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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday between Epiphany and Lent - Year A
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Isaiah 49: 1-7			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Everyone\, from coast to coast\, listen up!\nAll you people\, far and near\, don’t miss a word. \nBefore I was born\, the LORD had chosen me.\nWhile I was still in my mother’s womb\nI was given a name and a job. \nI was created to be a surgeon’s knife\,\nrazor sharp in the hand of the LORD;\nready and waiting to slice through any defence\nand cut to the core with a word. \nThe LORD said to me\, “Israel\, you are my servant\,\nthe one who will put my name up in lights.” \nBut I said\, “Then how come every thing I do comes to nothing?\nI’ve worked my guts out but there is nothing to show for it.\nBut I gave it my best shot for you LORD\,\nso you decide whether I’m worth my pay.” \nAnd now the LORD has more to say to me;\nthis God who chose me as a servant before I was born;\nwho gave me the job of bringing home the people of Israel\nfor a great reunion with God.\nIt is a privilege and an honour to do this for the LORD\,\nand God has given me the strength to see it through. \nBut now the LORD says to me\,\n“Getting the people of Israel back on their feet is great\,\nbut it’s a piece of cake for my number one worker.\nNow I’ve got a real challenge for you!\nI want you to help the whole world to see the light!\nI want you to give my saving love a global reach!” \nI\, the LORD\, the one and only\, who puts things right for Israel\,\nhave this to say:\n“You have been treated like dirt.\nkicked around by the nations\,\nand forced to work in chains for their rulers;\nbut let me tell you how it is going to be:\nKings will stand up when you walk in;\nGovernors will snap to attention at your approach.\nYou have my word on this and I can be trusted;\nI am the LORD\, your one and only\, and I have chosen you.” \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 40: 1-11			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I hung in there waiting for you\, LORD\,\nand at last you bent down and heard my cry. \nI was in deep trouble\,\nbogged up to my ears and sinking fast\,\nbut you pulled me out.\nYou put me back on solid ground;\ngave me a safe place to stand. \nYou gave me something to sing about\, God;\nI’m singing your praises like I’ve never sung before. \nEveryone will be amazed at the change;\nthey’ll say\, “Only God could have done that!” \nThose who put all their eggs in your basket\nhave got it made\, LORD;\nthose who do not devote themselves to anything less\,\nno matter how popular or persuasive it is. \nYou are in a league of your own\, LORD God;\nnothing and no one comes within a bull’s roar of you!\nI can’t keep track of all the amazing things you’ve done\nor all the generous plans you’ve made for us.\nI could talk about them till the cows came home\nand still have barely scratched the surface. \nYou are not looking for gifts from us\, LORD;\nnothing we own is any use to you;\nYour generosity and mercy are not for sale;\nbut you have given us ears and asked us to listen. \nSo I am giving you my “Yes!”\nI’ll make your book my own and live by it.\nDoing what pleases you will be my greatest delight\,\nfor you are my God and I’m taking your ways to heart. \nWhen all your people gathered\,\nI spoke up about how you had bailed me out.\nI gave them the full story; I left nothing out;\nyou know this is true\, LORD. \nI have made no secret of the help you gave me;\nI have put it all out in the open.\nI have told everyone how you saved my life\nand how we can trust you completely.\nI have put it all on the public record\nand kept nothing to myself\nabout your rock-solid love or dependability. \nBe my mother forever\, LORD;\nnever running out of tenderness or compassion;\nyour loyalty fierce and your love unshakable;\nprotecting me and keeping me safe. