Greek routinely omits direct objects when they are clear from context, the pronoun is not necessary here in the Greek text, but it must be supplied in the English translation

  4. Luke 5:19 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“find”) which is understood as temporal

  5. Luke 5:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went up”) has been translated as a finite verb

  6. Luke 5:20 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal

  7. Luke 5:22 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

  8. Luke 5:24 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“pick up”) has been translated as a finite verb

  9. Luke 5:25 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participles (“stood up” and “picked up”) have been translated as finite verbs

  10. Luke 5:26 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to glorify”)

 
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Welcome to Dr. Ken Moore and his wife Roni -- July 11th will be Dr. Moore’s first Sunday.

We welcome Dr. Ken Moore and his wife Roni to Morgan’s Chapel. Born and raised in Mobile, graduated from Murphy High School and attended Mississippi State college, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Covington Theological Seminary.  Dr. Moore was converted at age 15 and called to preach at 16.  He pastored his first church at age 18.  After pastoring in several states over 50 years he semi-retired in 2014.  He has continued to pastor Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches throughout south Alabama.  Dr. Moore also participates in overseas mission work and is President of KMEM International Ministries, Inc.

He and Roni have 3 adult children, 6 grand children and 1 great grandchild.

Dr. Ken Moore and his wife Roni

Peace! Be Still -- Rev. Robert McMillan

Mark 4:35-41

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Calming of a Storm

35 And on that day, when it[a] was evening, he said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him along, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great storm of wind developed, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already being filled with water.[b] 38 And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, is it not a concern to you that we are perishing?” 39 And he woke up and[c] rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Be quiet! Be silent!” And the wind abated and there was a great calm. 40 And he said to them, “Why are you fearful? Do you not yet have faith?” 41 And they were terribly frightened[d] and began to say[e] to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

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  1. Mark 4:35 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)

  2. Mark 4:37 *The words “with water” are not in the Greek text but are implied

  3. Mark 4:39 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“woke up”) has been translated as a finite verb

  4. Mark 4:41 Literally “they feared a great fear”

  5. Mark 4:41 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)

 

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Mark 4:26-34

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The Parable of the Seed that Grows by Itself

26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is like this: like a man scatters seed on the ground. 27 And he sleeps and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he does not know how.[a] 28 By itself the soil produces a crop: first the grass, then the head of grain, then the full grain in the head. 29 But when the crop permits, he sends in the sickle right away, because the harvest has come.”

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or by what parable can we present it? 31 It is like a mustard seed that when sown on the ground, although it[b] is the smallest of all the seeds that are on the ground, 32 but when it is sown it grows up and becomes the largest of all the garden herbs, and sends out large branches so that the birds of the sky are able to nest in its shade.” 33 And with many parables such as these he was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear it.[c] 34 And he did not speak to them without a parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

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  1. Mark 4:27 Literally “in such a way as he does not know”

  2. Mark 4:31 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as concessive

  3. Mark 4:33 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

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Mark 3:20-35

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A House Divided Cannot Stand

20 And he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they were not even able to eat a meal. 21 And when[a] his family[b] heard this,[c] they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, “He has lost his mind!”

22 And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul!” and “By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!” 23 And he called them to himself and[d] was speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan expel Satan? 24 And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand, but is at an end! 27 But no one is able to enter into the house of a strong man and[e] plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man, and then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

28 “Truly I say to you that all the sins and the blasphemies will be forgiven the sons of men, however much they blaspheme. 29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness forever,[f] but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30 because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers

31 And his mother and his brothers arrived, and standing outside, they sent word to him to summon him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers[g] are outside looking for you.” 33 And he answered them and[h] said, “Who is my mother or[i] my brothers?” 34 And looking around at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God, this person is my brother and sister and mother.”

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  1. Mark 3:21 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal

  2. Mark 3:21 Literally those “close to him”

  3. Mark 3:21 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

  4. Mark 3:23 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“called”) has been translated as a finite verb

  5. Mark 3:27 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“enter”) has been translated as a finite verb

  6. Mark 3:29 Literally “for the age”

  7. Mark 3:32 Some manuscripts add “and your sisters”

  8. Mark 3:33 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

  9. Mark 3:33 Some manuscripts have “and”


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Psalm 104:24-34 Lexham English Bible

24 How many are your works, O Yahweh;
all of them you have done in wisdom.
The earth is full of your creatures.
25 This is the great and wide[a] sea,
in which are moving animals without number,
living things small and great.
26 There the ships sail.
Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.[b]
27 They all wait for you
to give them their food at the proper time.[c]
28 You give to them; they gather it.
You open your hand, they are filled with what isgood.
29 You hide your face, they are terrified.
You take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
30 You send forth your Spirit,[d] they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of Yahweh endure forever.
May Yahweh be glad in his works,
32 the one who looks at the earth and it quakes,
and touches the mountains and they smoke.
33 I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I remain alive.[e]
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him.
I will be glad in Yahweh.

