THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL: John 1: 43-51 (MESSAGE)
The next day Jesus decided to go to
Galilee. When he got there, he ran across Philip and said, "Come, follow
me." (Philip's hometown was Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter.) Philip
went and found Nathanael and told him, "We've found the One Moses wrote of
in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It's Jesus, Joseph's son, the one
from Nazareth!" Nathanael said, "Nazareth? You've got to be
kidding." But Philip said, "Come, see for yourself." When Jesus saw him coming he said,
"There's a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body." Nathanael
said, "Where did you get that idea? You don't know me." Jesus
answered, "One day, long before Philip called you here, I saw you under
the fig tree." Nathanael exclaimed, "Rabbi! You are the Son of God,
the King of Israel!" Jesus said, "You've become a believer simply
because I say I saw you one day sitting under the fig tree? You haven't seen
anything yet! Before this is over you're going to see heaven open and God's
angels descending to the Son of Man and ascending again."
When we choose to be Christian and to follow Jesus,
does it change the way we live? Join us this Sunday, January 15 at 10:00am in
Christ Church as John Wortham shares the way he chooses to live by standing up
for those who are without and speaking out against those who abuse power. This
is a great way to hear a personal story about living faith in the world today. See you in Church!
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