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Corinthians 1: 1-9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I\, Paul\, was chosen by God and called to be a special ambassador of the Messiah Jesus\, and one of my partners here in this work is Sosthenes. \nWe write to you who gather as God’s church in the city of Corinth — you who are being made whole in union with the Messiah Jesus. You have responded to the call to be God’s own people\, together with everyone everywhere who actively identifies themselves with Jesus the Messiah; our Lord; their Lord; your Lord. \nWe greet you as God’s own children and wish you all the best – God’s love and peace\, given through the Lord Jesus\, the Messiah. \nI am forever thanking my God for you\, especially when I think about what God’s extravagant generosity has brought about in you since you entered into the life of Jesus the Messiah. Since you linked up with him your lives have become so much richer in every way; but most notable is the richness of your knowledge and of the things you have to say. Indeed\, the truth about the Messiah has become more and more strongly a part of who you are\, and of all you have to offer. Now\, it seems\, you are not short of anything. All the spiritual gifts are in action among you as you live in eager expectation of the grand finale when our Lord Jesus the Messiah takes centre stage. God is with you and will make you tough enough to hold the line until the end\, so that you can stand with your heads held high on the great day when our Lord Jesus brings everything to completion. Jesus is the Messiah\, our Lord\, and God’s Son; and it was into his shared life that you were called by God\, who is worthy of all our trust\, and who will never let you down. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  John 1: 29-42			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	One day\, while John was preaching and baptising\, he saw Jesus coming towards him. Pointing him out to the people\, he cried out: \n“Here he is; God’s own sacrificial lamb who takes away the sin of the world. This is the one I was talking about when I said that after me would come one who is way out of my league because he was ‘number one’ before I was even on the scene. I didn’t know him personally; but I did know that the whole point of my job – baptising people in water – was to get the people of Israel ready for his arrival on centre stage. \n“With my own eyes I saw the Spirit swoop down from the sky like a kookaburra\, settling on him and sticking with him. I would not have known him myself\, but the One who sent me out here to baptise with water told me that when I saw the Spirit swoop down and stick with someone\, that would be the one who baptises with Holy Spirit. That’s what I heard; that’s what I saw; and so that’s what I’ve told you\, under oath: this is the One\, the Son of God.” \nThe next day\, John was back on the job with two of his followers. Seeing Jesus walk past\, he spoke up again\, saying\, “Look! There he is; God’s own sacrificial lamb!” \nHearing this\, his two followers got up and took off after Jesus. When Jesus realised that he was being followed\, he turned around and asked them\, “What are you looking for?” \nThey responded\, “Where do you live\, Rabbi?” (‘Rabbi’ is the Hebrew word for ‘Teacher’). \nJesus replied\, “Come and see for yourselves.” \nSo they went with him and saw where he was staying. Since it was already about four in the afternoon\, they spent the rest of the day with him. One of the two who had followed him after hearing what John said about him\, was a man named Andrew\, the brother of Simon Peter. The first thing he did after spending this time with Jesus was to go and find his brother. He said to Simon\, “We have found the Messiah!” (The Hebrew word ‘Messiah’ means ‘the anointed one’ – the same as the Greek word ‘Christ’). \nHe took Simon to meet Jesus. Jesus took one look at him and said\, “So you are Simon\, the Son of John. Well\, from now on you will become known as Peter\, which means ‘solid rock’.” \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you alone are the Holy One\,\nthe great redeemer of your people. \nFrom the womb of chaos you pulled a newborn earth.\nEven before they were born you called your people by name\nto be a light to the nations\,\nsurrounding them with your maternal love\nand hiding them from danger. \nYou have revealed to us your chosen servant\n— the one in whom you are glorified —\nyour child and our Lord\, Jesus the Messiah.\nWhen he was killed\, you raised him to new life\,\nand through him you have taken away the sin of the world.\nBy your grace\, all who call on his name\nare baptised with your Holy Spirit\nand enriched with every spiritual gift\nas we await the day when his glory\nwill be revealed as the light of salvation to all nations. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We thank you for your Son\, Jesus the Messiah\,\nthrough whom you have taken away the sin of the world.