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  1. Psalm 104:25 Literally “broad of hands”

  2. Psalm 104:26 For this construction meaning “to play with,” see Job 40:29 (Eng: 41:5)

  3. Psalm 104:27 Literally “in its season”

  4. Psalm 104:30 Or “breath”

  5. Psalm 104:33 Literally “while I am still”

Baptized

Acts 1:1-11

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The Preface

1 I produced the former account, O Theophilus, about all that[a] Jesus began to do and to teach, 2 until the day he was taken up, after he[b] had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen, 3 to whom he also presented himself alive after he suffered, with many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking the things about the kingdom of God. 4 And while he[c] was with[d] them,[e] he commanded them, “Do not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for what was promised by the Father, which you heard about from me. 5 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”[f]

The Ascension

6 So when[g] they had come together, they began asking[h] him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7 But he said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when[i] the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest part of the earth.” 9 And after he[j] had said these things, while[k] they were watching, he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight. 10 And as they were staring into the sky while[l] he was departing, behold, two men in white clothing stood by them 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee,[m] why do you stand there looking[n] into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven like this will come back in the same way you saw him departing into heaven!”

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  1. Acts 1:1 Literally “of what”

  2. Acts 1:2 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had given orders”) which is understood as temporal

  3. Acts 1:4 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was with”) which is understood as temporal

  4. Acts 1:4 Or “was assembling with,” or “was sharing a meal with”

  5. Acts 1:4 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

  6. Acts 1:5 Literally “not many days after these”

  7. Acts 1:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had come together”) which is understood as temporal

  8. Acts 1:6 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began asking”)

  9. Acts 1:8 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“has come”)

  10. Acts 1:9 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal

  11. Acts 1:9 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were watching”)

  12. Acts 1:10 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was departing”)

  13. Acts 1:11 Literally “Galileans”

  14. Acts 1:11 Some manuscripts have “gazing”

Mona Pineda

A Canaanite Woman’s Great Faith

21 And departing from there, Jesus went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that district came and cried out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!” 23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up and[a] asked him, saying, “Send her away, because she is crying out after us!” 24 But he answered and[b] said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and[c] knelt down before him, saying, “Lord, help me!” 26 And he answered and[d] said, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it[e] to the dogs!” 27 So she said, “Yes, Lord, for even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” 28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you want.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

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  1. Matthew 15:23 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb

  2. Matthew 15:24 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

  3. Matthew 15:25 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb

  4. Matthew 15:26 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

  5. Matthew 15:26 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

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John 15:1-8

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The Vine and the Branches

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15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch that does not bear fruit in me, he removes it, and every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it in order that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit from itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him—this one bears much fruit, for apart from me you are not able to do anything. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and dries up, and they gather them and throw them[a] into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified by this: that you bear much fruit, and prove to be my disciples.

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  1. John 15:6 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

The Good Shepherd

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John 10:11-18

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11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf approaching and abandons the sheep and runs away—and the wolf seizes them and scatters them[a]— 13 because he is a hired hand and he is not concerned[b] about the sheep.

14 “I am the good shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep which are not from this fold. I must bring these also, and they will hear my voice, and they will become one flock—one shepherd. 17 Because of this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take possession of it again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down voluntarily.[c] I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take possession of it again. This commandment I received from my Father.”

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  1. John 10:12 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

  2. John 10:13 Literally “it is not a concern to him”

  3. John 10:18 Literally “from myself”

Opened Minds

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Luke 24:36-48

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Jesus Appears to His Disciples

36 And while[a] they were saying these things, he himself stood there among them.[b] 37 But they were startled and became terrified, and[c] thought they had seen a ghost. 38 And he said to them, “Why are you frightened? And for what reason do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Look at my hands and my feet, that I am I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”[d] 40 And when he[e] had said this, he showed them his[f] hands and his[g] feet. 41 And while[h] they were still disbelieving because of joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Do you have anything to eat[i] here?” 42 So they gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it[j] and[k] ate it[l] in front of them.

Jesus Commissions His Disciples

44 And he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I[m] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and said to them, “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance and the forgiveness[n] of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all the nations,[o] beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things.

