Sermon Texts: Revelation 1:1-20 [show]Revelation 1
[1:1]The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants(1) the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant(2) John, [2]who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. [3]Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.
[4]John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, [5]and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood [6]and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. [7]Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail(3) on account of him. Even so. Amen.
[8]"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
[9]I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. [10]I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet [11]saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
[12]Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, [13]and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. [14]The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, [15]his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. [16]In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
[17]When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last, [18]and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. [19]Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. [20]As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. (ESV)
Footnotes
1. [1:1] Greek 'bondservants'
2. [1:1] Greek 'bondservant'
3. [1:7] Or 'mourn'
, Colossians 1:11-20 [show]Colossians 1:11-20
[11]May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, [12]giving thanks(1) to the Father, who has qualified you(2) to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. [13]He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, [14]in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
[15]He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [16]For by(3) him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him. [17]And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. [18]And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. [19]For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, [20]and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (ESV)
Footnotes
1. [1:12] Or 'patience, with joy giving thanks'
2. [1:12] Some manuscripts 'us'
3. [1:16] That is, by means of; or 'in'
, Psalm 93 [show]Psalm 93
[93:1]The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty;
the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt.
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
[2]Your throne is established from of old;
you are from everlasting.
[3]The floods have lifted up, O LORD,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their roaring.
[4]Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
mightier than the waves of the sea,
the LORD on high is mighty!
[5]Your decrees are very trustworthy;
holiness befits your house,
O LORD, forevermore. 
8 AM – Service of the Word and Music
Ushers: The Forseths
10:30 AM -Service of Holy Communion
Acolyte: Amy Gilanyi
Communion assistants: Evan and Jean Wiechman
Ushers: The Muffick Family
Offering Counters: The Gilanyi’s