\nBy your grace\, all who call on his name\nare baptised with your Holy Spirit\nand enriched with every spiritual gift\nas we await the day when his glory\nwill be revealed as the light of salvation to all nations. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you alone are the Holy One\,\nthe great redeemer of your people. \nFrom the womb of chaos you pulled a newborn earth.\nEven before they were born you called your people by name\nto be a light to the nations\,\nsurrounding them with your maternal love\nand hiding them from danger. \nYou have revealed to us your chosen servant\n— the one in whom you are glorified —\nyour child and our Lord\, Jesus the Messiah.\nWhen he was killed\, you raised him to new life\,\nand through him you have taken away the sin of the world.\nBy your grace\, all who call on his name\nare baptised with your Holy Spirit\nand enriched with every spiritual gift\nas we await the day when his glory\nwill be revealed as the light of salvation to all nations. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2005 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus Christ is the lamb of God\nwho takes away the sin of the world.\nHis grace will strengthen us to the end\nso that we may be blameless\non the day of his glory. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now and celebrate God’s justice.\nTake the Lord’s teachings to heart\nand commit yourselves to pleasing God.\nBoldly declare God’s truth and care\nand let others know that you have found the Messiah. \nAnd may God’s maternal love surround you;\nMay Christ Jesus move you to trust in the Lord;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit enrich you with all spiritual gifts \n    and strengthen you to the end. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nI will give you as a light to the nationsA sermon on Isaiah 49. 1-7\, Psalm 40. 1-11 & John 1. 29-42 by Garry Deverell\n\n\n\nThe promotionA sermon on Isaiah 49. 1-7 by Jude Waldron\n\n\n\nLamb of GodA sermon on John 1. 29-42 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\n“Jesus Christ the Lamb of God”A sermon on John 1. 29-42 by John Fowler\n\n\n\nCome and See Where You BelongA sermon on John 1. 29-42 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nCome and See\, Listen and LearnA sermon on Isaiah 49. 1-7\, Psalm 40. 1-11 & John 1. 29-42 by Nathan Nettleton
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday between Epiphany and Lent - Year A
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Isaiah 49: 1-7			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Everyone\, from coast to coast\, listen up!\nAll you people\, far and near\, don’t miss a word. \nBefore I was born\, the LORD had chosen me.\nWhile I was still in my mother’s womb\nI was given a name and a job. \nI was created to be a surgeon’s knife\,\nrazor sharp in the hand of the LORD;\nready and waiting to slice through any defence\nand cut to the core with a word. \nThe LORD said to me\, “Israel\, you are my servant\,\nthe one who will put my name up in lights.” \nBut I said\, “Then how come every thing I do comes to nothing?\nI’ve worked my guts out but there is nothing to show for it.\nBut I gave it my best shot for you LORD\,\nso you decide whether I’m worth my pay.” \nAnd now the LORD has more to say to me;\nthis God who chose me as a servant before I was born;\nwho gave me the job of bringing home the people of Israel\nfor a great reunion with God.\nIt is a privilege and an honour to do this for the LORD\,\nand God has given me the strength to see it through. \nBut now the LORD says to me\,\n“Getting the people of Israel back on their feet is great\,\nbut it’s a piece of cake for my number one worker.\nNow I’ve got a real challenge for you!\nI want you to help the whole world to see the light!\nI want you to give my saving love a global reach!” \nI\, the LORD\, the one and only\, who puts things right for Israel\,\nhave this to say:\n“You have been treated like dirt.\nkicked around by the nations\,\nand forced to work in chains for their rulers;\nbut let me tell you how it is going to be:\nKings will stand up when you walk in;\nGovernors will snap to attention at your approach.\nYou have my word on this and I can be trusted;\nI am the LORD\, your one and only\, and I have chosen you.” \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 40: 1-11			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I hung in there waiting for you\, LORD\,\nand at last you bent down and heard my cry. \nI was in deep trouble\,\nbogged up to my ears and sinking fast\,\nbut you pulled me out.