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  1. Luke 24:36 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were saying”)

  2. Luke 24:36 Some manuscripts add “and said to them, ‘Peace to you!’”

  3. Luke 24:37 Here “and” is supplied because the two previous participles (“startled” and “terrified”) have been translated as finite verbs

  4. Luke 24:39 Literally “you see me having”

  5. Luke 24:40 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal

  6. Luke 24:40 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

  7. Luke 24:40 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

  8. Luke 24:41 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“disbelieving”)

  9. Luke 24:41 Literally “eatable”

  10. Luke 24:43 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

  11. Luke 24:43 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb

  12. Luke 24:43 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

  13. Luke 24:44 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as temporal

  14. Luke 24:47 Some manuscripts have “repentance for the forgiveness”

  15. Luke 24:47 The same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context

Breath Equals Life

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John 20:19-31

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Jesus Appears to the Disciples

19 Now when it[a] was evening on that day—the first day of the week—and the doors had been shut where the disciples were because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace to you.” 20 And when he[b] had said this, he showed his[c] hands and his[d] side to them. Then the disciples rejoiced when they[e] saw the Lord. 21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.” 22 And when he[f] had said this, he breathed on them[g] and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins[h] of any, they are retained.”

Thomas Doubts But Later Believes

24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called Didymus,[i] was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe!”

26 And after eight days his disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Although[j] the doors had been shut, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said, “Peace to you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Place your finger here and see my hands, and place your hand and put it[k] into my side. And do not be unbelieving, but believing!” 28 Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, have you believed? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Why This Book Was Written

30 Now Jesus also performed many other signs in the presence of the disciples[l] which are not recorded in this book, 31 but these things are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by[m] believing you may have life in his name.

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  1. John 20:19 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)

  2. John 20:20 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal

  3. John 20:20 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

  4. John 20:20 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

  5. John 20:20 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal

  6. John 20:22 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal

  7. John 20:22 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

  8. John 20:23 An understood repetition of the phrase from earlier in the verse

  9. John 20:24 The Greek term means “the Twin”

  10. John 20:26 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had been shut”) which is understood as concessive

  11. John 20:27 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

  12. John 20:30 Some manuscripts have “his disciples”

  13. John 20:31 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“believing”) which is understood as means

Easter Sunday    April 4, 2021 Sunrise Worship  6:30 am

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Rev. Robert McMillan, Pastor

Easter Sunday  ⬧  April 4, 2021

Sunrise Worship  6:30 am


Draping the Cross


Welcome  ⬧  Rev. Robert McMillan  

The Easter Greeting

Pastor: Christ is risen!

People: Christ is risen indeed!  

All: Alleluia!


Hymn   Up from the Grave He Arose


An Easter Prayer

All: Lord God, walk with us in this time of worship, as you walked with Mary in the garden. Speak our names, that we might hear your voice. Show us your grace, that we might experience your presence and know your love. Grant us faith, even as we gather at the tomb, that we might believe in your resurrection.  In the risen Christ’s name we pray. Amen.


In the Garden  ⬧  Cathy Peterson


Mark 16:1-8  ⬧  Miranda Griffiths 


Meditation  ⬧  Rev. Robert McMillan


Holy Communion


Hymn   He Lives


Benediction  ⬧  Rev. Robert McMillan

The tomb is empty, Christ has risen.

As you journey in faith, may your life be full, 

your love be abundant, and your hope be eternal.

Live this day and always for Christ Jesus

because the Risen Christ lives in you.


All: Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Amen!


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Up From the Grave He Arose


Low in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior! 

Waiting the coming day, Jesus, my Lord! 


CHORUS: Up from the grave He arose, 

with a mighty triumph o’er His foes; 

He arose a victor from the dark domain, 

and He lives forever with His saints to reign. 

He arose! He arose! Alleluia! Christ arose! 


Vainly they watch His bed, Jesus, my Savior! 

Vainly they seal the dead, Jesus, my Lord! 

CHORUS 


Death cannot keep his prey. Jesus my Savior! 

He tore the bars away. Jesus, my Lord! 

CHORUS 



In the Garden  


I come to the garden alone 

While the dew is still on the roses,
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,
The Son of God discloses.

CHORUS: And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own,
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me,
Within my heart is ringing.
CHORUS


He Lives 


I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today, 

I know that He is living whatever men may say; 

I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer; 

and just the time I need Him, He’s always near. 


CHORUS: He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! 

He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way. 

He lives, He lives, salvation to impart! 

You ask me how I know He lives? 

He lives within my heart! 


In all the world around me I see His loving care, 

And though my heart grown weary, I never will despair; I

 know that He is leading through all the stormy blast, 

The day of His appearing will come at last. 

(CHORUS) 


Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian, lift up your voice and sing 

Eternal alleluias to Jesus Christ the King! 

The hope of all who seek Him, the help of all who find, 

None other is so loving, so good and kind.

