{"id":3289,"date":"2018-02-04T01:53:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T01:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3289"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:45:43","slug":"worship-february-4-2018-5th-sunday-after-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3289","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; February 4, 2018 &#8211; 5th Sunday after Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><strong>Today is the last day for our &#8220;Souper Bowl&#8221; canned food collection to benefit the local food pantries.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><strong>&#8220;Identity Series&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/True-Identity.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/True-Identity-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3290\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><strong>1 Corinthians 12:3-13&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-28621\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3&nbsp;<\/sup>Therefore I want you to understand that&nbsp;no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says \u201cJesus is&nbsp;accursed!\u201d and&nbsp;no one can say \u201cJesus is Lord\u201d except in the Holy Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-28622\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4&nbsp;<\/sup>Now&nbsp;there are varieties of gifts, but&nbsp;the same Spirit;<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-28623\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5&nbsp;<\/sup>and&nbsp;there are varieties of service, but&nbsp;the same Lord;<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-28624\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup>and there are varieties of activities, but it is&nbsp;the same God who empowers them all in everyone.<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-28625\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup>To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-28626\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup>For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of&nbsp;wisdom, and to another the utterance of&nbsp;knowledge according to the same Spirit,<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-28627\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup>to another&nbsp;faith by the same Spirit, to another&nbsp;gifts of healing by the one Spirit,<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-28628\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10&nbsp;<\/sup>to another&nbsp;the working of miracles, to another&nbsp;prophecy, to another&nbsp;the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another&nbsp;various kinds of tongues, to another&nbsp;the interpretation of tongues.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-28629\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11&nbsp;<\/sup>All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit,&nbsp;who apportions to each one individually&nbsp;as he wills.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-28630\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-12\">One Body with Many Members<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text 1Cor-12-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12&nbsp;<\/sup>For just as&nbsp;the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body,&nbsp;so it is with Christ.<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-28631\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13&nbsp;<\/sup>For&nbsp;in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body\u2014Jews or Greeks, slaves&nbsp;or free\u2014and&nbsp;all were made to drink of one Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><strong>Matthew 16:13-20&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-23685\" class=\"text Matt-16-13\">Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text Matt-16-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13&nbsp;<\/sup>Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,&nbsp;<span class=\"woj\">\u201cWho do people say that the Son of Man is?\u201d<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-23686\" class=\"text Matt-16-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14&nbsp;<\/sup>And they said, \u201cSome say&nbsp;John the Baptist, others say&nbsp;Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-23687\" class=\"text Matt-16-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15&nbsp;<\/sup>He said to them,&nbsp;<span class=\"woj\">\u201cBut who do you say that I am?\u201d<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-23688\" class=\"text Matt-16-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16&nbsp;<\/sup>Simon Peter replied,&nbsp;\u201cYou are&nbsp;the Christ,&nbsp;the Son of&nbsp;the living God.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-23689\" class=\"text Matt-16-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17&nbsp;<\/sup>And Jesus answered him,&nbsp;<span class=\"woj\">\u201cBlessed are you,&nbsp;Simon Bar-Jonah! For&nbsp;flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,&nbsp;but my Father who is in heaven.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-23690\" class=\"text Matt-16-18\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18&nbsp;<\/sup>And I tell you,&nbsp;you are Peter, and&nbsp;on this rock&nbsp;I will build my church, and&nbsp;the gates of&nbsp;hell&nbsp;shall not prevail against it.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-23691\" class=\"text Matt-16-19\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19&nbsp;<\/sup>I will give you&nbsp;the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and&nbsp;whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed&nbsp;in heaven.\u201d<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-23692\" class=\"text Matt-16-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20&nbsp;<\/sup>Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><strong>Coffee &amp; Discussion:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n9:00 \u2013 9:45 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Upper Level. &nbsp;Our current topic is a study of Jesus.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">There will be no coffee &amp; discussion this week.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. &nbsp;A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<br>\n<span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. &nbsp;Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<br>\n<span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. &nbsp;Join us today for Pastor Joe Vasarhelyi\u2019s sermon the \u201cIdentity Series.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the last day for our &#8220;Souper Bowl&#8221; canned food collection to benefit<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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","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\/3289","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=3289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4798,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289\/revisions\/4798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}