\nYou put me back on solid ground;\ngave me a safe place to stand. \nYou gave me something to sing about\, God;\nI’m singing your praises like I’ve never sung before. \nEveryone will be amazed at the change;\nthey’ll say\, “Only God could have done that!” \nThose who put all their eggs in your basket\nhave got it made\, LORD;\nthose who do not devote themselves to anything less\,\nno matter how popular or persuasive it is. \nYou are in a league of your own\, LORD God;\nnothing and no one comes within a bull’s roar of you!\nI can’t keep track of all the amazing things you’ve done\nor all the generous plans you’ve made for us.\nI could talk about them till the cows came home\nand still have barely scratched the surface. \nYou are not looking for gifts from us\, LORD;\nnothing we own is any use to you;\nYour generosity and mercy are not for sale;\nbut you have given us ears and asked us to listen. \nSo I am giving you my “Yes!”\nI’ll make your book my own and live by it.\nDoing what pleases you will be my greatest delight\,\nfor you are my God and I’m taking your ways to heart. \nWhen all your people gathered\,\nI spoke up about how you had bailed me out.\nI gave them the full story; I left nothing out;\nyou know this is true\, LORD. \nI have made no secret of the help you gave me;\nI have put it all out in the open.\nI have told everyone how you saved my life\nand how we can trust you completely.\nI have put it all on the public record\nand kept nothing to myself\nabout your rock-solid love or dependability. \nBe my mother forever\, LORD;\nnever running out of tenderness or compassion;\nyour loyalty fierce and your love unshakable;\nprotecting me and keeping me safe. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Corinthians 1: 1-9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I\, Paul\, was chosen by God and called to be a special ambassador of the Messiah Jesus\, and one of my partners here in this work is Sosthenes. \nWe write to you who gather as God’s church in the city of Corinth — you who are being made whole in union with the Messiah Jesus. You have responded to the call to be God’s own people\, together with everyone everywhere who actively identifies themselves with Jesus the Messiah; our Lord; their Lord; your Lord. \nWe greet you as God’s own children and wish you all the best – God’s love and peace\, given through the Lord Jesus\, the Messiah. \nI am forever thanking my God for you\, especially when I think about what God’s extravagant generosity has brought about in you since you entered into the life of Jesus the Messiah. Since you linked up with him your lives have become so much richer in every way; but most notable is the richness of your knowledge and of the things you have to say. Indeed\, the truth about the Messiah has become more and more strongly a part of who you are\, and of all you have to offer. Now\, it seems\, you are not short of anything. All the spiritual gifts are in action among you as you live in eager expectation of the grand finale when our Lord Jesus the Messiah takes centre stage. God is with you and will make you tough enough to hold the line until the end\, so that you can stand with your heads held high on the great day when our Lord Jesus brings everything to completion. Jesus is the Messiah\, our Lord\, and God’s Son; and it was into his shared life that you were called by God\, who is worthy of all our trust\, and who will never let you down. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  John 1: 29-42			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	One day\, while John was preaching and baptising\, he saw Jesus coming towards him. Pointing him out to the people\, he cried out: \n“Here he is; God’s own sacrificial lamb who takes away the sin of the world. This is the one I was talking about when I said that after me would come one who is way out of my league because he was ‘number one’ before I was even on the scene. I didn’t know him personally; but I did know that the whole point of my job – baptising people in water – was to get the people of Israel ready for his arrival on centre stage. \n“With my own eyes I saw the Spirit swoop down from the sky like a kookaburra\, settling on him and sticking with him. I would not have known him myself\, but the One who sent me out here to baptise with water told me that when I saw the Spirit swoop down and stick with someone\, that would be the one who baptises with Holy Spirit. That’s what I heard; that’s what I saw; and so that’s what I’ve told you\, under oath: this is the One\, the Son of God.” \nThe