(CHORUS)

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Mark 16:1-8

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Jesus Is Raised

16 And when[a] the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome purchased fragrant spices so that they could go and[b] anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning on the first day of the week they came to the tomb after[c] the sun had risen. 3 And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” 4 And when they[d] looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away (for it was very large). 5 And as they[e] were going into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. 6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified. He has been raised, he is not here! See the place where they laid him! 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.” 8 And they went out and[f] fled from the tomb, because trembling and amazement had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.[g]

The Shorter Ending of Mark

[[So they promptly reported all the things they had been commanded to those around Peter. And after these things, Jesus himself also sent out through them from the east even as far as the west the holy and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.]]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 16:1 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was over”)

  2. Mark 16:1 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go”) has been translated as a finite verb

  3. Mark 16:2 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“had risen”)

  4. Mark 16:4 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“looked up”) which is understood as temporal

  5. Mark 16:5 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“going”) which is understood as temporal

  6. Mark 16:8 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb

  7. Mark 16:8 The Gospel of Mark ends at this point in some manuscripts, including two of the most important ones, while other manuscripts supply a shorter ending (sometimes included as part of v. 8), others supply the traditional longer ending (vv. 9–20), and still other manuscripts supply both the shorter ending and vv. 9–20; due to significant questions about the authenticity of these alternative endings, many scholars regard 16:8 as the last verse of the Gospel of Mark

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The Coming Kingdom

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Mark 11:1-11

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Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King

11 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”

4 They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, 5 some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” 6 They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. 7 When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. 8 Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. 9 Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,

“Hosanna![a]”

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[b]

10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”

“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

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  1. Mark 11:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 10

  2. Mark 11:9 Psalm 118:25,26

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Written on Our Hearts

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Jeremiah 31:31-34

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31 Look, the days are coming,” declares[a] Yahweh, “and I will make[b] a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made[c] with their ancestors[d] on the day of my grasping them[e] by their hand, bringing them out from the land of Egypt, my covenant that they themselves broke, though I myself was a master over them,” declares[f] Yahweh. 33 “But this is the covenant that I will make[g] with the house of Israel after those days,” declares[h] Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts and on their hearts[i] I will write it, and I will be to them God, and they themselves will be to me people. 34 And they will no longer teach each one his neighbor, or each one his brother, saying,[j] ‘Know Yahweh,’ for all of them will know me, from their smallest[k] and up to their greatest,”[l] declares[m] Yahweh, “for I will forgive their iniquity and their sin I will no longer remember.”

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  1. Jeremiah 31:31 Literally “a declaration of”

  2. Jeremiah 31:31 Literally “cut”

  3. Jeremiah 31:32 Literally “cut”

  4. Jeremiah 31:32 Or “fathers”

  5. Jeremiah 31:32 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

  6. Jeremiah 31:32 Literally “a declaration of”

  7. Jeremiah 31:33 Literally “cut”

  8. Jeremiah 31:33 Literally “a declaration of”

  9. Jeremiah 31:33 Hebrew “heart”

  10. Jeremiah 31:34 Literally “to say”

  11. Jeremiah 31:34 Literally “small”

  12. Jeremiah 31:34 Literally “great”

  13. Jeremiah 31:34 Literally “a declaration of”

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The Light Has Come

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John 3:14-21

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14 And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,[a] thus it is necessary that the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.”[b]

God’s Love for the World

16 For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge[c] the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him. 18 The one who believes in him is not judged,[d] but the one who does not believe has already been judged,[e] because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed. 21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.

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  1. John 3:14 An allusion to Num 21:5–9

  2. John 3:15 Some interpreters and Bible translations extend the quotation of Jesus’ words through v. 21

  3. John 3:17 Or “he should condemn”

  4. John 3:18 Or “condemned”

  5. John 3:18 Or “been condemned”

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Living in Community

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Ten Commandments

20 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.

3 “There shall be for you no other gods before me.

4 “You shall not make for yourself a divine image with any form that is in the heavens above or that is in the earth below or that is in the water below the earth. 5 You will not bow down to them, and you will not serve them, because I am Yahweh your God, a jealous God, punishing the guilt of the parents on the children on the third and on the fourth generations[a] of those hating me, 6 and showing loyal love to thousands of generations[b] of those loving me and of those keeping my commandments.

7 “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God,[c] because Yahweh will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses his name.[d]

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  1. Exodus 20:5 “Generations” is understood from comparison with parallel verses (compare Exod 34:6–7; Deut 7:9)

  2. Exodus 20:6 “Generations” is understood from comparison with parallel verses ( compare Exod 34:6–7; Deut 7:9)

  3. Exodus 20:7 Literally “take up/bear/carry the name of Yahweh your God for what is worthless/false/empty”

  4. Exodus 20:7 Literally “bears his name for what is false”