{"id":3319,"date":"2018-03-16T22:43:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T22:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:45:36","slug":"worship-march-18-2018-5th-sunday-in-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3319","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; March 18, 2018 &#8211; 5th Sunday in Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff00d9\"><em><strong>&#8220;Who I Am in Christ (Part 5)&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/who-I-am-in-christ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/who-I-am-in-christ-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/who-I-am-in-christ-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/who-I-am-in-christ-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/who-I-am-in-christ.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff00d9\"><em><strong>1 John 5:1-13&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-30609\" class=\"text 1John-5-1\">Overcoming the World<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"chapter-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text 1John-5-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">5&nbsp;<\/span>Everyone who believes that&nbsp;Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and&nbsp;everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-30610\" class=\"text 1John-5-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2&nbsp;<\/sup>By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-30611\" class=\"text 1John-5-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3&nbsp;<\/sup>For&nbsp;this is the love of God, that we&nbsp;keep his commandments. And&nbsp;his commandments are not burdensome.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-30612\" class=\"text 1John-5-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4&nbsp;<\/sup>For&nbsp;everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world\u2014our faith.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-30613\" class=\"text 1John-5-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5&nbsp;<\/sup>Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes&nbsp;that Jesus is the Son of God?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-30614\" class=\"text 1John-5-6\">Testimony Concerning the Son of God<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text 1John-5-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup>This is he who came&nbsp;by water and blood\u2014Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And&nbsp;the Spirit is the one who testifies, because&nbsp;the Spirit is the truth.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-30615\" class=\"text 1John-5-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup>For there are three that testify:<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-30616\" class=\"text 1John-5-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup>the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-30617\" class=\"text 1John-5-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup>If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God&nbsp;that he has borne concerning his Son.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-30618\" class=\"text 1John-5-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10&nbsp;<\/sup>Whoever believes in the Son of God&nbsp;has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God&nbsp;has made him a liar,&nbsp;because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-30619\" class=\"text 1John-5-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11&nbsp;<\/sup>And this is the testimony, that God gave us&nbsp;eternal life, and&nbsp;this life is in his Son.<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-30620\" class=\"text 1John-5-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12&nbsp;<\/sup>Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-30621\" class=\"text 1John-5-13\">That You May Know<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text 1John-5-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13&nbsp;<\/sup>I write&nbsp;these things to you who&nbsp;believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #ff00d9\"><em><strong>Coffee &amp; Discussion:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n9:00 \u2013 9:45 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Upper Level.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #56cbe8\"><strong>The Sunday morning Coffee &amp; Discussion group has resumed \u2013 the current topic is a study of the Evangelical Catechism.<\/strong><\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00d9\"><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: #ff00d9\"><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: #ff00d9\"><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 \u201cWho Am I in Christ (Part 5).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who I Am in Christ (Part 5)&#8221; 1 John 5:1-13&nbsp; (English Standard Version) Overcoming<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-3319","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\/3319","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=3319"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4792,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions\/4792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}