next day\, John was back on the job with two of his followers. Seeing Jesus walk past\, he spoke up again\, saying\, “Look! There he is; God’s own sacrificial lamb!” \nHearing this\, his two followers got up and took off after Jesus. When Jesus realised that he was being followed\, he turned around and asked them\, “What are you looking for?” \nThey responded\, “Where do you live\, Rabbi?” (‘Rabbi’ is the Hebrew word for ‘Teacher’). \nJesus replied\, “Come and see for yourselves.” \nSo they went with him and saw where he was staying. Since it was already about four in the afternoon\, they spent the rest of the day with him. One of the two who had followed him after hearing what John said about him\, was a man named Andrew\, the brother of Simon Peter. The first thing he did after spending this time with Jesus was to go and find his brother. He said to Simon\, “We have found the Messiah!” (The Hebrew word ‘Messiah’ means ‘the anointed one’ – the same as the Greek word ‘Christ’). \nHe took Simon to meet Jesus. Jesus took one look at him and said\, “So you are Simon\, the Son of John. Well\, from now on you will become known as Peter\, which means ‘solid rock’.” \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you alone are the Holy One\,\nthe great redeemer of your people. \nFrom the womb of chaos you pulled a newborn earth.\nEven before they were born you called your people by name\nto be a light to the nations\,\nsurrounding them with your maternal love\nand hiding them from danger. \nYou have revealed to us your chosen servant\n— the one in whom you are glorified —\nyour child and our Lord\, Jesus the Messiah.\nWhen he was killed\, you raised him to new life\,\nand through him you have taken away the sin of the world.\nBy your grace\, all who call on his name\nare baptised with your Holy Spirit\nand enriched with every spiritual gift\nas we await the day when his glory\nwill be revealed as the light of salvation to all nations. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We thank you for your Son\, Jesus the Messiah\,\nthrough whom you have taken away the sin of the world.\nBy your grace\, all who call on his name\nare baptised with your Holy Spirit\nand enriched with every spiritual gift\nas we await the day when his glory\nwill be revealed as the light of salvation to all nations. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you alone are the Holy One\,\nthe great redeemer of your people. \nFrom the womb of chaos you pulled a newborn earth.\nEven before they were born you called your people by name\nto be a light to the nations\,\nsurrounding them with your maternal love\nand hiding them from danger. \nYou have revealed to us your chosen servant\n— the one in whom you are glorified —\nyour child and our Lord\, Jesus the Messiah.\nWhen he was killed\, you raised him to new life\,\nand through him you have taken away the sin of the world.\nBy your grace\, all who call on his name\nare baptised with your Holy Spirit\nand enriched with every spiritual gift\nas we await the day when his glory\nwill be revealed as the light of salvation to all nations. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2005 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus Christ is the lamb of God\nwho takes away the sin of the world.\nHis grace will strengthen us to the end\nso that we may be blameless\non the day of his glory. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now and celebrate God’s justice.\nTake the Lord’s teachings to heart\nand commit yourselves to pleasing God.\nBoldly declare God’s truth and care\nand let others know that you have found the Messiah. \nAnd may God’s maternal love surround you;\nMay Christ Jesus move you to trust in the Lord;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit enrich you with all spiritual gifts \n    and strengthen you to the end. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nI will give you as a light to the nationsA sermon on Isaiah 49. 1-7\, Psalm 40. 1-11 & John 1. 29-42 by Garry Deverell\n\n\n\nThe promotionA sermon on Isaiah 49. 1-7 by Jude Waldron\n\n\n\nLamb of GodA sermon on John 1. 29-42 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\n“Jesus Christ the Lamb of God”A sermon on John 1. 29-42 by John Fowler\n\n\n\nCome and See Where You BelongA sermon on John 1. 29-42 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nCome and See\, Listen and LearnA sermon on Isaiah 49. 1-7\, Psalm 40. 1-11 & John 1. 29-42 by Nathan Nettleton
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