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I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
(Revelation 22:16)
(Revelation 22:16)
THE DONKEY AND ITS COLT
A Sermon by the Rev. Patrick A. Rose
"So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them." (Matt. 21:6,7)
TOWARDS THE END OF the Lord's life on earth, and less than a week before He was crucified, the Lord journeyed up from Jericho towards Jerusalem. There were many people who followed the Lord as He went. A great number of people had heard the Lord teaching, and had heard the amazing things that He said. And many had seen the Lord do miracles: healing people who were lame or blind, feeding the multitudes, and casting out evil spirits. Even people who hadn't actually seen the Lord do miracles had heard of these wonderful works of Jesus of Nazareth. News about Him had spread very quickly indeed. So it was that almost everybody knew about the Lord.
What is more, they had also heard an amazing miracle the Lord had done just a short while before. The Lord had raised from the dead a man called Lazarus, Lazarus who had been dead for four days. It is no wonder, then, that as the Lord journeyed towards Jerusalem, a huge throng of people followed Him. They wanted to listen to Him teach; they wanted to see Him do miracles.
But though it was obvious that the Lord was an amazing person, those multitudes who thronged around him were still not sure who He was. They knew that He had grown up in a place called Nazareth, in the northern province of Galilee. They knew that He had grown up in the family of a man and woman called Joseph and Mary. But they didn't know why it was that the Lord, supposedly the son of a carpenter, could do such things.
Now, all the Jews knew very well that one day a man would be born, a man
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The LORD JESUS CHRIST calls Himself the Bright and Morning Star. He brings light to our minds and direction to our lives. We worship Him because we believe He is God, the one and only God of heaven and earth. Our faith is a simple one. We worship Him. We do not worship three People, because we believe that there is only One. Jesus Christ is our Lord. The Father is His Divine soul, not some other person (John
14:9). The Holy Spirit is His influence, His reaching out to inspire us (John 20:22). Jesus Christ is our God, and we adore Him.
Jesus told His disciples that one day He would come in the clouds of heaven (Matt. 24:30), the clouds of the mind. He told them He had many things to tell them, but they could not yet bear them (John 16:12). We believe that He has, as He promised He would, revealed wonderful new insights, helping us understand far more fully the depth of meaning of the Old and New Testaments. We believe He has taught us wonderful things about the life that waits us after death. Most of all, He helps us understand ever more deeply the love and compassion He feels for each and every one of us.
Some, mostly out of ignorance, have dismissed abruptly what is said in the theological books of Emanuel Swedenborg. However, Swedenborg was a worshiper of Jesus Christ, and he states that he was the servant of Jesus Christ. Many who read what he wrote realize that what is written is a revelation, a clear, simple and wonderful vision of Jesus Christ as the one and only God.
We invite you to join us in our worship of Jesus Christ. Our prayer is that this small church will be His Church. Our mission is that we may become true disciples in the way we live our lives. Our faith and our trust is in Him alone.
Jesus told His disciples that one day He would come in the clouds of heaven (Matt. 24:30), the clouds of the mind. He told them He had many things to tell them, but they could not yet bear them (John 16:12). We believe that He has, as He promised He would, revealed wonderful new insights, helping us understand far more fully the depth of meaning of the Old and New Testaments. We believe He has taught us wonderful things about the life that waits us after death. Most of all, He helps us understand ever more deeply the love and compassion He feels for each and every one of us.
Some, mostly out of ignorance, have dismissed abruptly what is said in the theological books of Emanuel Swedenborg. However, Swedenborg was a worshiper of Jesus Christ, and he states that he was the servant of Jesus Christ. Many who read what he wrote realize that what is written is a revelation, a clear, simple and wonderful vision of Jesus Christ as the one and only God.
We invite you to join us in our worship of Jesus Christ. Our prayer is that this small church will be His Church. Our mission is that we may become true disciples in the way we live our lives. Our faith and our trust is in Him alone.
Grief Workshop
There will be a Grief Workshop meeting at Morning Star Chapel at 7pm on
three successive Wednesdays (May 5, 12, 19, 2010). Please click here to get more details.