{"id":1314,"date":"2015-01-30T03:27:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T03:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:49:20","slug":"worship-february-1-2015-4th-sunday-after-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1314","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; February 1, 2015 &#8211; 4th Sunday after Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>&#8220;John&#8217;s Gospel&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Gospel-of-John3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Gospel-of-John3-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"The Gospel of John\" class=\"wp-image-1316\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>There will be a Pot Luck Lunch Immediately following the morning worship service in the Parish Hall.&nbsp; Please plan to stay and enjoy the good food and good fellowship!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ad1111\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #e66a12\">Announcing a Short Congregational Meeting &#8211; Sunday February 8, 2015 immediately following the morning worship service.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Genesis 22:1-19&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span id=\"en-ESV-549\" class=\"text Gen-22-1\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Sacrifice of Isaac<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading chapter-2\"><span class=\"text Gen-22-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">22&nbsp;<\/span>After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, \u201cAbraham!\u201d And he said, \u201cHere I am.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-550\" class=\"text Gen-22-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">2&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>He said, \u201cTake your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-551\" class=\"text Gen-22-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">3&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-552\" class=\"text Gen-22-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">4&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-553\" class=\"text Gen-22-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">5&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Then Abraham said to his young men, \u201cStay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-554\" class=\"text Gen-22-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">6&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-555\" class=\"text Gen-22-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">7&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>And Isaac said to his father Abraham, \u201cMy father!\u201d And he said, \u201cHere I am, my son.\u201d He said, \u201cBehold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-556\" class=\"text Gen-22-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">8&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Abraham said, \u201cGod will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.\u201d So they went both of them together.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-557\" class=\"text Gen-22-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">9&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-558\" class=\"text Gen-22-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">10&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-559\" class=\"text Gen-22-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">11&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>But the angel of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> called to him from heaven and said, \u201cAbraham, Abraham!\u201d And he said, \u201cHere I am.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-560\" class=\"text Gen-22-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">12&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>He said, \u201cDo not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-561\" class=\"text Gen-22-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">13&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-562\" class=\"text Gen-22-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">14&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>So Abraham called the name of that place, \u201cThe <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> will provide\u201d; as it is said to this day, \u201cOn the mount of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> it shall be provided.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-563\" class=\"text Gen-22-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">15&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>And the angel of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> called to Abraham a second time from heaven<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-564\" class=\"text Gen-22-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">16&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>and said, \u201cBy myself I have sworn, declares the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-565\" class=\"text Gen-22-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">17&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-566\" class=\"text Gen-22-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">18&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-567\" class=\"text Gen-22-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">19&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Holy Communion:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n<\/span> Holy Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level.&nbsp; A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level.&nbsp; Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary.&nbsp; Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot\u2019s continuing study of the Gospel of John.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8220;John&#8217;s Gospel&#8221; &nbsp;There will be a Pot Luck Lunch Immediately following the morning<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-worship-this-week","no-post-thumbnail"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Sharon Tali","author_link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?author=2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4902,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions\/4902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}